Ilia II, patriarch who led Georgian Church out of the Soviet Union, dies at 93

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March 17 (Reuters) – The spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox ⁠Church for just shy of half a century, Ilia II oversaw its transformation from an institution repressed under the Soviet Union into the most powerful non-state body in ⁠one of the world’s oldest Christian countries. Read full story

Date: 18 March, 2026 6:11 am
Source: thestar.com.my

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