Georgian Church representative visits Romanian Patriarchate

(basilica.ro) - On 21 June 2011, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, received His Eminence Ştefan, Archbishop of Tsagheri and Lentekhi from the Orthodox Church of Georgia, in an audience.

His Eminence Ştefan thanked for reception and conveyed the Patriarch of Romania a brotherly message on behalf of His Beatitude Elijah II, Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia.

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel mentioned the historical relationships between the two sister Orthodox Churches and appreciated the dynamism of the church life of the Patriarchate of Georgia, where churches and monasteries were restored and new places of worship were built, in spite of the hard period the Georgian people has passed through of late.

The Patriarch of Romania underlined the need to intensify the co-operation between the two sister Orthodox Churches, through the implementation of certain common spiritual missionary and cultural programmes, theological conferences and pilgrimages in the two countries, especially since the relics of Saint Maxim the Confessor are kept in the Eparchy of Tsagheri and Lentekhi served by His Eminence Ştefan.

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel also proposed the Georgian guest to present news and other documentary materials concerning the Church Georgian life at Trinitas radio and television stations and at Lumina publications of the Romanian Patriarchate, in order to inform the faithful and make them acquainted with the life and activity of the Orthodox Church of Georgia.