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Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Equatorial_Guinea" title="Catholic Church in Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Eritrea" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Church in Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Eswatini" title="Catholic Church in Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Ethiopia" title="Catholic Church in Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Gabon" title="Catholic Church in Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_Gambia" title="Catholic Church in the Gambia">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Ghana" title="Catholic Church in Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Guinea" title="Catholic Church in Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Guinea-Bissau" title="Catholic Church in Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a 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Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_South_Korea" title="Catholic Church in South Korea">South Korea</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Kyrgyzstan" title="Catholic Church in Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Laos" title="Catholic Church in Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Macau" title="Catholic Church in Macau">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Malaysia" title="Catholic Church in Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_Maldives" title="Catholic Church in the Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Mongolia" title="Catholic Church in Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Myanmar" title="Catholic Church in Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Nepal" title="Catholic Church in Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Pakistan" title="Catholic Church in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_Philippines" title="Catholic Church in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Singapore" title="Catholic Church in Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Catholic Church in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Taiwan" title="Catholic Church in Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Tajikistan" title="Catholic Church in Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Thailand" title="Catholic Church in Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Turkmenistan" title="Catholic Church in Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Uzbekistan" title="Catholic Church in Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Vietnam" title="Catholic Church in 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title="Catholic Church in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Iraq" title="Catholic Church in Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Israel" title="Catholic Church in Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Jordan" title="Catholic Church in Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Kuwait" title="Catholic Church in Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Lebanon" title="Catholic Church in Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Palestine" title="Catholic Church in Palestine">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Oman" title="Catholic Church in Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Qatar" title="Catholic Church in Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="Catholic Church in Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Syria" title="Catholic Church in Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Turkey" title="Catholic Church in Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Catholic Church in the United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Yemen" title="Catholic Church in Yemen">Yemen</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Europe" title="Catholic Church in Europe">Europe</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Albania" title="Catholic Church in Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Andorra" title="Catholic Church in Andorra">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Austria" title="Catholic Church in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a 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typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Catholic_Church_in_Georgia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Catholic_Church_in_Georgia.svg/220px-Catholic_Church_in_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Catholic_Church_in_Georgia.svg/330px-Catholic_Church_in_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Catholic_Church_in_Georgia.svg/440px-Catholic_Church_in_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="964" data-file-height="964" /></a><figcaption>The Coat of Arms of Catholic Church in Georgia</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Catholic Church in Georgia</b>, since the 11th-century <a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism" title="East–West Schism">East–West Schism</a>, has been composed mainly of <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a> Catholics; a very large community of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Armenian Catholic Church">Armenian Catholic Church</a> has existed in Georgia since the 18th century. </p><p>A small <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Byzantine-Rite_Catholics" title="Georgian Byzantine-Rite Catholics">Georgian Greek Catholic</a> community has existed for a number of centuries, though has never constituted an autonomous <i><a href="/wiki/Sui_iuris" title="Sui iuris">sui iuris</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Particular_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Particular Church">Church</a>. Outside Georgia, a small parish has long existed in <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, centered on <a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Lourdes_Church,_Istanbul" title="Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Istanbul">Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Istanbul</a>, founded in 1861.<sup id="cite_ref-Onder_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Onder-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was never established as a recognized <a href="/wiki/Particular_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Particular church">particular church</a> of any level (exarchate, ordinariate, etc.), within the communion of Catholic Churches, and accordingly has never appeared in the list of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic Churches</a> published in the <i><a href="/wiki/Annuario_Pontificio" title="Annuario Pontificio">Annuario Pontificio</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Georgia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Christianity in Georgia began in earnest with the <a href="/wiki/Evangelization" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelization">evangelization</a> by <a href="/wiki/Saint_Nino" title="Saint Nino">Saint Nino</a> in the 4th century. <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_and_Apostolic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church">Georgian Orthodox Christianity</a> then developed in the Byzantine Orthodox tradition, although contact with Rome did occur. The <a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism" title="East–West Schism">East–West Schism</a> did not immediately sever communion between Georgia and the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>, although the break was recognized by the mid-<a href="/wiki/13th_century" title="13th century">13th century</a>. </p><p>Around this time, Catholic missionaries became active in Georgia, setting up small Latin communities. A <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a> diocese was established at <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a> in 1329, but this was allowed to lapse after the appointment of the fourteenth and last of its line of bishops in 1507, owing to few numbers of Catholics. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:De_Castelli._Missions_savane_in_Samegrelo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/De_Castelli._Missions_savane_in_Samegrelo.jpg/220px-De_Castelli._Missions_savane_in_Samegrelo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/De_Castelli._Missions_savane_in_Samegrelo.jpg/330px-De_Castelli._Missions_savane_in_Samegrelo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/De_Castelli._Missions_savane_in_Samegrelo.jpg/440px-De_Castelli._Missions_savane_in_Samegrelo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="449" data-file-height="657" /></a><figcaption>Catholic missions residence in <a href="/wiki/Mingrelia" title="Mingrelia">Mingrelia</a>. A sketch from the album of the contemporaneous <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> missionary <a href="/wiki/Cristoforo_Castelli" class="mw-redirect" title="Cristoforo Castelli">Cristoforo Castelli</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1626, the <a href="/wiki/Theatine" class="mw-redirect" title="Theatine">Theatine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Friars_Minor_Capuchin" title="Order of Friars Minor Capuchin">Capuchin</a> orders established new missions in Georgia. In the following centuries a community of Latin Catholics began to form, members of this community commonly being referred to as "French", which was the dominant nationality of the missionaries. Both orders were expelled by <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Russia" title="Nicholas I of Russia">Tsar Nicholas I</a> in 1845. </p><p>However, an agreement between <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX" title="Pope Pius IX">Pope Pius IX</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tsar" title="Tsar">Tsar</a> Nicholas I in 1848 permitted the establishment of the Latin <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Tiraspol_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Tiraspol (Russia)">Diocese of Tiraspol</a>. This was based in Russia, but all Transcaucasian Catholics, including ethnic Georgians, were aggregated to it. The Russian part of that diocese is now called <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Saint_Clement_at_Saratov" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Clement at Saratov">Saint Clement in Saratov</a>. </p><p>Towards the end of the 19th century, some Georgian Catholics wished to use the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine Rite</a> in <a href="/wiki/Old_Georgian" title="Old Georgian">Old Georgian</a>, but were thwarted by the outlawing of Byzantine "<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Uniate</a>" groups. Accordingly, since the tsars forbade their Catholic subjects to use the Byzantine Rite–and the Holy See did not promote its use among the Georgians–some clergy and laity adopted the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian Rite</a>.. </p><p>At <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a> in 1861, ethnic Georgian and former <a href="/wiki/Mekhitarists" title="Mekhitarists">Mekhitarist</a> priest Fr. <a href="/wiki/Peter_Kharischirashvili" title="Peter Kharischirashvili">Peter Kharischirashvili</a> founded the first two <a href="/wiki/Religious_congregation" title="Religious congregation">religious congregations</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Byzantine-Rite_Catholics" title="Georgian Byzantine-Rite Catholics">Georgian Greek Catholic Church</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Servites_of_the_Immaculate_Conception" class="mw-redirect" title="Servites of the Immaculate Conception">Servites of the Immaculate Conception</a>, one for men and the other for women. They served Georgian Catholics living in the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> and elsewhere in the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_diaspora" title="Georgian diaspora">Georgian diaspora</a>, like at <a href="/wiki/Montaubon" class="mw-redirect" title="Montaubon">Montaubon</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. Both congregations survived until the late 1950s. The building that housed the male congregation of the Servites, Fery-Quoa, still stands in <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, but is now in private ownership. Their clergy gave Georgian Catholics in Constantinople the possibility to worship in the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine Rite</a> in <a href="/wiki/Old_Georgian" title="Old Georgian">Old Georgian</a>, but, as is common for Eastern Catholics without a Hierarchy of their own, they were under the authority of the local Latin Catholic bishop. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Georgian_nationalism" title="Georgian nationalism">Georgian nationalist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_priest" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic priest">Roman Catholic priest</a>, and political emigre Fr. <a href="/wiki/Michel_Tamarati" title="Michel Tamarati">Michel Tamarati</a> was the first to study the history of Catholicism in Georgia, eventually producing the oft-cited <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">L'Église géorgienne des origines jusqu'à nos jours</i></span> in French in 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-Rapp151_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rapp151-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some Georgian nationalists associated the Georgian identity with the Orthodox faith and Catholics were called <i>French</i> to underline that they were not true Georgians.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tbilisi_Catholic_Mass.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Tbilisi_Catholic_Mass.jpg/260px-Tbilisi_Catholic_Mass.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Tbilisi_Catholic_Mass.jpg/390px-Tbilisi_Catholic_Mass.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Tbilisi_Catholic_Mass.jpg/520px-Tbilisi_Catholic_Mass.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4636" data-file-height="3384" /></a><figcaption>Catholic Christmas mass in Tbilisi</figcaption></figure> <p>Only after the granting of religious freedom during the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Revolution_of_1905" title="Russian Revolution of 1905">Russian Revolution of 1905</a> did some Georgian Catholics resume the Byzantine Rite, without reaching the stage of having a separate diocese (particular Church) established for them. </p><p>At the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, Georgian Catholics were some 50,000. About 40,000 of these were of Latin, the others were mainly <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Armenian Catholic Church">Armenian Catholics</a>. Canonically, they depended on the Latin Diocese of Tiraspol, which had its headquarters at <a href="/wiki/Saratov" title="Saratov">Saratov</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Volga_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Volga River">Volga River</a>. </p><p>In the brief period of <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia" title="Democratic Republic of Georgia">Georgian independence</a> between 1918 and 1921, some influential Georgian Orthodox expressed interest in reunification with the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>, and an envoy was sent from the Vatican in 1919 to examine the situation. As a result of the onset of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">civil war</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army_invasion_of_Georgia" title="Red Army invasion of Georgia">Soviet invasion</a>, this came to nothing. </p><p>In 1920, it was estimated that of 40,000 Catholics in Georgia, 32,000 were Latins and the remainder of the Armenian Catholics.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Father Christopher Zugger, nine Servite missionaries from Constantinople, headed by <a href="/wiki/Exarch" title="Exarch">Exarch</a> <a href="/wiki/Shio_Batmanishvili" title="Shio Batmanishvili">Shio Batmanishvili</a>, came to the newly independent <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia" title="Democratic Republic of Georgia">Democratic Republic of Georgia</a> to permanently establish Catholicism of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine Rite</a> in <a href="/wiki/Old_Georgian" title="Old Georgian">Old Georgian</a> there, and by 1929 their faithful had grown to 8,000.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZugger2001213_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZugger2001213-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tragically, their mission came to an end with the arrests of Exarch Shio and his priests by the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_secret_police" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet secret police">Soviet secret police</a> in 1928, their imprisonment in the <a href="/wiki/Gulag" title="Gulag">Gulag</a> at <a href="/wiki/Solovki_prison_camp" title="Solovki prison camp">Solovki prison camp</a>, and their subsequent murder by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a>'s <a href="/wiki/NKVD" title="NKVD">NKVD</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sandarmokh" title="Sandarmokh">Sandarmokh</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZugger2001236_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZugger2001236-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZugger2001259_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZugger2001259-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Georgia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Catholic_church_in_Tbilisi_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Catholic_church_in_Tbilisi_02.jpg/220px-Catholic_church_in_Tbilisi_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Catholic_church_in_Tbilisi_02.jpg/330px-Catholic_church_in_Tbilisi_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Catholic_church_in_Tbilisi_02.jpg/440px-Catholic_church_in_Tbilisi_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St._Peter_and_St._Paul%27s_Church,_Tbilisi" title="St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Tbilisi">St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Tbilisi</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>After the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, a Latin <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_administration" title="Apostolic administration">apostolic administration</a> (pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Administration_of_the_Caucasus" title="Apostolic Administration of the Caucasus">Caucasus</a> was established on 30 December 1993, with headquarters in the Georgian capital <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a>, with a territory including Georgia, <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> and, until 2001, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaidjan" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaidjan">Azerbaijan</a>. Since 1996 this has been headed by bishop <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Pasotto" title="Giuseppe Pasotto">Giuseppe Pasotto</a>, who arrived in Tbilisi in 1993 and has lived in Georgia ever since. In an interview with <a href="/wiki/Aid_to_the_Church_in_Need" title="Aid to the Church in Need">Aid to the Church in Need</a>, the bishop described the situation of the Catholic Church on his arrival, soon after the country had gained independence. "The only thing that was left of the Catholic Church was one open place of worship (the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Tbilisi). The communities that were scattered across rural areas had all been abandoned. The first thing we did was re-establish contact and then find additional priests from other countries and local churches to come and help us. And so we gradually began to rebuild the most important structures. It seems to me that the rosary saved the Catholic faith not only in Georgia, but in all Communist countries. The people came together in the houses to pray and the grandmothers were the ones who took responsibility."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tbilisi_Catholical_church_St._Maria.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Tbilisi_Catholical_church_St._Maria.png/220px-Tbilisi_Catholical_church_St._Maria.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Tbilisi_Catholical_church_St._Maria.png/330px-Tbilisi_Catholical_church_St._Maria.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Tbilisi_Catholical_church_St._Maria.png/440px-Tbilisi_Catholical_church_St._Maria.png 2x" data-file-width="2748" data-file-height="3664" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Assumption_of_the_Virgin,_Tbilisi" title="Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, Tbilisi">Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, Tbilisi</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the same interview, the bishop ranked ecumenical work as the main priority for the Church at present. "This is our first task and it is a very difficult one. Due to the legacy of its past, the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="Georgian Orthodox Church">Orthodox Church</a> still has a hard time being open to this. The Catholics are well aware that they are a minority and often face discrimination and unfair treatment. You just need to remember the six churches that were confiscated and never given back, or the prohibition of interfaith marriages. The ecumenical path requires a great deal of patience and the constant search for new and potential opportunities for establishing relationships that could develop into bridges. Our university, where most of the students are non-Catholics, plays an important role in this."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Armenian Catholic Georgians are in the care of the <a href="/wiki/Ordinariate" title="Ordinariate">Ordinariate</a> for <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Catholic">Armenian Catholics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a>, which was established on 13 July 1991, covering a vast area including <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, much vaster than Georgia, which has some 400,000 faithful in all (<i><a href="/wiki/Annuario_Pontificio" title="Annuario Pontificio">Annuario Pontificio</a></i> 2012). </p><p>Georgian Catholics of the Byzantine rite are said to have numbered 7,000 in 2005. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Theatine" class="mw-redirect" title="Theatine">Theatine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Friars_Minor_Capuchin" title="Order of Friars Minor Capuchin">Capuchin</a> missionaries worked for reunion in Georgia, but under Imperial Russia in 1845, Catholics were not allowed to use the Byzantine Rite. Many Catholics adopted the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian Rite</a> until the institution of religious liberty in 1905, which allowed them to return to the Byzantine Rite. In 1937, the Georgian Catholic <a href="/wiki/Exarch" title="Exarch">exarch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shio_Batmanishvili" title="Shio Batmanishvili">Shio Batmanishvili</a> (or Batmalishviii), was executed by the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviets</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics_and_major_churches">Demographics and major churches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Georgia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics and major churches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2020, 85.84% of the population adhered to Christianity; 1% were Catholic.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is approximately 37,000 Catholics in <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>. </p><p>They are mostly found either in <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a> or in the southern region of the country, where exclusively Catholic villages exist. There are three Catholic churches in Tbilisi; the Cathedral of <a href="/wiki/Veneration_of_Mary_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church">Our Lady</a> in the old town, the parish church of <a href="/wiki/St_Peter" class="mw-redirect" title="St Peter">St Peter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul_(apostle)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Paul (apostle)">St Paul</a>, and Mar Shimon Bar Sabbae Assyrian Chaldean Catholic Church in Saburtalo. A <a href="/wiki/Neocatechumenal_Way" title="Neocatechumenal Way">Neocatechumenal Way</a> Mission involving priests, <a href="/wiki/Families_in_mission" title="Families in mission">families in mission</a> and lay persons has been present in Sts Peter and Paul church since 1991, helping and leading the parish.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Catholics in Tbilisi are mostly <a href="/wiki/Georgians" title="Georgians">Georgians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a>, as well as a small <a href="/wiki/Assyrian_people" title="Assyrian people">Assyrian</a> community of the <a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Church" title="Chaldean Catholic Church">Chaldean</a> Rite. </p><p>This church also provides mass in English, catering for the growing Catholic expatriate population of <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">Americans</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_ethnic_groups" class="mw-redirect" title="European ethnic groups">Europeans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_India" title="Demographics of India">Indians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maltese_people" title="Maltese people">Maltese</a>. There are only about 1000 practicing Catholics in Tbilisi. Many other Catholic churches were confiscated by the Georgian Orthodox Church after the fall of communism when the state gave all church property back to the Georgian Orthodox church. Recently, a new seminary has been completed on the outskirts of <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a>. </p><p>A Catholic church is also present in <a href="/wiki/Sukhumi" title="Sukhumi">Sukhumi</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a>. Other Catholic Churches are found in <a href="/wiki/Vale,_Georgia" title="Vale, Georgia">Vale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akhaltsikhe" title="Akhaltsikhe">Akhaltsikhe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gori,_Georgia" title="Gori, Georgia">Gori</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Batumi" title="Batumi">Batumi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Georgia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Religion in Georgia (country)">Religion in Georgia (country)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Christianity in Georgia (country)">Christianity in Georgia (country)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Freedom of religion in Georgia (country)">Freedom of religion in Georgia (country)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_in_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Catholic dioceses in Georgia">List of Catholic dioceses in Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes_Georgian_Catholic_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Georgian Catholic church">Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Georgian Catholic church</a> in Bomonti, <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Ei%C5%9Fli" title="Şişli">Şişli</a>, Istanbul</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Byzantine-Rite_Catholics" title="Georgian Byzantine-Rite Catholics">Georgian Byzantine-Rite Catholics</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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of Georgia (country)-related articles">articles</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#h999f2;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Georgia_(country)" title="History of Georgia (country)">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Early</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Georgia" title="Prehistoric Georgia">Prehistoric Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shulaveri%E2%80%93Shomu_culture" title="Shulaveri–Shomu culture">Shulaveri–Shomu culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kura%E2%80%93Araxes_culture" title="Kura–Araxes culture">Kura–Araxes culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trialeti%E2%80%93Vanadzor_culture" title="Trialeti–Vanadzor culture">Trialeti–Vanadzor culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colchian_culture" title="Colchian culture">Colchian culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mushki" title="Mushki">Mushki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diauehi" title="Diauehi">Diauehi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colchis" title="Colchis">Colchis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iberia" title="Kingdom of Iberia">Kingdom of Iberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazica" title="Lazica">Lazica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_in_the_Roman_era" title="Georgia in the Roman era">Roman era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Iberia" title="Sasanian Iberia">Sasanian Iberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Iberia" title="Christianization of Iberia">Christianization of Iberia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Middle</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Iberia" title="Principality of Iberia">Principality of Iberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagrationi_dynasty" title="Bagrationi dynasty">Bagrationi dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_rule_in_Georgia" title="Arab rule in Georgia">Arab rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Tbilisi" title="Emirate of Tbilisi">Emirate of Tbilisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Abkhazia" title="Kingdom of Abkhazia">Kingdom of Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Iberians" title="Kingdom of the Iberians">Kingdom of the Iberians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unification_of_the_Georgian_realm" title="Unification of the Georgian realm">Unification of the Georgian realm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hereti" title="Kingdom of Hereti">Kingdom of Hereti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kakheti-Hereti" title="Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti">Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia" title="Kingdom of Georgia">Kingdom of Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Georgian_wars" title="Byzantine–Georgian wars">Byzantine wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian%E2%80%93Seljuk_wars" title="Georgian–Seljuk wars">Seljuk wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Didgori" title="Battle of Didgori">Battle of Didgori</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Golden_Age" title="Georgian Golden Age">Golden Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Georgia" title="Mongol invasions of Georgia">Mongol invasions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timurid_invasions_of_Georgia" title="Timurid invasions of Georgia">Timur's invasions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samtskhe-Saatabago" title="Samtskhe-Saatabago">Samtskhe-Saatabago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkoman_invasions_of_Georgia" title="Turkoman invasions of Georgia">Turkmen incursions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Imereti" title="Kingdom of Imereti">Kingdom of Imereti</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Abkhazia" title="Principality of Abkhazia">Principality of Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Svaneti" title="Principality of Svaneti">Principality of Svaneti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Guria" title="Principality of Guria">Principality of Guria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Mingrelia" title="Principality of Mingrelia">Principality of Mingrelia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kartli" title="Kingdom of Kartli">Kingdom of Kartli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kakheti" title="Kingdom of Kakheti">Kingdom of Kakheti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safavid_Georgia" title="Safavid Georgia">Safavid Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbas_I%27s_Kakhetian_and_Kartlian_campaigns" title="Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns">Shah Abbas I's invasions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kartli-Kakheti" title="Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti">Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Krtsanisi" title="Battle of Krtsanisi">1795 Persian Invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_within_the_Russian_Empire" title="Georgia within the Russian Empire">Absorption by the Russian Empire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia" title="Democratic Republic of Georgia">Democratic Republic of Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armeno-Georgian_War" title="Armeno-Georgian War">Armenian War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Army_invasion_of_Georgia" title="Red Army invasion of Georgia">Red Army invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic">Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_9_tragedy" title="April 9 tragedy">April 9 tragedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Georgia_(country)#Independent_Georgia" title="History of Georgia (country)">Independent Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Civil_War" title="Georgian Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Abkhazia_(1992%E2%80%931993)" title="War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)">War in Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Revolution" title="Rose Revolution">Rose Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War" title="Russo-Georgian War">Russo-Georgian War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Georgia" title="Names of Georgia">Names of Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_Georgian_monarchs" title="Lists of Georgian monarchs">Monarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historical_states_of_Georgia" title="List of historical states of Georgia">States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Georgia" title="Military history of Georgia">Military history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Georgia_(country)" title="List of wars involving Georgia (country)">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battles_involving_Georgia_(country)" title="List of battles involving Georgia (country)">Battles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Georgian_history" title="Timeline of Georgian history">Timeline of Georgian history</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:History_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Category:History of Georgia (country)">more</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)"><img alt="Georgia (country)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Arms_of_Georgia.svg/80px-Arms_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Arms_of_Georgia.svg/120px-Arms_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Arms_of_Georgia.svg/160px-Arms_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="383" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#h999f2;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Geography of Georgia (country)">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Borders_of_Georgia" title="Template:Borders of Georgia">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Georgia_(country)" title="List of birds of Georgia (country)">Birds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Georgia_(country)#Climate" title="Geography of Georgia (country)">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Georgia" title="List of earthquakes in Georgia">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Environmental issues in Georgia (country)">Environmental issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glaciers_of_Georgia" title="Glaciers of Georgia">Glaciers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Caucasus" title="Greater Caucasus">Greater Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Georgia_(country)" title="List of lakes of Georgia (country)">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesser_Caucasus" title="Lesser Caucasus">Lesser Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_Georgia_(country)" title="List of mammals of Georgia (country)">Mammals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_Georgia" title="National parks of Georgia">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_Georgia_(country)" title="List of protected areas of Georgia (country)">Protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Georgia_(country)" title="List of rivers of Georgia (country)">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Georgia" title="List of volcanoes in Georgia">Volcanoes</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Geography_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Category:Geography of Georgia (country)">more</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Administrative divisions of Georgia (country)">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Administrative divisions of Georgia (country)">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Georgia_(country)" title="List of cities and towns in Georgia (country)">Cities and towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mkhare" title="Mkhare">Regions</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Subdivisions_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Category:Subdivisions of Georgia (country)">more</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Russian-occupied_territories_in_Georgia" title="Russian-occupied territories in Georgia">Russian-occupied territories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#h999f2;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Politics of Georgia (country)">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Constitution of Georgia (country)">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Elections in Georgia (country)">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Georgia" title="Foreign relations of Georgia">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Government of Georgia (country)">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Georgia" title="Human rights in Georgia">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Georgia_(country)" title="LGBTQ rights in Georgia (country)">LGBT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Law enforcement in Georgia (country)">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Forces_of_Georgia" title="Defence Forces of Georgia">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Georgia" title="Parliament of Georgia">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Georgia_(country)" title="List of political parties in Georgia (country)">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Georgia" title="President of Georgia">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Georgia" title="Prime Minister of Georgia">Prime Minister</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#h999f2;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Economy of Georgia (country)">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Agriculture in Georgia (country)">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Bank_of_Georgia" title="National Bank of Georgia">Central bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Georgia_(country)" title="List of companies of Georgia (country)">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Energy in Georgia (country)">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_lari" title="Georgian lari">Lari (currency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Mining in Georgia (country)">Mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Stock_Exchange" title="Georgian Stock Exchange">Stock Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Telecommunications in Georgia (country)">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Tourism in Georgia (country)">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Transport in Georgia (country)">Transport</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Economy_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Category:Economy of Georgia (country)">more</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#h999f2;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Culture of Georgia (country)">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_scripts" title="Georgian scripts">Alphabet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Georgia" title="Architecture of Georgia">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_art" title="Georgian art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chokha" title="Chokha">Chokha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Georgia" title="Cinema of Georgia">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_cuisine" title="Georgian cuisine">Cuisine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_wine" title="Georgian wine">Wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_dance" title="Georgian dance">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_Georgia" title="Gambling in Georgia">Gambling</a></li> <li>Languages <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Laz_language" title="Laz language">Laz</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Mingrelian_language" title="Mingrelian language">Mingrelian</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Svan_language" title="Svan language">Svan</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Mass media in Georgia (country)">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Music of Georgia (country)">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_mythology" title="Georgian mythology">Mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_name" title="Georgian name">Names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Georgia" title="Public holidays in Georgia">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Religion in Georgia (country)">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Sport in Georgia (country)">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Georgia" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Georgia">World Heritage Sites</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Culture_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Category:Culture of Georgia (country)">more</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#h999f2;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Demographics of Georgia (country)">Demographics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Education in Georgia (country)">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Ethnic minorities in Georgia (country)">Ethnic minorities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgians" title="Georgians">Georgians</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Georgians" title="List of Georgians">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_diaspora" title="Georgian diaspora">Diaspora</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Healthcare in Georgia (country)">Health care</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Women in Georgia (country)">Women</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Demographics_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Category:Demographics of Georgia (country)">more</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#h999f2;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Symbols</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tavisupleba" title="Tavisupleba">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolnisi_cross" title="Bolnisi cross">Bolnisi cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borjgali" title="Borjgali">Borjgali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Georgia" title="Coat of arms of Georgia">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Flag of Georgia (country)">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzala_ertobashia" title="Dzala ertobashia">Motto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_George" title="Saint George">Saint George</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Cross" title="Saint George's Cross">cross</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nino" title="Saint Nino">Saint Nino</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grapevine_cross" title="Grapevine cross">cross</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background:#h999f2;;font-weight:bold;"><div><div 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