Our homeland will definitely restore its territorial integrity, reads the address of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Ilia II.

“15 years have passed since the August war, after which, together with Abkhazia, more than 20% of the territory of Georgia was occupied by Russia.

We have repeatedly announced at the international level and I’ll repeat again - both the Tskhinvali region and Abkhazia are our indigenous lands and inseparable parts!

Our homeland will definitely restore its territorial integrity. But we can’t achieve this with strife, bloodshed, mutual enmity, lies... We should all think about it.

Georgian Church delivers prayers at every service, both for the territorial integrity and the spiritual unity of the nation. We always remember those who dedicated themselves to the motherland. Even now I pray for the victims of the fratricidal war who died in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region, including Ossetians and Abkhazians”, - reads the address of Catholicos-Patriarch.