Metropolitan Iobi Calls Authorities ‘Faithless’, Stresses Need to Elect ‘Better’ Government in Sermon
Metropolitan Iobi (Akiashvili) of the Ruisi and Urbnisi Diocese, an influential Georgian Orthodox church cleric who was among three shortlisted candidates in patriarchal elections earlier this year, called the government “faithless” and alleged ongoing “attempts to merge the Church and government” in a critical sermon