AUTOCEPHALY OF THE GEORGIAN CHURCH

Translated from ΒΛΑΣΙΟΥ ΙΩ. ΦΕΙΔΑ, ΤΟ ΑΥΤΟΚΕΦΑΛΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΣΙΑΣ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΑΣ, ΑΘΗΝΑΙ, 1980

Abstract

Vlasios Fidas, in his work “Autocephaly of the Georgian Church”, explores the history of the administrative structure of the Georgian (Iberian) Church and elucidates the process through which it attained autocephaly. The author comprehensively examines and explains significant historical events, which are crucial to understanding the journey of the Georgian Church towards autocephalous status. According to Fidas, the autocephaly of the Georgian Church holds particular relevance even now