epa12841482 Founder of the Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili (2-L), his wife Ekaterine Khvedelidze (R), and Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze (L) attend the funeral service of the late Georgia's Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II at the Sioni Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, 22 March 2026. Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II (Irakli Gudushauri-Shiolashvili)...

epa12841481 Mourners follow the coffin of the late Georgia's Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II as clergy carry it into the Sioni Cathedral during his funeral ceremony in Tbilisi, Georgia, 22 March 2026. Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II (Irakli Gudushauri-Shiolashvili) of All Georgia died on 17 March, at the age of 93 in Tbilisi. He had led the Georgian Orthodox Church...

epa12841480 Mourners follow the coffin of the late Georgia's Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II as clergy carry it into the Sioni Cathedral during his funeral ceremony in Tbilisi, Georgia, 22 March 2026. Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II (Irakli Gudushauri-Shiolashvili) of All Georgia died on 17 March, at the age of 93 in Tbilisi. He had led the Georgian Orthodox Church...

epa12841479 Founder of the Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili attends the funeral service of the late Georgia's Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II at the Sioni Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, 22 March 2026. Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II (Irakli Gudushauri-Shiolashvili) of All Georgia died on 17 March, at the age of 93 in Tbilisi. He had led the Georgian...

epa12841478 Georgia's President Mikheil Kavelashvili attends the funeral service of the late Georgia's Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II at the Sioni Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, 22 March 2026. Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II (Irakli Gudushauri-Shiolashvili) of All Georgia died on 17 March, at the age of 93 in Tbilisi. He had led the Georgian Orthodox Church since...