PM wishes “peace, stability” to citizens on Easter
The Easter service was also attended by Salome Zourabichvili, the President of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Parliament, and other representatives of the executive and legislative branches of the state, the Government Administration said. Photo: Government Administration
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili congratulated the public on the Orthodox Easter and wished them peace and stability on Sunday.
Speaking to the media at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, where a service was held to mark the celebration, he said the date was associated with “hope, renewal and belief in a better tomorrow.”
I want to wish you all a tomorrow that brings peace and renewal” Garibashvili said from the Cathedral where he attended the liturgy along with his wife. The service began around 11 p.m. on Saturday and continued until the early hours of Sunday.
Photo: Government Administration
Prior to the service, parishioners gathered in the Cathedral, listened to the Easter Epistle of the Georgian Patriarch Ilia II. Garibashvili called the address “wise and thoughtful”.
The Easter service was also attended by Salome Zourabichvili, the President of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Parliament, and other representatives of the executive and legislative branches of the state, the Government Administration said.
Orthodox Christians in Georgia and worldwide are celebrating Easter today.
The ongoing wars in the world today, especially the one waged by Russia in Ukraine with its “horrific facts” and the “gravest atrocity”, cause the “greatest heartache,” the annual Easter epistle of the Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II said.
Orthodox Christians in Georgia and worldwide are celebrating Easter, one of their most important annual religious holidays, today.
Georgian officials send their kind wishes to everyone celebrating Easter today. Joining the celebrations, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and President Salome Zurabishvili wished the public ‘health, wellbeing and peace on this blessed day.’
Today Orthodox Christians in Georgia are celebrating Easter, which is one of the most significant dates on the religious calendar. Churchgoers attended mass last night as curfew was rolled back to 11 p.m., however coronavirus regulations such as face masks and social distancing were enforced.
Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, on Tuesday claimed the existence of a “disinformation campaign” being carried out “against Georgia” with the aim of “causing unrest and involving the country in a war” following a release of an unconfirmed audio recording of an alleged call between Russian businessman Vladimer Evtushenkov and former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.