Holy Synod to Mediate and ask President to Pardon Archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze

"The Holy Synod will mediate and ask President to pardon Archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze," Petre Tsaava, the Metropolitan of Chkondidi, told reporters after he left the meeting of the Holy Synod today, adding that the Holy Synod took a unanimous decision on this issue.

“The Holy Synod unanimously shared the request of Archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze and decided to mediate with President, asking to pardon the Archpriest,“ he noted. 

The archpriest Giorgi Mamaladze was detained in September 2017 for allegedly plotting the murder of a high-ranking clergy member of the Georgian Orthodox Church and sentenced to 9 years of imprisonment, as he was found guilty by the Tbilisi City Court. 

Today, the Metropolitan of Chkondidi was fired from the position of Bishop by the Holy Synod because he submitted incriminating evidence against Patriarch Ilia II.

By Ana Dumbadze 

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