Bishop Vasily Represents Metropolitan Tikhon at Celebrations Marking 1,700 Years of Christianity in Georgia

At the invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Shio, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Grace Bishop Vasily traveled to the Republic of Georgia to represent His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon , Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, at the celebrations marking the 1,700th anniversary of the proclamation of Christianity as the state religion of Georgia.

His Grace arrived in Georgia on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, and participated in the commemorative celebrations held on Wednesday, October 14, alongside hierarchs and delegations representing all the autocephalous Orthodox Churches.

The principal celebration took place at the historic Svetitskhoveli Patriarchal Cathedral in Mtskheta, where His Holiness Patriarch Shio presided at the festal Divine Liturgy, concelebrated by His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, members of the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church, and visiting Orthodox hierarchs. The celebration coincided with the feast of Svetitskhovloba, which commemorates the Robe of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Life-Giving Pillar, both closely associated with the Christian heritage of Georgia.

On this occasion, Bishop Vasily conveyed…