In this connection, today the Professor of Tbilisi Theological
Academy and Seminary, Archpriest Maxim Chanturia and the clergy of
the staff of this educational institution offered an Akathist to
the Mother of God at Sioni Cathedral.
The aforementioned Church service was attended by the
representatives of the Government of Apkhazeti and the professors,
teachers and students of the Academy and Seminary. On the
completion of the service, Father Maxim addressed the parish with
his congratulation. While speaking about its significance, he
mentioned that Apkhazeti is an unhealed wound for every Georgian
and that each of us has a strong belief that the separation of this
region from the integral Georgia is temporary. By God’s will, there
will come the time when our Motherland, although split now, will be
unified again. Father Maxim blessed the attending people, wished
them spiritual steadfastness, confidence in the righteousness of
our common cause, elevated national awareness and a future of
living in an integral state.