After a seven-month pause, 46 bishops will gather for the first time.
One part of the members of the Holy Synod openly puts the issue of father Shio"s legitimation under question.

In addition, they will have to discuss a number of critical issues that have accumulated in the Georgian Church during this period.

Among them will be the Crisis in the Patriarchate and Dean Giorgi Mamaladze"s case. The Synod members should also decide whether to support the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church and its the separation from the Russian Church.

As the Chkondidian Metropolitan Petre said before the entry into the Patriarchate, he waits for the Patriarch to make certain explanations.