30 June 2013
Updated at 19:45 ET
Georgia's mighty Orthodox Church
Patriarch Ilia II has presided over a dramatic increase in the size, influence and prestige of Georgia's Orthodox church
When several dozen Georgian Orthodox priests led tens of thousands of people on a violent attack against a small group of gay rights activists in Tbilisi earlier this year, much of the rest of the country was horrified, writes journalist Paul Rimple, who has been based in the country for 10 years.
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