TBILISI, GEORGIA [DOM] – His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi, Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia Ilia II, reposed in the Lord, today, March 17.
The Patriarch served 48 years as primate of the Georgian Church beginning on December 25, 1977. His Holiness was 93 at the time of his repose.
A memorial service will be held this evening at the Diocesan Cathedral, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Chicago, IL, just before Vespers.
May his memory be eternal!
