What story does Lado Burduli remember related to Ilia the Second?
Lado Burduli recalls an important story for him regarding the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Blessed Ilia the Second:
"The history of the mental revolution in Georgia: my little story of the relationship with the patriarch.
Since the 90s, my father took me to the church on Easter and presented me to the patriarch to receive a prayer and blessing, and after the blessing, he gave 10 GEL to both the Stikaros and me (I was not a Stikaros at that time). No, I wore earrings all the time. Then my father asked me, maybe take off those earrings on Easter night, it's embarrassing with the patriarch...
I took off my earrings that Easter night. During the introduction to the patriarch, the patriarch asked me with a smile: - Lado, why do you have earrings? Such a patriarch will always be "my patriarch"
Lado Burduli recalls an important story for him regarding the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Blessed Ilia the Second:
"The history of the mental revolution in Georgia: my little story of the relationship with the patriarch.
Since the 90s, my father took me to the church on Easter and presented me to the patriarch to receive a prayer and blessing, and after the blessing, he gave 10 GEL to both the Stikaros and me (I was not a Stikaros at that time). No, I wore earrings all the time. Then my father asked me, maybe take off those earrings on Easter night, it's embarrassing with the patriarch...
I took off my earrings that Easter night. During the introduction to the patriarch, the patriarch asked me with a smile: - Lado, why do you have earrings? Such a patriarch will always be "my patriarch"