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Ilia II, Patriarch Who Led Georgian Church Out of the Soviet Union, Dies at 93

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By Lucy Papachristou
March 17 (Reuters) – The spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church for just shy of half ⁠a ⁠century, Ilia II oversaw its transformation from an institution ⁠repressed under the Soviet Union into the most powerful non-state… [4618 chars]

Source: U.S. News & World Report | Published: 2026-03-17T21:02:00Z

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