After 4 months of waiting, the meeting with the patriarch of the family of dean Giorgi Mamaladze was held. The meeting was held at the Patriarch`s residence, behind closed doors. The brother of the cleric, claims that his holiness had only information about the scandalous case provided only by the interested side and the bishops attending the meeting did not give the opportunity to talk about the details of the case.

The meeting lasted 40 minutes.

The most important thing that the family heard was that the Patriarch believed the accused deacon and though that the cyanide case served to discredit the Georgian Church.

in an hour after the meeting, the Patriarchs Secretary talked to media. Father Michael Botkoveli says that nobody interfered in the conversation of the Patriarch with the Mamaladzes.

According to the attorneys and defendants, the position of Ilia II has raised many questions in the case of the former head of the Patriarchate`s property management.