Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
Ilia II

Ilia II was enthroned as the Catholics Patriarch of Georgia on December 25, 1977. He is officially styled as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan Bishop of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II.

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Former President of Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili
Minister of Justice of Georgia
Rati Bregadze
Former PM of Georgia; For Georgia chairman
Giorgi Gakharia
Patriarchate: The appeal of the Patriarch was a call to prayer, peace and unity - trying to interpret it on any political basis is wrong, sad and distorts the essence of prayer
Irakli Gharibashvili: I share the pathos of the Patriarch's statement
Shalva Papuashvili: Restoration of the autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox Church on the most difficult path to the sovereignty and identity of the Georgian state is an event of greatest importance
Mamuka Mdinaradze: President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili "does someone’s tasks" and if she is told, she will create a third political center
Gelati Rehabilitation Committee - 21 critical centers were identified in Gelati - it is still impossible to say what part of the damaged paintings and mosaics will be saved
Iago Khvichia says he was physically abused at Girchi office
Kakha Kaladze: The targeted attack on the Patriarch by the President is really shocking
Andria Jagmaidze on President’s statement: It is unethical to talk about the weakness and the change of the Patriarch- this is a gross interference in the affairs of the Church
Irakli Kobakhidze visits Patriarch
Rati Ionatamishvili: The radical opposition has created a political anathema to themselves
Gia Volski: I would be happy if USAID did not know that a specific person and a group of people used the program financed by it very improperly
USAID Georgia: We have constant, open and transparent communication with the Georgian government regarding how our programs support Georgia's Euro-Atlantic aspirations
Shalva Papuashvili: The mixture of misinformation, manipulation and hysteria that the public saw in the attack on the church and its parishioners exceeded the scale of the attacks on the church seen before
Shalva Papuashvili: The Center for Tolerance is headed by a person distinguished by his hostile rhetoric towards the Georgian Church, this also casts a shadow on the Public Defender as an institution; I hope this event will generate a response
Shalva Papuashvili: The NGO sector and the opposition have entered an anti-European field in connection with the date of Christmas; they contrasted the two dates and told millions of believers that we celebrate a Russian holiday on 7 January
Archbishop Ioane Gorelishvili: The Patriarch's health condition is stable, but due to his weakness, he cannot participate in all services
Giga Bokeria: Glorification of Stalin and his empire, not unequivocally evil, is an integral part of the propaganda of our enemy, Putin's Russia
Shalva Papuashvili: The radicals’ attack against the church from the supposed ‘European’, ‘Liberal’, or ‘Western’ pedestal not so much damages the church but tarnishes the very idea of Liberalism and the West among the public
Steven Blockmans: If Georgia misses the opportunity to get closer to the EU, it will take a long time to repair the damage caused by the autocratic regime