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Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Georgia after the Patriarchs death greater state involvement in the Church

On 17 March, Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, died at the age of 93. He had led the autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) since 1977, the longest tenure in its history. The Patriarch enjoyed unquestioned authority among…