Georgian Patriarchate Condemns Use of Georgian Monk’s Name for Unit Fighting on Russian Side

The Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarchate has distanced itself from the use of the name of Gabriel Urgebadze, a prominent Georgian Orthodox monk canonized after his death, for a military unit fighting in the Ukrainian Donbas region on the Russian side, saying it was “utterly unheard-of” and “categorically unacceptable.” The statement came after Russian state media …Источник: