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    <text>Shio III is elected Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, becoming head of the Georgian Orthodox Church. </text>
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    <text>The funeral of Patriarch Ilia II, the former head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, is held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is laid to rest at the Sioni Cathedral. </text>
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    <text>Patriarch Ilia II, head of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1977, dies at the age of 93. </text>
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  <text>Shio III is enthroned as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia at the Svetitskhoveli cathedral. </text>
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