The U.S. Department of State’s Principal Advisor for Global Religious Freedom expresses his condolences on the passing of His Holiness Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.
“Offering our deepest condolences to all those mourning the passing of Patriarch Ilia II - a champion of the Georgian Orthodox Church’s ability to freely worship in the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s efforts to erase faith and suppress freedom”, - writes Mark Walker.