Catholicosate Patriarchate Of All Georgia
| Apostolic Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ) | |
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 Coat of Arms | |
| Founder (s) | St. Andrew |
| Autocephaly / Autonomy recognized | 1989 |
| Current primate | Catholicos-Patriarch Elijah II |
| Headquarters | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Primary territory | Georgia |
| Rite | Byzantine |
| Language (s) liturgical (s) | Georgian |
| Calendar | Julian |
| Estimated population | 5 000 000 |
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The Patriarchate of Georgia-Catholicosate or Apostolic Orthodox Church of Georgia is an autocephalous jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church.
The primate of the Church carries the title of Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi , Catholicos - Patriarch of All Georgia, with residence in Tbilisi (incumbent: His Holiness and His Beatitude Elijah II History The Georgian Orthodox Church, founded in the first century by the Apostle St. Andrew , is one of the oldest autocephalous Orthodox Churches of the world. In the early fourth century , in 317 , using holy Nino of Cappadocia , Christianity was declared the official religion of Georgia. The Georgian Orthodox Church is autocephalous since 484. 1008 : political and ecclesiastical unity of Western Georgia and Eastern Georgia (Iberia of the Caucasus). 1 364 - one thousand three hundred sixty-seven : union of the title of Catholicos of Romagyris than Catholicos of Georgia. The autocephalous Church of Georgia was abolished by the Russian authorities in 1811 (after the annexation of Georgia by the tsarist regime ) and was restored de facto 1917. This restoration was not recognized by the Russian Church in 1943 , and by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1989. Organization
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| Independent churches noncanonical | |
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| See also: two councils of churches - churches of three councils - the Eastern Catholic Churches | |
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