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The protests have been met with a violent police crackdown as the ruling party and thousands of protesters become locked in a deepening battle over the country’s future and whether Georgia ...
The protests in Georgia have highlighted the country's complex, fraught relationship with its much larger neighbor to the north, Russia. Russia invaded Georgia in 2008 and it continues to occupy ...
Freedom of religions in Georgia is provided for by the country's constitution, laws, and policies. In practice, the Georgian government generally respects religious freedom; however, the Georgian Orthodox Church enjoys a privileged status in terms of legal and tax matters, involvement in public schools, and property disputes.
The city of Savannah, Georgia, was founded in 1733, [1] making it the oldest city in the state and one of the oldest in the United States. [2] [3] At its founding, the city was a farming community where slavery was banned, though the institution became legal in 1750 and, in the following years, Savannah became a major port city in the Atlantic slave trade. [1]
A series of George Floyd protests took place in Georgia, United States, following the murder of George Floyd in 2020. 11 consecutive days of protests and rallies occurred in Atlanta through June 8, 2020. [3] Through July 2020, protests occurred in twenty various cities and communities in the state.
The descriptive use of the term religious persecution is rather difficult. Religious persecution has occurred in different historical, geographical and social contexts since at least antiquity. Until the 18th century, some groups were nearly universally persecuted for their religious views, such as atheists, [37] Jews [38] and Zoroastrians. [39]
The IAO is a transnational, inter-parliamentary institution founded in 1994 by the Greek Parliament to unite Orthodox Christian lawmakers around the globe. Both Georgia and Russia are members of the organizations, with Georgia joining in 2013. 20 June 2019, an IAO session began in the Parliament in Georgia.
Christians have had diverse attitudes towards violence and nonviolence over time. Both currently and historically, there have been four attitudes towards violence and war and four resulting practices of them within Christianity: non-resistance, Christian pacifism, just war, and preventive war (Holy war, e.g., the Crusades). [1]