Executive Summary: On May 11, at an expanded council of the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC), the Holy Synod elected the 142nd Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia (Georgian Patriarchate, May 11). As expected, Georgian Dream-supported 57-year-old Russian-educated Metropolitan Shio (Mujiri) became the spiritual leader of the country. Late-Georgian Patriarch Ilia II had appointed Shio III as locum tenens […] The post Georgian Patriarch Election Fuels Kremlin Interference Claims appeared first on Jamestown .