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In 1801, the Kingdom of Kartl-Kakheti (Eastern Georgia) was occupied and annexed by the Russian Empire. On 18 July 1811, the autocephalous status of the Georgian Church was abolished by the Russian authorities, despite strong opposition in Georgia, and the Georgian Church was subjected to the synodical rule of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church and its predecessors in the ancient Georgian Kingdom of Iberia (i.e. Kartli) have borne the title of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia since 1010, except between 1811 and 1917, when the Church was subordinated to the Russian Orthodox Church as part of the Russian imperial policies.
Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan Bishop of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazeti: Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral, Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral, Mtskheta Cathedral: 2 Tsalka Eparchy: Tsalka; 3 Alaverdi Eparchy: Telavi and Akhmeta: David (Makharadze), Metropolitan bishop of Alaverdi Alaverdi Cathedral ...
Georgian Orthodoxy has been a state religion in parts of Georgia since the 4th century, and is the majority religion in that country. The Constitution of Georgia recognizes the special role of the Georgian Orthodox Church in the country's history but also stipulates the independence of the church from the state.
The most recent census in 2014 showed that most of the population in Georgia practiced Eastern Orthodox Christianity, primarily in the Georgian Orthodox Church, whose faithful make up 83.4% of the population. Around 2.9% of the population followed the Armenian Apostolic Church (Oriental Orthodoxy), almost all of which are ethnic Armenians. [1]
The first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia was Melkisedek I (1010–1033). In the 15th century the Georgian Orthodox Church was divided into the East and the West parts and accordingly they were ruled by the Catholicos-Patriarch of East Georgia and the Catholicos-Patriarch of West Georgia.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. Second-largest Christian church This article is about the Eastern Orthodox Church as an institution. For its religion, doctrine and tradition, see Eastern Orthodoxy. For other uses of "Orthodox Church", see Orthodox Church (disambiguation). For other uses of "Greek Orthodox", see Greek ...
Ambrosius of Georgia: 1927 16 March Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Hieroconfessor [84] Ammon of Egypt: 356 4 October / 7 December Desert Father, Venerable; a.k.a. Amun, Amoun, Ammonas and Ammonius the Hermit [85] [86] Ammon of Nitria: 401–430 10 January Desert Father, Venerable; a.k.a. Amtnonas, Ammonius and Ammonas of Egypt: Amos: c ...