Vano Kobaidze will head the security service of the Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia. Nino Bakhsoliani, the deputy head of the Special State Protection Service, confirmed this information to Rustavi 2.

Vano Kobaidze is a member of the security guard of Ilia II.

Vano Kobaidze replaced Zurab Buchukuri on the position of the head of Patriarch`s Security Service, who had been released from his position.

In recent months, Zurab Buchukuri is the second head of the patriarch"s security service, wh o has left the position.
The dismissal of Zurab Buchukuri was followed by statements made by the Patriarch`s lawyer Edisher Karchava, who accused Petre Tsaava of Chkondidy of attempt to "kill" Ilia II.