Grigol Gegelia on “Georgian Dream”: This is a regime that was wiretapping even Ilia II himself, not to mention various high hierarchs of the Church – from the very beginning the regime’s goal was to weaken the Orthodox Church

Gorduladze said that Sioridze lied when he claimed that the SSS is supposedly wiretapping representatives of the Orthodox Church – this is a regime that was wiretapping even Ilia II himself, not to mention all the various high hierarchs of the Church, – this is written by Grigol Gegelia, Foreign Secretary of “Lelo – Strong Georgia,” on social media, thereby responding to Archil Gorduladze’s statement that “it is an absolute lie and disinformation that the State Security Service is supposedly wiretapping representatives of the Orthodox Church.”

As Gegelia writes, “this is a regime that from the very beginning had the goal of weakening the Orthodox Church, which is why it organized the so-called cyanide case, because Ivanishvili’s goal was to weaken every center of power.”

“Gorduladze said that Sioridze lied when he claimed that the SSS is supposedly wiretapping representatives of the Orthodox Church. He was even outraged – what kind of country are we living in, he said.

I offer you excerpts from the leaked files of SSS employee Akaki Nemsadze:

[25.09.19, 13:40:33] Akaki Nemsadze: On 25 September of this year, from the Patriarchate residence located near the Jvari Monastery in Mtskheta, Ilia II contacted his sister, Nun Natalia Shioshvili, and informed her that he had had a bad dream and, based on the aforementioned, instructed her to urgently check his (the Patriarch’s) personal safe located in the Patriarchate. Later, N. Shioshvili told His Holiness that the safe showed no signs of any damage.

Note: According to church canons, patriarchs keep a will in their personal safe, which is opened after their death.”

“18 April 2020. His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, was contacted by his sister, Nun Natalia Ghudushauri, who asked why the church bells were not ringing and whether there was any problem. Ilia II replied that the bells should ring as usual and that there is no need to worry about this issue.”

There are many such ones. I am offering you only two that concern Ilia II. For information, the issue of wiretapping is confirmed by the clergy themselves, who recognized the authenticity of their own conversations. On behalf of the Patriarchate, press speaker Father Andria Jagmaidze requested an investigation into possible eavesdropping.

This is a regime that was wiretapping even Ilia II himself, not to mention all the various high hierarchs of the Church.

This is a regime that from the very beginning had the goal of weakening the Orthodox Church, which is why it organized the so-called cyanide case, because Ivanishvili’s goal was to weaken and destroy every center of power: the Church, civil society, or political parties,” Grigol Gegelia writes.

For information, at the Constitutional Court hearing, “Georgian Dream” MP Archil Gorduladze stated that it is an absolute lie and disinformation that the State Security Service is wiretapping representatives of the Orthodox Church. “It is outrageous and has crossed every boundary to spread such a lie,” Gorduladze noted.