How the Catholicoses negotiate
"You have everything-birds, vegetation, wine and a church...", the Catholicos of All Armenians tells Catholicos-Patriarch Ilya II of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
The Catholicos of All Armenians tries to speak informally with his Georgian counterpart, but starts speaking formally after the latter alludes.
Today a video made during the Armenian Catholicos's one-month visit to Georgia was posted on the Internet. The video was made around a wine table, and the Catholicoses speak in Russian. The video was disseminated by Gruzya online periodical.
Perhaps the reason why this video was posted on the Internet now was the law that the Georgian Parliament passed. The law envisages granting religious organizations, including the Armenian Apostolic Church the status of a juridical person.
Earlier, Patriarch of All Georgians Ilya II had called on the Georgian Parliament to postpone the discussion on amendments in the Civil Code until "the formation of common public opinion and a consensus with the Orthodox Church since most of the people are Orthodox Christians".
