"His Holiness, on behalf of myself and every citizen of Georgia, I congratulate you on your 90th anniversary!

I wish Georgia, with the help of the Lord, for you to be at the head of the Georgian Church for many more years," Salome Zurabishvili said in her congratulatory letter.

To be informed, January 4, is the birthday of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Ilia II. He turned 90 years old.