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Posted on Tue Aug 19 2008 Tbilisi, August 19, Interfax - Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia believes the Most High would award Georgians after all their trials.
"Perhaps, Georgia has never faced such a trial, but it means that the Almighty will grant Georgia His mercy after it," Ilia II said in his sermon in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi.
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, Tbilisi mayor Gigi Ugulava and MPs attended the patriarchal liturgy, the Georgia Online website has reported on Tuesday.
The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia urged his flock not to "surrender to despair."
"We ask the Lord to soothe our hearts and unite our country. It will surely happen, but it is a great trial for us, for Georgia and we have to go through it," Ilia II said.
Discussion: Georgian Patriarch urges his compatriots not to lose courage
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