Festive Christmas ceremony called Alilo was held in Tbilisi on Friday (January 7). Participants of the traditional procession walked up to the Holy Trinity Cathedral and delivered all the presents gathered during the procession to a special tent
`It`s very concerning that we face the activities aimed against the nation along with the activities against territorial integrity of Georgia,` - this is an excerpt from the Christmas 2011 epistle of His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia...
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili arrived in Ushguli to celebrate Christmas together with the residents of the region. Ushguli is community of villages located at the head of the Enguri gorge in Upper Svaneti, Georgia. Ushguli comprises four villages.
Preparations for celebrating Christmas on January 7 have started in Georgia. Carts pulled by ten bulls, the main participants of traditional ritual - Christmas Alilo - will arrive in Tbilisi from the town of Kaspi on Friday morning.
Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi, Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II wished merry Christmas to Abkhazian people in particular.
Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili visited Armenian Church in Tbilisi today to congratulate the worshipers on Christmas and Holy Epiphany according to Armenian Church Calendar.
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Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Nodar Surguladze and Director of Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Sulkhan Sisauri have visited the oldest academician, Ms. Nino Javakhishvili and wished her merry Christmas.
Rehabilitation of Aghmashenebeli Avenue, one of Tbilisi`s main thoroughfares is underway. Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava viewed the process of constructing of Garden of Roses in the avenue on Wednesday.
A special concert was performed at the Tbilisi Conservatoire dedicated to the birthday of His Holiness and Beatitude, Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia, Ilia II.
January 4 is the Birth Day of Georgia`s Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia. His Holiness has become 78 years old. The worshippers will be able to congratulate on the 77-th birth day to His Holiness at the Patriarchal Residence.
