Metropolitan Shio Mujiri has been elected as the new head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, a position that carries not just ...

(RNS) — Bishop Shio Mujiri will now be known as Patriarch Shio III, leading the Georgian Orthodox Church, one of the most prominent institutions in the country. He was enthroned in the 1,000-year-old ...

The Georgian Orthodox Church has elected Shio III as its new patriarch, marking a significant moment for Georgia, a nation ...

Orthodox ​Christian bishops in Georgia elected a new patriarch, Shio III, on Monday, in what is ‌a pivotal juncture for the South Caucasus country where the Church plays an influential role in social ...

The Georgian Orthodox Church will elect its new, 142nd Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia today during an expanded church ...

Metropolitan Shio (Mujirishvili), 57, will become the next Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia. An expanded session of the ...

At an expanded council of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Bishop Shio was today elected the new, 142nd Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia. The hierarchs chose ...

Members of the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church have elected Metropolitan Shio as the new Patriarch during a closed ...

The US Embassy in Georgia has extended congratulations to the Georgian Orthodox Church following the election of His Holiness ...

TBILISI, Georgia — 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 ...

Situated in a back alley just off the vibrant Aghmashenebeli Street, where a string of new restaurants cater to tourists enjoying the laid-back pedestrian lane, Tandoyants Church can be hard to spot.

SUKHUMI -- The Abkhaz Orthodox Church has officially split from the Georgian Orthodox Church, RFE/RL's Russian and Georgian services report. The head of the Sukhumi-Abkhaz diocese, Father Vissarion ...