

People attend a funeral procession accompanying the coffin of Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II from the Holy Trinity Cathedral to Sioni Cathedral, where he will be buried, in Tbilisi, Georgia. Ilia II passed away at a Tbilisi clinic on March 17 at the age of 93. A five-day national period of mourning has been declared in Georgia.
- Package: Georgia Religion Patriarch Death
- Categories: Human Interest
- Location: Tbilisi, Georgia
- Event date: 22.03.2026
- Date published: 22.03.2026
- Author: Kirill Zykov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5760x3840px, 9.5Mb
- Job-ID: f96ab527449c5f01