46 Bishops were suddenly summoned to the Patriarchate. 40 people arrived at the meeting with the Patriarch today, Six failed to arrive in Tbilisi at the plenary session. The Patriarch and 40 Bishops discussed the closed door for two hours. According to the "Courier", the session was noisy.
The bishops interrupted each other, especially in relation to the so-called cyanide case. It was decided that the case of the father of Giorgi Mamaladze after the Prosecutor"s Office will be examined by the bishops with ecclesiastical laws.
It was written in the press that Archbishop Peter and the Father Jacob had a confrontation about the punishment of the Metropolitan of Chkondidi. The bishop of Rustavi and Marneuli, who came out of the meeting, said that there was no quarrel, but the opinions of the two bishops seemed different. Bishop Peter called the Synod session a step forward.
The family members of the dean Giorgi Mamaladze call the decision of the Synod belated and not trustworthy.
From the strictly secret session of the Synod, "Courier" exclusively found out that the bishops talked about their colleague, Borjomi"s former metropolitan, Seraphim .