Ilia II of Georgia

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Ilia II of Georgia is the long-serving spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church, widely credited with its post-Soviet revival and significant influence in the country’s religious and public life.

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Ilia II of Georgia canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious leader
Eastern Orthodox patriarch
human
birthName Irakli Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili NERFINISHED
consecratedAsBishopIn 1963
countryOfCitizenship Georgia NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1933-01-04
educatedAt Moscow Theological Academy NERFINISHED
Moscow Theological Seminary NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Georgians NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork church administration
pastoral ministry
theology
hasClericalRank Archbishop
Catholicos-Patriarch NERFINISHED
Metropolitan
hasHonorificPrefix His Holiness and Beatitude NERFINISHED
hasTitle His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia NERFINISHED
influenced post-Soviet religious revival in Georgia
religious policy in Georgia
knownFor high public trust and popularity in Georgia
influential role in Georgian public life
leading the post-Soviet revival of the Georgian Orthodox Church
languageSpoken Georgian
Russian
memberOf Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
name Ilia II of Georgia NERFINISHED
notableWork rebuilding churches and monasteries in Georgia after Soviet rule
supporting religious education in Georgia
occupation bishop
patriarch
theologian
participatedIn interfaith dialogue in the Caucasus region
partOf autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches
placeOfBirth Russian SFSR NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
Vladikavkaz NERFINISHED
positionHeld Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi NERFINISHED
Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia NERFINISHED
predecessor David V of Georgia NERFINISHED
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Georgian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
religiousOrder Georgian Orthodox monasticism
residence Patriarchate of Georgia NERFINISHED
Tbilisi NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
startTime 1977-12-25
startTimeOfOfficeAsCatholicos-Patriarch 1977-12-25

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