UOC-KP opens "metochion" in Georgia
The UOC-KP "bishop" with clerics in Georgia. Photo: patriarhat.info
The UOC-KP announced the creation of a "metochion" of the structure in the town of Lagodekhi in Georgia.
According to decree No. 96 of the UOC-KP "Patriarch" Nikodim, cleric Giorgi Guliashvili was appointed head of the "metochion" and rector of the Chapel of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God. The day before, UOC-KP "bishop" Jacob performed the "ordination" of Giorgi Guliashvili.
The structure's press service stated that the opening of the "metochion" in Lagodekhi is aimed at the "establishment of a church presence" of the UOC-KP outside Ukraine and the "strengthening of spiritual ties".
Earlier, the UOJ wrote that "Patriarch" Nikodim created new UOC-KP vicariates in Italy and Portugal.
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