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March 22, 2026

Metropolitan Tikhon Attends Funeral of Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia

TBILISI, GEORGIA [OCA]

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On Sunday, March 22, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon attended the funeral of the newly departed His Holiness Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, who fell asleep in the Lord on Tuesday, March 17, at the age of 93, after nearly fifty years of primatial service to the Georgian Orthodox Church.

His Beatitude traveled to Tbilisi on Saturday, March 21, accompanied by His Grace Bishop Vasily of San Francisco and the West. Joining them was…

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