Civil funeral service for Patriarch Ilia II continues at Trinity Cathedral

A civil funeral service continues at the Trinity Cathedral to pay tribute to Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II.

His Holiness and Beatitude, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi, Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, Ilia II was laid to rest yesterday at the Trinity Cathedral.

According to the Patriarchate, the Trinity Patriarchate Cathedral will be open 24 hours a day to pay tribute to Ilia II.

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, died at the age of 93. A national day of mourning has been declared in Georgia in connection with the death of Ilia II. The Patriarch will be buried on Sunday, March 22, at the Sioni Cathedral.

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