Civil Georgia
November 28, 2022
Media Partly to Blame for Attack on Nunnery, says Archpriest Jagmaidze
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Archpriest Andria Jagmaidze, Head of the Public Relations Department of the Georgian Orthodox Church, authored a Facebook post on 26 November, partially blaming the media – chief among them opposition Mtavari Arkhi TV, TV Pirveli, and Formula TV – for the attack on the Tskhramukha Nunnery [convent] in Khashuri Municipality which left a 70-year-old elderly nun in critical condition.
Media outlets first released reports on the morning of 26 November that unknown individuals had broken into the Tskhramukha nunnery with the aim of robbing it. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) later arrested two individuals – L.T., born in 1995, and V.G., born in 1983 – in connection with the incident. The pair stand accused of aggravated robbery and rape by more than one person under Articles 179 (2) and 137 (3), respectively, of the Criminal Code of Georgia. If they are found guilty, they face up to 13 years in prison.
Archpriest Jagmaidze asserted that the media outlets, theologians’, and experts’ “hidden and organized anti-Church campaign,” based on the belief “that the salvation of our country, its economic rise, and political victories, can happen only through the complete reorganization of the Orthodox Church or by dissolving it entirely, has had a heavy impact on parts of the population.”
Pointing to past incidents between media and the Church, Archpriest Jagmaidze questioned what a “thug” might think when he sees “that it is permissible to constantly accuse the Church of carrying out the policies of the occupying country [Russia], […] to call the clergy ‘bandits’ in the Svetitskhovloba yard, […] for a Mtavari Arkhi TV journalist to disrupt services in the Martvili Cathedral, to declare the Patriarch an enemy of the country, what is left of what can be allowed in the mind of a thug who does not fear God?! – What happened today in the Khashuri Nunnery.”
The Archpriest further claimed that “attempts to [bring about the] decline [of] the Christian Church are also connected with the destruction of family traditions, which is manifested by the frequency of family conflicts….”
Archpriest Jagmaidze also contended that everyone must understand one thing, “if we sow evil in society, its fruits will surely reach us and, unfortunately, with the most severe consequences.”
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Rustavi2
November 28, 2022
The Prosecutor’s Office has brought charges against 2 people for committing aggravated group robbery and rape of a nun.
“On November 25, in Khashuri, the offenders had attacked the nun in the nunnery, demanding money and jewellery with threats of violence. After the refusal, they had physically assaulted and raped the nun.
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Agenda.ge
November 28, 2022
Prosecutor general’s office charges 2 with aggravated group robbery, rape of nun
The prosecutor’s office stressed it would follow the “strictest criminal law policy” for such crimes and pledged all perpetrators of violence would be “severely punished” within the established law. Photo: Prosecutor general’s office of Georgia
The prosecutor’s office of Georgia has brought charges against two individuals for committing aggravated group robbery and rape of a nun, the state body announced on Sunday.
In its statement the state body said on November 25, in Georgia’s city of Khashuri, the offenders had attacked the nun in the nunnery, demanding money and jewellery with threats of violence. After the refusal, they had physically assaulted and raped the nun.
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Agenda.ge
November 28, 2022
Parliament official: Georgia has “never been so close” to NATO
Irakli Beraia, the chair of the Georgian parliament’s defence and security committee, on Monday said the country had “never been so close” to NATO as today, in both political and practical terms.
Beraia noted the country’s officials “constantly” participated in alliance summits and ministerials and saw “very important” outcomes.
The parliament official also stressed integration into the bloc was a “values-based choice of Georgian citizens”, as well as the “main priority” of the country’s security and foreign policy.
“In the process of Euro-Atlantic integration, NATO-Georgia cooperation in defence plays an important role by ensuring the combat readiness of our defence forces [and] increasing the[ir] combat capability […], strengthening the country’s defence capability and increasing compatibility with NATO”, Beraia said.
Today, NATO’s cooperation with Georgia is at an unprecedented high level. Georgia has never been so close to NATO as it is today, both politically and practically. One of the proofs of this is that Georgia constantly participates in the summits and ministerial meetings of the alliance, having very important outcomes for our country”, he continued.
Beraia also added that on the backdrop of the deterioration of the regional security environment…measures of support for Georgia from the alliance had increased, which “is felt both from a political and practical point of view”.
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