Ex-Soviet Georgia is overwhelmingly Orthodox Christian and less than 1 percent of the population is Catholic, according to government figures. Still, organizers had been hoping for a much bigger ...

The report notes that approximately 85% of Georgia's population identifies as Orthodox Christian. The religious freedom advocacy groups suggested that one of the reasons for the rejection of ...

TBILISI -- "When the Antichrist arrives, he will prohibit all religions," the priest said. "He will say your [human] rights are being violated, that you are being abused and misled. And that will ...

Thirty years later, the Georgian Orthodox Church and its leader ... in a nation of 3.7 million inhabitants, 83% of whom are Orthodox Christians. However, the church has also recently faced ...

Tbilisi, Georgia Pope Francis' efforts to improve relations with the Georgian Orthodox Church suffered ... divisions that have "lacerated" Christianity to be healed through patience, trust and ...

IRANIAN Christians are consistently being refused asylum in Georgia, despite the risk of persecution at home; many are accused of not having a genuine faith because they are not Orthodox, new research ...

The ruling party’s veiled campaign promise to declare Orthodox Christianity the state religion appears to have fallen flat before the party even had a chance to pronounce it. What looked like Georgian ...

After Christianity was introduced to Georgia in the 4th Century, the pillar became a place of worship for Orthodox Christians. "This pillar is the symbol of the true cross," said Father Ilarion.

Most Western churches observed Easter on March 31 this year, but Orthodox Christians in Georgia, Russia and elsewhere follow a different calendar. “It is the most extraordinary Easter I have ...