After Synod Meeting, Clerics Hint at New Patriarch’s Education Requirement, No Decision on Age

The Holy Synod’s meeting on April 3, which was expected to clarify eligibility criteria for candidates to succeed the late Patriarch Ilia II, ended after nearly six hours without a decision on age and education requirements, with clergy still hinting at a “theological seminary” background for the next leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. According …

By Civil.ge