{"id":571684,"date":"2026-05-13T12:28:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=571684"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:28:46","slug":"patriarch-shio-iii-enthronement-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-shio-iii-enthronement-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"New Georgian Patriarch Shio III calls for Church to embrace those \u2018outside its walls\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cWe must open wide the doors of the Church to everyone. We must also embrace our spiritual children who are outside the walls of the Church and who, like the prodigal son, perhaps do not dare to come to us,\u201d said Patriarch Shio III of Georgia on Tuesday during his enthronement ceremony.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The service took place at Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, where Metropolitan Shio was <a href=\"https:\/\/sazu.ge\/posts\/post\/2835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enthroned<\/a> as the 142nd Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, succeeding <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/tag\/patriarch-ilia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patriarch Ilia II<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-deep-sorrow-repose-of-georgian-patriarch-ilia-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nearly half a century of leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives of the Georgian authorities, members of the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church, clergy and thousands of faithful attended the solemn ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Patriarch Shio III spoke about the immense responsibility of his new ministry and the trust he places in God\u2019s help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn this blessed day, standing before you, I thank and glorify the Lord. At the same time, I am filled with reverence and cry out to Him with hope: \u2018Show me, O Lord, the way in which I should walk.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_571657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-571657\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-571657 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shio-iii-intronizare-patriarhul-georgiei-3-890x594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shio-iii-intronizare-patriarhul-georgiei-3-890x594.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shio-iii-intronizare-patriarhul-georgiei-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shio-iii-intronizare-patriarhul-georgiei-3-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shio-iii-intronizare-patriarhul-georgiei-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shio-iii-intronizare-patriarhul-georgiei-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shio-iii-intronizare-patriarhul-georgiei-3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-571657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands attended the enthronement ceremony of Georgia&#8217;s new Patriarch Shio III. Photo: Georgian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Georgia\u2019s Christian roots<\/h2>\n<p>His Beatitude also recalled Georgia\u2019s Christian roots, underlining the role of faith in the identity of the Georgian people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Georgian people found their true face and true nature through the living word of the Lord. Throughout the centuries, our country has struggled, suffered and been torn apart, but despite everything, it unites itself, falls and rises again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must share both the joy and the sorrow of the people, serve them and support them, because the strength of the Church does not lie only in words. Its calling is love in the image of Christ and the bearing of one another\u2019s burdens.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cThe future of the country is our children\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Referring to contemporary challenges, the new Patriarch of Georgia warned about the cooling of human relationships and the loss of moral landmarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cModern life confronts us with new difficulties. People\u2019s hearts have grown cold and estranged. A thousand temptations replace faith, moral values, family and loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe future of the country is our children. They watch us every day, listen to us and learn from us. They often choose other ways of life, but they remain children. They need our love, care and support more than anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about Patriarch Ilia II, who reposed in the Lord in March, Patriarch Shio III said that, as \u201cobedient and loving sons, we are bound to preserve his spiritual legacy and continue his path \u2014 the path of service to God, the homeland and humanity\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cA worthy servant of the Georgian Church\u201d<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_571660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-571660\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-571660 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shio-iii-intronizare-patriarhul-georgiei-2-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shio-iii-intronizare-patriarhul-georgiei-2-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shio-iii-intronizare-patriarhul-georgiei-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shio-iii-intronizare-patriarhul-georgiei-2-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shio-iii-intronizare-patriarhul-georgiei-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shio-iii-intronizare-patriarhul-georgiei-2-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shio-iii-intronizare-patriarhul-georgiei-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-571660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metropolitan Daniel of Chiatura and Sachkhere congratulates the new Patriarch of Georgia. Photo: Georgian Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the end of the ceremony, Patriarch Shio III thanked the hierarchs and faithful for the trust they had placed in him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ask you to pray for me and for the future of our Church, that your prayers may give me strength to serve with devotion and humility the Orthodox Church and the blessed Georgian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of the Holy Synod of the Georgian Church, Daniel of Chiatura said that the new Patriarch \u201cdemonstrated during his nine years of service as locum tenens the qualities necessary to preserve and strengthen the legacy left by our great father\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Patriarch Shio III was elected on Monday by the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n<p>Patriarch Daniel of Romania sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-of-romania-congratulates-new-patriarch-of-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">congratulatory message<\/a> to the new Patriarch of Georgia, wishing His Beatitude \u201cmany blessed years in the service of the Orthodox people of Georgia and help from God in all your pastoral and missionary activity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: <span dir=\"auto\">Georgian Patriarchate<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasilicaNews\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-495171\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif 889w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1024x171.gif 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1536x256.gif 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-2048x341.gif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe must open wide the doors of the Church to everyone. We must also embrace our spiritual children who are outside the walls of the Church and who, like the prodigal son, perhaps do not dare to come to us,\u201d said Patriarch Shio III of Georgia on Tuesday during his enthronement ceremony. 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