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DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES AND CHURCH TO INTENSIFY POLITICAL SITUATION - EXPERT
news.am
July 12 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Disagreements between Georgian authorities and Georgian
Orthodox Church may intensify Georgia's internal political situation
as the church is the second most significant institution after
the authorities, deputy director of analytical center Kavkaz Sergey
Minasyan told at a press conference on Tuesday regarding the issue of
granting legal status to five religious unities by Georgian parliament.
According to expert, protests are especially directed towards
Armenian Apostolic Church, as has large community in Georgia. However,
disagreements between Georgian authorities and church were long before
the decision was accepted. Legislative amendments made the conflict
more obvious.
Moreover, Georgian parliament's decision was political, and came from
Georgia's obligations undertaken to satisfy international institutions.
Georgian parliament made quick amendments in Civil Code on July 5
and granted legal status to Armenian Apostolic church and four other
churches. Georgian Patriarch Ilya Second was against the decision.
news.am
July 12 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Disagreements between Georgian authorities and Georgian
Orthodox Church may intensify Georgia's internal political situation
as the church is the second most significant institution after
the authorities, deputy director of analytical center Kavkaz Sergey
Minasyan told at a press conference on Tuesday regarding the issue of
granting legal status to five religious unities by Georgian parliament.
According to expert, protests are especially directed towards
Armenian Apostolic Church, as has large community in Georgia. However,
disagreements between Georgian authorities and church were long before
the decision was accepted. Legislative amendments made the conflict
more obvious.
Moreover, Georgian parliament's decision was political, and came from
Georgia's obligations undertaken to satisfy international institutions.
Georgian parliament made quick amendments in Civil Code on July 5
and granted legal status to Armenian Apostolic church and four other
churches. Georgian Patriarch Ilya Second was against the decision.