Patriarchate: The information that the head of the foreign affairs department of the Russian Orthodox Church is scheduled to visit Georgia is not true

According to the Patriarchate of Georgia, the information that the head of the foreign affairs department of the Russian Orthodox Church is scheduled to visit Georgia is not true.

"Information is disseminated as if the head of the foreign affairs department of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Antoni (Sevriuk) of Volokolam, is scheduled to visit Georgia, which is not true, such a thing is not planned in the Patriarchate of Georgia.

In addition, we note that in connection with the anniversary dates of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II, it is generally not planned to receive guests from abroad, including delegations or individual secular or clerical persons," the statement reads.