President of Abkhazia Alexander Ankvab has been awarded the Order of the Holy Martyr Tsar Nicholas on behalf of the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Ilarion.
The order was awarded for Ankvab's work in strengthening Orthodoxy and preserving Orthodox shrines in Abkhazia.
Alexander Ankvab was also given a myrrh-streaming icon of Tsar Nicholas.
