Patriarchate responds to murder occurred in Martkopi monastery

Andria Jaghmaidze, Head of the Public Relations Department of the Georgian Patriarchate, responds to the murder that took place in Martkopi Ghvtaeba Monastery.

“As we have been informed from the Diocese, murder took place at Martkopi Ghvtaeba Monastery.

The monastery has sheltered homeless people and people with various social or medical problems. As we were told, one person with mental illness killed another person and escaped,” Andria Jaghmaidze writes.

A man has been murdered in Ghvtaeba Monastery in Martkopi village of Eastern Georgia. Reportedly, the man, with neck injuries, was found in the monastery cell. Ministry of Internal Affairs said that an investigation is in progress under Article 108 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, involving an intentional murder.