Presentation
Today, on April 5, the first-year students of the Seminary presented to the audience reports prepared within the framework of the program of the Department of History of Georgia on the general topic “Autocephaly of the Apostolic Orthodox Church of Georgia and the Striving for Freedom in the 20th Century”. Professor Sergo Vardosanidze led the presentations.
The event was attended by the Dean of the faculty - Priest Giorgi Vashalomidze, the teacher of the school - Archimandrite Serapime Chedia, members of the department and students.
The speakers discussed the following issues:
What does the autocephaly of the Church mean? - Levan Saliashvili;
1. Establishing of the Catholicosate of the Church in Kartli and King Vakhtang Gorgasali - Gogita Sirbiladze;
2. The Catholicos Patriarchs of All Georgia (XI-XV centuries) - Kakha Abulidze;
3. The Catholicos Patriarchs of Eastern Georgia (XV-XVIII centuries) - Deacon Giorgi Mkhatrishvili;
4. The Catholicos Patriarchs of Western Georgia (XV-XVIII centuries) - Luka Khvedelidze;
5. The Governance of the Russian Church in Georgia (1811-1917) - Levan Songhulashvili;
6. The Restoration of Autocephaly to the Church of Georgia. Catholicos Kirion II - Gabriel Mdinaradze;
7. Catholicos Patriarch Ambrose (Khelaia), a Fighter for the Independence of the Church and State (Ambrose the Confessor) - Alexandre Bubashvili;
8. Problems of the Autocephaly of the Church of Georgia in the 40s of the 20th Century. Saint Kalistrate, the Catholicos Patriarch (Tsintsadze) Monk Emanuel Kekelia;
9. International Recognition of the Autocephaly of the Church of
Georgia. Catholicos Patriarch Ilia II - Levan Sartania.
