20th and 21st-century Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church
His Holiness and Beatitude
Ilia II ილია II
His Holiness and Beatitude, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan bishop of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia
Ilia II in 2004
Church
Georgian Orthodox Church
Installed
25 December 1977
Predecessor
David V
Personal details
Born
Irakli Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili
(1933-01-04) January 4, 1933 (age 91)
Ordzhonikidze, North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality
Georgian
Denomination
Eastern Orthodox Church
Occupation
Catholicos-Patriarch
Profession
Theologian
Alma mater
Moscow Theological Academy
Signature
Ilia II (Georgian: ილია II, romanized:ilia II; born 4 January 1933), also transcribed as Ilya or Elijah, is the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. 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."[1]
^"Управление Цхум-Абхазской епархией передано Католикосу-Патриарху всея Грузии Илие II". abkhazeti.info. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
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