{"id":136595,"date":"2026-03-25T13:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/?p=136595"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:51:19","slug":"metropolitan-shio-hosts-romanian-orthodox-delegation-at-patriarchate-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiflisnews.ge\/en\/metropolitan-shio-hosts-romanian-orthodox-delegation-at-patriarchate-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Shio hosts Romanian Orthodox delegation at Patriarchate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>His Holiness Metropolitan Shio (Mujiri) of Senaki and Chkhorotsku received a delegation from the Romanian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchate on March 23. The delegation included Archbishop Ioane of Timi\u015foara and Metropolitan of Banat, Secretary of the Holy Synod, Chorbishop Varlaam of Ploie\u015fti, and Archdeacon Nicolae.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Public Relations Service of the Patriarchate of Georgia, the meeting was attended by the Choir Bishop of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Metropolitan of Akhaltsikhe and Tao-Klarjeti, Theodor (Chuadze); Metropolitan of Poti and Khobi, Grigoli (Berbichashvili); Metropolitan of Zugdidi and Tsaishi, Gerasime (Sharashenidze); Metropolitan of Gori and Athens, Andria (Gvazava); Metropolitan of Alaverdi, David (Makharadze); Secretary of the Catholicos-Patriarch, Archpriest Mikael Botkoveli; Head of the Patriarchate\u2019s Public Relations Service, Archpriest Andria Jagmaidze; and other distinguished persons.<\/p>\n<p>The delegates conveyed their condolences to Metropolitan Shio, the members of the Holy Synod, and the Orthodox Church of Georgia on the passing of His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMetropolitan Shio expressed gratitude to the guests for their fraternal support. During the meeting, the large attendance at the funeral of the Catholicos-Patriarch was discussed, with special mention of the enduring legacy of Saint Anthimos of Iveria, which continues to unite our churches. At the conclusion of the meeting, symbolic gifts were exchanged,\u201d the statement from the Georgian Orthodox Church reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Holiness Metropolitan Shio (Mujiri) of Senaki and Chkhorotsku received a delegation from the Romanian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchate on March 23. The delegation included Archbishop Ioane of Timi\u015foara and Metropolitan of Banat, Secretary of the Holy Synod, Chorbishop Varlaam of Ploie\u015fti, and Archdeacon Nicolae. 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