Georgia religion

'A woman’s body is not the state’s demographic resource or the Church’s property': Comment from Tbilisi

Georgia

May 18, 2026

Reproductive health specialist Eka Kvirkvelia comments on remarks by Georgia’s new Patriarch, Shio III, about abortion.

‘You cannot build happiness on abortion’: New Georgian patriarch’s first sermon on family and demographics

Georgia

May 18, 2026

According to the Patriarch, the state should strengthen legal mechanisms that would “protect the family from harmful gender theories and ideology”.

Opinion: 'Georgia’s next patriarch may be aligned with government'

Church in Georgia

May 13, 2026

Political analyst Vakhtang Dzabiradze: ‘The government always seeks to maintain good relations with the Church’