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N A M E |
Y E A R S |
| St. Andrew the Apostle and St. Simon the Canaanite are the founders of the Orthodox Apostolic Church of Georgia | |
| IOANE I |
335-363 |
| IAKOBI |
363-375 |
| IOBI |
375-390 |
| ELIA |
390-400 |
| SVIMEON I |
400-410 |
| MOSE |
410-425 |
| IONA |
425-429 |
| IREMIA |
429-433 |
| GRIGOL I |
433-434 |
| BASILI I |
434-436 |
| MOBIDANI (Glonakor) |
436-443 |
| IOVEL I |
443-458 |
| MIKAEL I |
459-467 |
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N A M E |
Y E A R S |
| PETRE I |
467-474 |
| SAMOEL I |
474-502 |
| GABRIEL I |
502-510 |
| TAVFECHAG I |
510-516 |
| CHIMAGI (Chigirmane) |
516-523 |
| SABA I |
523-552 |
| EVLAVI |
533-544 |
| SAMOEL II |
544-553 |
| MAKARI |
553-569 |
| SVIMEON II |
569-575 |
| SAMOEL III |
575-582 |
| SAMOEL IV |
582-591 |
| BARTLOME |
595-595 |
| KIRION I |
595-610 |
| IOANE II |
610-619 |
| BABILA |
619-629 |
| TABORI |
629-634 |
| SAMOEL V |
634-640 |
| EVNON |
640-649 |
| TAVFECHAG II |
649-664 |
| EVLALE |
664-668 |
| IOVEL II |
668-670 |
| SAMOEL VI |
670-677 |
| GIORGI I |
677-678 |
| KIRION II |
678-683 |
| IZID-BOZIDI |
683-685 |
| THEODORE (Theodos) I |
685-689 |
| PETRE (Svimeon) II |
689-720 |
| TALALE |
720-731 |
| MAMAI |
731-744 |
| IOANE III |
744-760 |
| GRIGOL II |
760-767 |
| SARMEANE |
767-774 |
| MIKEL II |
774-780 |
| SAMOEL VII |
780-790 |
| KIRILE |
791-802 |
| GRIGOL III |
802-814 |
| SAMOEL VIII |
814-826 |
| GIORGI II |
826-838 |
| GABRIEL II |
838-850 |
| ILARION I |
850-860 |
| ARSENI I |
860-887 |
| EVSUQI |
888-908 |
| KLEMENTOS |
908-923 |
| BASILI II |
924-940 |
| MIKEL III |
940-952 |
| DAVIT I |
954-955 |
| ARSENI II |
955-980 |
| OKROPIR (Ioane) I |
980-1001 |
| SVIMEON III |
1001-1012 |
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| MELKISEDEK I |
1012-1030 |
| OKROPIR (Ioane) II |
1031-1039 |
| MELKISEDEK I |
1039-1045 |
| OKROPIR (Ioane) II |
1045-1049 |
| EKVTIME I |
1049-1055 |
| GIORGI III (Taoeli) |
1055-1065 |
| GABRIEL III (Safareli) |
1065-1080 |
| DIMITRI |
1080-1090 |
| BASILI III (Karishidze) |
1090-1100 |
| IOANE IV (Safereli) |
1100-1142 |
| SVIMEON IV (Gulaberidze) |
1142-1146 |
| SABA II |
1146-1150 |
| NIKOLOZ I (Gulaberidze) |
1150-1178 |
| MIKEL IV |
1178-1186 |
| BASILI IV |
1206-1208 |
| IOANE V |
1208-1210 |
| EPIFANE |
1210-1220 |
| EKVTIME II |
1220-1222 |
| ARSENI III |
1222-1225 |
| GIORGI IV |
1225-1230 |
| ARSENI IV (Bulmaisidze) |
1230-1240 |
| NIKOLOZ II |
1240-1280 |
| ABRAM I |
1280-1310 |
| EKVTIME III |
1310-1325 |
| MIKEL V |
1325-1330 |
| BASIL V |
1330-1350 |
| DROTEOZ I |
1350-1356 |
| SHIO I |
1356-1364 |
| NIKOLOZ III |
1364-1380 |
| GIORGI V |
1380-1399 |
| ELIOZ (Gobirakhidze) |
1399-1411 |
| MIKEL VI |
1411-1425 |
| DAVIT II |
1425-1430 |
| THEODORE III |
1430-1435 |
| DAVIT III (Gobeladze) |
1435-1439 |
| SHIO II |
1440-1443 |
| DAVIT III (Gobeladze) |
1443-1459 |
| MARKOZ |
1460-1466 |
| DAVIT IV |
1466-1479 |
| EVAGRE |
1480-1492 |
| ABRAM II (Abalaki) |
1492-1497 |
| EFREMI |
1497-1500 |
| EVAGRE |
1500-1503 |
| DOROTEOZ II |
1503-1510 |
| DIONISE |
1510-1511 |
| DOROTEOZ II |
1511-1516 |
| BASIL VI |
1517-1528 |
| MALAKIA |
1528-1538 |
| MELKISEDEK II |
1538-1541 |
| GERMANE |
1541-1550 |
| SVIMEON V |
1547-1550 |
| ZEBEDE I |
1550-1557 |
| DOMENTI I |
1557-1562 |
| NIKOLOZ IV (Baratashvili) |
1562-1584 |
| NIKOLOZ V |
1584-1591 |
| DOROTEOZ III |
1592-1599 |
| DOMENTI II |
1599-1603 |
| ZEBEDE II |
1603-1610 |
| IOANE VI (Avalishvili) |
1610-1613 |
| ZAKARIA (Djordjadze) |
1613-1630 |
| EVDEMOZ I (Diasamidze) |
1630-1643 |
| KRISTEFORE (Urdubegisdze) |
1643-1660 |
| DOMENTI III (Kaikhosro, Mukhran Batonisdze) |
1660-1675 |
| NIKOLOZ VI (Magaladze) |
1675-1676 |
| NIKOLOZ VII (Amilakhvari) |
1676-1687 |
| IOANE VII |
1687-1691 |
| NIKOLOZ VII (Amilakhvari) |
1691-1696 |
| IOANE VII (Diasamidze) |
1696-1700 |
| EVDEMOZ II (Diasamidze) |
1700-1703 |
| DOMENTI IV |
1704-1729 |
| BESARION (Orbeliani) |
1730-1735 |
| DOMENTI IV |
1735-1742 |
| NIKOLOZ VIII (Kherkheulidze) |
1742-1744 |
| ANTON I (Didi) |
1744-1756 |
| IOSEB (Jandieri) |
1756-1763 |
| ANTON I (Didi) |
1763-1788 |
| ANTON II |
1788-1810 |
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BEGINING OF EGZARKHOSES' ERA |
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| Metropolitan Varlam (Eristavi) | 1811 - 1817 |
| Metropolitan Iona (Vasilevski) | 1821 - 1834 |
| Archbishop Mose (Bogdanov - Platonov) | 1832- 1834 |
| Archbishop Evgeni (Baganov) | 1834 - 1844 |
| Metropolitan Isidore (Nikolski) | 1844 - 1858 |
| Archbishop Evsevi (Ilinski) | 1858 - 1877 |
| Archbishop Ioanike (Rudnev) | 1877 - 1882 |
| Archbishop Pavel (Lebedev) | 1882 - 1887 |
| Archbishop Palladi (Raev) | 1887 - 1892 |
| Archbishop Vladimir (Bogojavlensky) | 1892 - 1898 |
| Archbishop Flabiane (Gorodetski) | 1898 - 1901 |
| Archbishop Aleksy I (Opotski) | 1901 - 1905 |
| Archbishop Nikoly (Nalimov) | 1905 - 1906 |
| Archbishop Nikon (Sofiisky) | 1906 - 1908 |
| Archbishop Innokenti (Beliaev) | 1909 - 1913 |
| Archbishop Aleksy II (Molchanov) | 1913 - 1914 |
| Archbishop Piterim (Oknov) | 1914 - 1915 |
| Archbishop Platon (Rozhdestvenski) | 1915 - 1917 |
| KIRION III (Sadzaglishvili) | 1917-1918 |
| LEONIDE (Okropirridze) |
1918-1921 |
| AMBROSI (Khelaia) |
1921-1927 |
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KRISTEFORE II (Tsitskishvili) |
1928-1932 |
| KALISTRATE (Tsintsadze) |
1932-1952 |
| MELKISEDEK III (Pkhaladze) |
1952-1960 |
| EFREM II (Sidamonidze) |
1960-1972 |
| DAVIT V (Devdariani) |
1972-1977 |
| ROMANOZ (Petriashvili) | 1977 (For 40 days) |
| ILIA II (Shiolashvili - Ghudushauri) |
1977 - present |
In 1801-1917 Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) was occupied and has lost its independence - autocephaly under Russian Empire. GOC was headed and governed by so-called "Egzarkhos"-es appointed from the Holy Synod of Russia. To avoid the conflict with Georgian people Russians gave Egzarkhos' throne to Metropolitan Varlam (Eristavi, 1811 - 1817 ) who was Georgian by origin. Next 17 Metropolitans and Archbishops were all Russians who didn't even know Georgian language. These years are known as Russification of Georgian church - The Divine Liturgy was replaced to served in Russian and even more, many Russian metropolitans destroyed walls of icons with ancient paintings of Georgian iconography and repainted with new "Russian style" icons in the churches. In 1917 KIRION III (Sadzaglishvili) renounced independence of Georgian Church but he was killed after one year in the Martkofi Monastery. However fortunately, GOC have returned its' independence and is ruled by Georgian Patriarchs till now.