Two significant events recently took place in the Republic of Georgia (an ex-member of the Soviet Union): the consecration of the Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, set on a hilltop outside the town of Akhaltsikhe, and the inauguration of a nearby Benedictine monastery.
The latter, the country’s first Catholic monastery, was founded by four nuns from the Benedictine Monastery of Offida in the Marches region of Italy.
This important double event echoed favorably around the country, whose inhabitants still preserve a very strong religious spirit in spite of their many years under communism. Even though the 50,000 Catholics in Georgia are just 1.1% of the population, they have always played an active role in society and are currently working harder than ever in the religious, cultural and societal spheres.