Georgian women, doctors to build church as repentance for abortion

Moscow, December 13, 2016

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A group of Georgian women who have had abortions and doctors who have performed abortions have decided to build a new church as an act of repentance, reports newsgeorgia.ge.

The group recently met with His Holiness Patriarch-Catholicos Ilia II of Georgia to receive his blessing for their penitential undertaking. He blessed them and wished them luck in building their new church near Tbilisi by the Haddonstone Forest, dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

“Under the conditions of the atheistic regime many didn’t comprehend how great a sin abortion is, considering it a normal occurrence. After a large part of our population began a Church life, mothers and gynecologists, troubled by their sin of abortion, began to have the desire to build a church in the name of the Holy Trinity as a sign of contrition,” notes a message from the Patriarchate.

40,000 abortions were officially registered in Georgia in 2012, while in 2014 the number dropped to 33,000.

12/13/2016

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Thousands of couples visit the temple to ask for a child and many of them later return to express gratitude. The number of those whose dreams came true is quite high and they try to comfort others, saying they should believe in miracles as they really happen in this church. 659 babies become new godchildren of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II 659 babies become new godchildren of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II 659 babies become new godchildren of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II 659 babies become new godchildren of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II
On January 19, 2016, the feast of Holy Theophany, the 42nd mass baptism of infants took place at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi. 659 infants became new godchildren of His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia. A miracle-working icon of the Holy Theotokos is discovered in Georgia A miracle-working icon of the Holy Theotokos is discovered in Georgia A miracle-working icon of the Holy Theotokos is discovered in Georgia A miracle-working icon of the Holy Theotokos is discovered in Georgia
And such speedy and wonderful miracles began to occur from it that the icon has already been given the names of “Quick to Hearken” and “Queen”.
Comments
Rudolph Carrera12/27/2016 5:37 am
What a beautiful act.
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