Our Patriarchate and the Church have always had the right position, because they protect the truth - the Church has its hand on the pulse of the nation and is well aware of the dangers that are in the country, therefore, calmness, intelligence and strength are needed, "Georgian Dream" Chairman Irakli Gharibashvili told journalists about this. , thereby responding to the statement of the Patriarchate that "the line of confrontation in society today runs through the field of struggle against values and the sovereignty of the state".

Gharibashvili says that he shares the pathos of the patriarch's statement.

"85% of our society is Orthodox Christian. Of course, we respect all religions. We are a multi-religious, multi-ethnic society. But our leading faith, religion is Orthodox Christianity, which has brought our people, our country to this day. This is the truth. Our Patriarchate and Church have always had the right position because they stand for the truth. They protect the truth. The Church, the patriarchal society always calls to take the right position. Yesterday's statement was another statement of truth. I welcome this statement, I share its content and pathos. Society today needs calmness, intelligence, and it is necessary to calmly and firmly go through the small trial that is now in the country and in general, in the region and in the world. It is a very difficult situation, friends, it cannot be localized, it cannot be reduced to some narrow party misunderstanding. This is not about the fact that the radical opposition has some agenda and opposes us because of some things. Here we are talking about saving or not saving the country. God bless and if something had changed in the country, we would not have a country today. If they had succeeded 2-3 years ago and staged a coup, the country would no longer exist. The Russian army would have entered. War and trouble would spread throughout the territory. What was the purpose of Saakashvili's entry - the revolution and the war, the opening of the second front in the country. The society knows this well, the Patriarchate, the Church knows it well. Because the church has its hand on the pulse of the nation and feels well the dangers that are in the country. Therefore, calmness, intelligence and strength are needed", said Irakli Gharibashvili.

For information, as reported by the Patriarchate of Georgia, "the line of confrontation in the society today runs through the field of struggle against values and the sovereignty of the state".

As stated in the statement, the mentioned events can be discussed from political, economic, strategic and many other points of view.

The progress of our country in the recent history should be based on the words of St. Ilia the Righteous: "Homeland, language, faith", - it is noted in the statement.