Secretary of Georgian Patriarchate resigns

The Secretary of the Patriarchate of Georgia, Mikheil Botkoveli, resigned, the local media inform.

Recall that today Botkoveli said that the head of the personal guard of the Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II, Soso Okhanashvili, does not perform his duties anymore and has not appeared in the patriarchate since the Catholicos-Patriarch has returned from Berlin, where he was under treatment, RIA Novosti reports.

On Monday, the Georgian Patriarch underwent surgery in Berlin due to the inflammation of the gallbladder. The same day, the main Georgian prosecutor's office reported that on February 10th, the head of the property management service of the Patriarchate and the director of the medical center of Joachim and Anna Mamaladze was detained on charges of the preparation of a murder at the Tbilisi airport.