Christmas celebrates “truth, love, kindness” - Georgian President wishes “well-being, love” to Orthodox families
“Today celebrates truth, love and kindness, bringing light to the world”, the President noted in her social media post. Photo via Presidential Administration
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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Sunday congratulated “every Georgian and every Orthodox family worldwide” on Merry Christmas, wishing well-being and love for Georgia and all the families celebrating Christmas today.
Today celebrates truth, love and kindness, bringing light to the world”, the President noted in her social media post.
To every Georgian and every #Orthodox family worldwide, Merry Christmas! Today celebrates truth, love, and kindness, bringing light to the world. Wishing you all well-beingand love for your families and our country.
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) January 6, 2024
გილოცავთ ქრისტეშობის
დღესასწაულს!
The Georgian Orthodox Church is celebrating Christmas today along with other members of the Orthodox world, due to the two-week difference between the Gregorian and Julian calendars, to the latter of which Georgia adheres.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and other representatives of the executive and legislative authorities, earlier today, also congratulated Georgians on Orthodox Christmas.
The world has always been contradictory, but today's conflicts and wars pose “a real danger of turning into a global catastrophe and destroying all of humanity”. That is why we should all care for peace, the Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II said in his annual Christmas epistle ahead of Christmas mass last night.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Sunday congratulated “all of Georgia” on Orthodox Christmas, wishing his compatriots and their families happiness, joy and progress.
Vehicle traffic will be restricted on certain streets of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Sunday to allow the holding of the traditional celebratory Christmas march Alilo, a customary event involving children singing Christmas carols and walking through the streets, gathering presents to be later donated to charity, Tbilisi City Hall announced on Saturday.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Saturday wished the Armenian Apostolic Church and its congregation in Georgia and abroad “peace, health and welfare” on their Christmas and Epiphany celebrations.
Georgian citizens in the country’s capital Tbilisi held the traditional celebratory Christmas march Alilo, a customary event involving children singing Christmas carols and walking through the streets, gathering presents to be later donated to charity.
The BBC on Sunday published a photo report of January 7 celebrations marking the Orthodox Christmas around the world, with the selections featuring Alilo, the annual march of children across Georgia who sing carols while walking through streets to gather presents for charities.