According to the source of "Courieri", businessman Vano Chkhartishvili advised the Patriarch to resign. This is not confirmed by Chkhartishvili himself in short text messages.

Archbishop Grigol confirms that his Holiness was offered to resign and to go home after the appointment of Shio . The scandalous statement was made by Metropolitan of Poti and Khobi yesterday, but he did not specify who advised his Holiness to resign.

The curious scandalous statement of Grigol was confirmed by other members of the Holy Synod. It was revealed that Anton of Vani and Baghdad knows the pressure on the patriarch. According to him, he heard about a group that sought to remove Ilia II from the Patriarch"s throne in the fall of 2017.

Theologians responded to the scandalous statment of Grigol. Theologian Lado Narsia suggests that the patriarch would offer a high-ranking person to go home. He is convinced that Gregory knows more and does not speak.

Bishop Dimitri, along with Mestia and Zemo Svaneti metropolitan, was present at the penitentiary establishment for 5 hours. Bishops visited Giorgi Mamaladze, convicted on cyanide case.

According to Metropolitan of Poti and Khobi ,there is a novelty in the case of cyanide which he will only communicate with the members of the Synod and will not speak about the details of the meeting with the convict in public.