Archpriest Andria Jagmaidze makes explanations regarding performance of liturgy in Russian in Svetitskhoveli

The head of the public relations service of the Patriarchate of Georgia, archpriest Andria Jagmaidze, made explanations regarding the information spread about the performance of the liturgy in the Russian language in Svetitskhoveli.

"Today there was another attempt to find a scandal in the Church, this time from the Main Channel, which said that "a Russian prayer was heard in Svetitskhoveli". I am clarifying once again: church services are delivered in the old Slavic language in the churches of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia and Bulgaria. Today, pilgrims from Belarus, accompanied by a Bulgarian priest and deacon, are participating in the prayer, and tomorrow they will participate in the liturgy. According to the church tradition, guests are given the opportunity to say one or more prayers in their own language in our church," the archpriest wrote on Facebook.