“The Abkhaz Orthodox Church does not accept the icon brought by the Georgian deputies with the participation of the adviser to the President of Abkhazia as a gift to the Ilor temple from the Georgian Church, and returns it back.

This mission was carried out without notifying the hierarchy of the Abkhaz Orthodox Church. Such actions are inadmissible until the recognition of the Abkhaz Orthodox Church and the Abkhaz state by the Georgian Orthodox Church”, - reads the statement.