His Eminence Honorary Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Târgoviște and Patriarchal Exarch, was received on Tuesday at the Patriarchal Residence in Tbilisi by His Beatitude Patriarch Shio III of Georgia.
During the meeting, Hon Metropolitan Nifon conveyed His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel’s fraternal greetings to Patriarch Shio III.
The Primate of the Georgian Orthodox Church received a blessing cross from the Romanian Patriarch, together with publications dedicated to the National Cathedral in Bucharest and a volume devoted to the Holy Hieromartyr Anthimos the Iberian.
Memorial service at Patriarch Ilia II’s tomb
The Archbishop of Târgoviște also celebrated a memorial service at the tomb of Patriarch Ilia II, together with representatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Patriarch Ilia II reposed in the Lord in March this year.
His Eminence’s visit took place during an international symposium marking 1,700 years since Christianity became Georgia’s state religion.
The symposium took place in Tbilisi from 11 to 13 October, with sessions on history, ethnology and archaeology, language and literature, culture and art, and the relationship between religion and science.
Researchers and clergy from several countries attended.
Romania was represented by Archbishop Nifon of Târgoviște, Archimandrite Hrisostom Rădășanu, Fr Bogdan-Vlăduț Brînză, Gabriel-Victor Baclea and Alina Munteanu.
Photocredit: deacon Eusebiu Ionuț Bratu
