Georgian orthodox church praying for peace, hostages’ release in Israel - Patriarch tells Israeli Ambassador
The Georgian Patriarch expressed his sorrow for the hostages and victims in Israel, extending his condolences to the families of the deceased, while Meitzad spoke about the Hamas terrorist attacks last month and expressed her respect for His Holiness and the Georgian orthodox church. Photo via the Patriarchate of Georgia
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The Georgian Orthodox church is praying for peace in Israel and the release of hostages amid the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, the Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia's Orthodox Church Ilia II told the Israeli Ambassador Hadas Meitzad, as His Holiness hosted Meitzad on Thursday.
The Patriarchate of Georgia said the sides had discussed the centuries-old fraternal relationship between Georgian and Israeli people at the meeting, held at the initiative of the Israeli Ambassador.
The Georgian Patriarch expressed his sorrow for the hostages and victims in Israel, extending his condolences to the families of the deceased, while Meitzad spoke about the Hamas terrorist attacks last month and expressed her respect for His Holiness and the Georgian orthodox church.
The meeting was attended by the Senaki and Chkhorotsku Metropolitan Shio Mujiri, who is the Patriarch's 'locum tenens', the Akhaltsikhe and Tao-Klarjeti Metropolitan Theodore, and Protopresbyter Giorgi Zviadadze.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday condemned the recent “terrorist attack” organised by Palestinian terrorist organisation Hamas on Israel in a meeting with the country’s Ambassador to Georgia Hadas Meitzad in Tbilisi.
Developments in Israel, on the backdrop of the attacks by Hamas on the country’s territory and the anticipated ground operation by the Israeli armed forces into Gaza, were discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili and Hadas Meitzad, the Israeli Ambassador to the country.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday met with Hadas Meitzad, the Israeli Ambassador to the country, to send his condolences to the victims of the attacks on Israeli territory by Hamas over the last several days.
The hilltop TV tower overlooking Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is on Sunday illuminated with the national colours of Israel in a symbolic show of solidarity with the country following the terrorist attack yesterday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday told a panel discussion at the Paris Peace Forum his Government was a “supporter” of peace amid the ongoing conflicts, crises and wars in the world.