Catholicos-Patriarch Shio III of All Georgia met a delegation of experts connected with UNESCO, ICOMOS and ICCROM at the Patriarchal Residence. The visitors included Irena Kaketi, Alkiviades Prepis and Alison Heritage.
The meeting addressed the ongoing work at the Gelati Monastery complex. According to the visiting specialists, the Gelati working group has been carefully following the recommendations they have provided.
Representatives of the World Heritage Centre and advisory-body experts also expressed their readiness to offer assistance and further recommendations in support of the Georgian side. The discussion brought together church leadership and international heritage specialists around the work underway at the monastery complex.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the head of the Georgian Church gave the visitors commemorative crosses marking 1,700 years since Christianity became Georgia’s state religion.