According to the information of the Religion Agency, the Patriarch of Georgia had to work in the most difficult period.

According to their own reports, he made an immeasurable contribution to the restoration of the autocephaly of the Georgian Church in the history of independent Georgia.

The State Agency for Religious Issues congratulates the outstanding religious leader and public figure of the 20th-21st centuries, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi, Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, Ilia the Second, on the day of his enthronement. We wish His Holiness long life, health and courage for the benefit of our country and people.