Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II congratulated the Georgian people on New Year.
Ilia II asked people to be grateful to God to enjoy spiritual peace. “A person falls, but the God gives him/her strength to continue living. . . . Let the God desires to take all the bad with the old year. Let news, peace, patience, joy and love prevails in Georgia and in the world,” Ilia II stated.