Speaking to Georgia's religious and civil authorities on Saturday, Pope Francis affirmed the country's Christian identity, and called the Georgian Orthodox Church to recall the unity of baptism among ...

Georgian babies are baptized at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sunday, May 6, 2012. Many of the parents of the 400 babies baptized on Sunday said Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarch ...

Various tabloid sites have been circulating an inflammatory “report” against His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia, charging him with “cruelty” and “abuse” for his supposedly “rather ...

TBILISI, July 18 (Itar-Tass) - A delegation of the Georgian Orthodox Church led by Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia will take part in the festivities timed to the 1025th anniversary of the ...

Orthodox Christians in Georgia and across the world celebrated Epiphany Tuesday when the Georgian Orthodox Church holds a mass baptism and water blessing rituals. Epiphany is one of the 12 main ...

Babies are baptized during a mass baptism ceremony on Epiphany, at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Monday. About 1,000 children were baptized by the Georgian Orthodox ...

A baby is baptised during a mass baptism ceremony on Epiphany day in Tbilisi, January 19, 2014. About 600 children were baptised by the Georgian Orthodox church during the 32nd mass baptism ceremony ...

Father Tigran Mkhitaryan, who hails from the Georgian city of Akhalkalaki, holds a mass baptism for about 40 people on Feb. 12 in the village of Kartsakhi, located a few kilometers away from the ...

TBILISI, Georgia – The patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church presided over the baptism of hundreds of babies in a Tbilisi cathedral on Sunday as part of an effort credited with helping raise the ...