Saint Vakhtang Gorgasali Cathedral ground-laying ceremony held

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A new church is being constructed in remembrance of the soldiers who perished during the war last August. The foundation of the Saint Vakhtang Gorgasali Cathedral was first laid Sept. 15, where Archbishop Father Theodore consecrated the groundwork and held a　public prayer.

Together with ecclesiastical figures, the ground-laying ceremony was attended by family members and relatives of deceased servicemen, Deputy Defense Minister Nika Dzimtseishvili, Georgian MPs and other officials.

“The cathedral’s construction and praying is the only thing we can do for our fallen heroes,” Dzimtseishvili said.

The construction is carried out with the blessing of Georgian Patriarch Ilia II and upon the initiative of the Vakhtang Gzirishvili Fund.

2.10.2009