The director of the Publishing
House of Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary, Doctor of
Philology, noted that His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II had in
fact restored our Church from ruins and strengthened it to such
extent that it is now the bedrock of our statehood. His Holiness’
contribution is great in the establishment of Tbilisi Theological
Academy and Seminary, which still follows the path he set for it.
This is the path of faith and knowledge. Mrs. Nino Melikishvili
congratulated the Catholicos-Patriarch on the 42nd anniversary of
his enthronement and wished him many more years of life for the
benefit of the nation and the country.