Georgia's Patriarch Ilia II Dies at 93

Was Patriarch Ilia II Georgia's greatest spiritual guardian or a political force whose death reshapes the nation's future?
    Georgia's Patriarch Ilia II Dies at 93
    Above: Clergymen carry the late Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II in Tbilisi, Georgia, on March 18. Image credit: Giorgi Arjevanidze/Getty Images


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