Patriarch gives church leaders three recommendations

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II has made three recommendations to church leaders. Andria Jaghmaidze, Head of the Public Relations Department of the Georgian Patriarchate, wrote in the social network that due to the imposed curfew in the country, the Patriarch calls on the leaders of the churches to start prayers at 4:00 pm and close the churches at 8:00 pm every day starting from tomorrow.

“There are three recommendations for you: to take the imposed curfew into consideration and start prayers at 4:00 pm and close the churches at 8:00 pm every day starting from tomorrow. We would like to remind you to mark out places [where parishioners should stand during the prayers] in the yards of the churches and the distance between these places should be 1,5 m; Please clean the icons and shrines frequently (with alcohol and rose water) every day,” Archbishop Andria Jaghmaidze writes.