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