The annual Christmas Alilo procession will be held following the regulations set due to the pandemic.
According to the Georgian Patriarchate, Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II will hold the Christmas church service, which will start at 23:00.
“Alilo is a tradition at the blessing of Patriarch since 2000. It will be observed this year but in a different way. No procession will be held. However, the clergy will congratulate the population and children on Christmas by chanting and pouring blessed water from the motor vehicles”, - reads the statement of the Patriarchate.