Basil Kobakhidze
Archpriest Basil Kobakhidze (secular last name Kobakhidze, in Georgian ბასილ კობახიძე) is a former press secretary of the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC).[1]
Basil (Kobakhidze) was born in 1965. He was suspended in December 2004 for insulting and mocking at the Church and the priests. For example, he criticized Ilia II on repeated occasions (mainly for GOC's departure from ecumenical movement and putting Georgia "outside the united family of European Christianity").[2][3]
In February 2005, Basil (Kobakhidze) was defrocked (according to him, of his own free will). Then he gave a lot of anti-Church interviews,[4][5] expressed his support for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church,[6][7][8] took part in protests against the president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko etc.[9] He also was an expert for the Center for Religious Studies, the website of which (http://religion.ge/) is now unavailable.[10][11][12]
On 21 January 2006, Bishop Christopher (Tsamalaidze) and Archpriest Basil (Kobakhidze) participated in celebrations of the national Ukrainian holiday – the Day of Unity,– and concelebrated with the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyivan Patriarchate Filaret (Denisenko).[13]
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- ^ "Defrocked Priest Slams Georgian Orthodox "Pseudo-Science" and "Pseudo-Miracles"". Bartholomew's Notes on Religion. 2007-05-24. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "Reformist Priest Blasts Church Leaders Over Intolerance, Corruption | WWRN - World-wide Religious News". wwrn.org. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "გადავლახოთ განსაკუთრებულობის ცდუნება!". www.nplg.gov.ge. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "Очередная ложь портала "Кредо.ру" - Правая.ru - Радикальная ортодоксия". www.pravaya.ru. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "Former archpriest defends Tutberidze". 2009-10-27. Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "News | European Baptist Federation (EBF)". www.ebf.org. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "Defrocked Priest Slams Georgian Orthodox "Pseudo-Science" and "Pseudo-Miracles"". Bartholomew's Notes on Religion. 2007-05-24. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "Contemporary problems of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church". Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "CA&CC Press® AB". www.ca-c.org. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "Грузинская Патриархия опровергла информацию о признании "Киевского Патриархата" и разоблачила своих раскольников : Russian Orthodox Church". mospat.ru. Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-11-24.