The Georgian Orthodox Church advised its followers, which make up 85% of the country's population, to not attend Pope Francis' Saturday morning mass in Tbilisi Stadium.

Georgia is not alone in observing Christmas in January. Montenegro, Serbia, Belarus, and Russia also celebrate Orthodox Christmas. What is unique is the chichilaki custom. These miniature trees ...

Fr Georg Tserodze, a prominent Orthodox priest in Georgia, issued an open letter to the head of a government security body urging him to stop its brutality against protesters. “Zviad ...

A former warehouse houses a church, synagogue and mosque. Leaders hope it will cultivate a non-Orthodox Georgian Jewish community. TBILISI, Georgia (JTA) — A shofar blast, church bells and a ...

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, had sent an invitation to his Georgian counterpart, the patriarchate said. During the visit, reportedly ...

The Georgian Orthodox Church, like other Eastern Orthodox churches, celebrates Christmas according to the Julian calendar: on January 7. Join in the festivities by heading to Tbilisi’s ...

The Gelati monastery, one of the largest medieval Orthodox monasteries, was also a centre of science and education and the Academy it housed was one of the most important centres of culture in ancient ...

We dedicated our concelebration to the support of Orthodox Christians. I make no distinction between Russian, Georgian, or Ukrainian Orthodox. We are all Christians. That there are attacks on churches ...