We express our special thanks to Mr. Bidzina Ivanishvili, who, along with many important things, enriched our cultural treasure with this most important manuscript, reads the statement of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II.

“The ancient manuscript of Ioane Zosime will be returned to Georgia.

We were very happy to hear that the palimpsest was purchased by the Georgian side at the Christie’s auction. The liturgical texts copied in 979 by the greatest liturgist working on Mount Sinai, Ioane Zosime, are extremely valuable for the history of Georgian church literature.

We express our special thanks to Mr. Bidzina Ivanishvili, who, along with many important things, enriched our cultural treasure with this most important manuscript.

May God bless this great charity of his for the good of our holy church and motherland”, - says the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.