Ilia II of Georgia


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
ChurchGeorgian Orthodox Church
Installed25 December 1977
PredecessorDavid V
Personal details
Born
Irakli Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili

(1933-01-04) January 4, 1933 (age 91)
NationalityGeorgian
DenominationEastern Orthodox Church
OccupationCatholicos-Patriarch
ProfessionTheologian
Alma materMoscow Theological Academy
SignatureIlia II ილია II's 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]

  1. ^ "Управление Цхум-Абхазской епархией передано Католикосу-Патриарху всея Грузии Илие II". abkhazeti.info. Retrieved January 25, 2019.