Everything is in the postulates proposed by Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, the wisest and most respected person in Georgia: God, Homeland, and Human-being, the Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said this at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Budapest.

“Nevertheless, what gives us the strength to be united? Notably, the traditional, supreme, eternal, universal values that determine our entire history and culture, as well as our everyday life. These values can be easily expressed as follows: faith, freedom, peace, dignity, truth, equality, purity of the family, respect for parents, ancestors and traditions, love of the homeland and of people, and hope for a better future. Ilia II, the Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia, the wise and most respected person in our country, has summarized all of the aforementioned in the following postulates: God, Homeland, and Human-being.

Essentially, the entire history of Georgia is based on the abovementioned values, which are enshrined in the New Testament. You probably are well aware that our country was one of the first to declare Christianity as the state religion, and around the same time, the New Testament was translated into Georgian in the second half of the 4th century.

However, Christianity was preached in Georgia much earlier by the first apostles of Christ. Therefore, our history and culture have been defined by the values of the New Testament for more than two thousand years already. These values have always been the basis of the Georgian identity, uniting our people. Thanks to this very fact the small and ancient country located in the epicenter of the clash of empires and civilizations, survived the consequences of history even in the most difficult geopolitical situations that have destroyed numerous great and powerful empires”, - said Irakli Garibashvili.