{"id":198426,"date":"2018-07-17T17:02:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T14:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=198426"},"modified":"2018-07-17T17:03:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T14:03:36","slug":"patriarch-ilia-of-georgia-baptizes-600-children-in-54th-mass-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-ilia-of-georgia-baptizes-600-children-in-54th-mass-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriarch Ilia of Georgia baptizes 600+ children in 54th mass ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p3\" data-field=\" paragraph\">His Holiness Patriarch-Catholicos Ilia II of Georgia, the most beloved and trusted man in the nation, has celebrated his 54th mass Baptism ceremony at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, the site of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/patriarchate.ge\/geo\/samebis-tadzarshi-54-e-sayoveltao\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgian Orthodox Church<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p5\" data-field=\" paragraph\">More than 600 children became the patriarch\u2019s Godchildren this time around at the mass ceremony celebrated on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul on July 12. His Holiness now has just over 36,000 Godchildren.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p7\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The\u00a0<a class=\"tooltip\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/orthochristian.com\/112504.html\">previous mass Baptism<\/a>\u00a0was held in the same cathedral on April 22, with over 1,000 children being baptized.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content_image center link zoom\" title=\"Photo: patriarchate.ge\" data-id=\"3\" data-href=\"https:\/\/pravoslavie.ru\/sas\/image\/102960\/296021.b.jpg?mtime=1531734823\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pravoslavie.ru\/sas\/image\/102960\/296021.p.jpg?mtime=1531734823\" alt=\"Photo: patriarchate.ge\" \/>The first mass Baptism took place on January 19, 2008.\u00a0<span class=\"content_image_text\">Photo Credit: patriarchate.ge<\/span><\/div>\n<div title=\"Photo: patriarchate.ge\" data-id=\"3\" data-href=\"https:\/\/pravoslavie.ru\/sas\/image\/102960\/296021.b.jpg?mtime=1531734823\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p9\" data-field=\" paragraph\">With the first mass Baptism on January 19, 2008, Patriarch Ilia commenced his initiative to help improve the dire demographic situation in Georgia caused by post-Soviet abortion rates. Such mass celebrations are held four times a year in which the primate personally baptizes and becomes the Godfather for the third and later children of married Orthodox couples.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p11\" data-field=\" paragraph\">According to the latest statistics, the country has a population of 3,718,200. According to the forecast of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), this number may drop to 2,985,000 people by 2050.<\/p>\n<p data-enum=\"p11\" data-field=\" paragraph\">Photo credit: Orthochristian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Holiness Patriarch-Catholicos Ilia II of Georgia, the most beloved and trusted man in the nation, has celebrated his 54th mass Baptism ceremony at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, the site of the\u00a0Georgian Orthodox Church\u00a0reports. 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