Patriarch : Thank God, the services in the temples with parishioners has not suspended in Georgia, including on Easter night

“Thank God, the services in the temples with parishioners has not suspended in Georgia, including on Easter night. With the help of God, with the help of doctors, with the actions of the government and the responsibility of the population, the pandemic has not caused us serious problems,” - Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II said in his Easter Epistle.

"I would also like to bless those believers, the elderly and the vulnerable people, who are praying with us from home. We pray for the people of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region. We pray for our clergy and compatriots abroad, we pray for you, you pray for us and we are together. We also congratulate the Greeks, Ukrainians, Russians, Armenians, Jews, Azerbaijanis, Udis, Yazidis, Kurds, Ingush, Circassians, Chechens, Leks, every resident of Georgia and our compatriots living outside of Georgia. Christ is Risen! Truly, He is Risen!” the Easter Epistle reads.