Mkalavishvili, a fiery speaker, has railed against Jehovah’s Witnesses
Georgian police have raided a church to detain a radical ex-Orthodox priest after a clash with his supporters.
Vasily Mkalavishvili, known for his fierce attacks on religious minorities, had barricaded himself inside a church in the capital, Tbilisi. Read the rest »

The Jehovah’s Witnesses were planning a summer revival in a field next to a river gully here Friday, but a mob came the night before.

Two dozen men wearing crosses of the Georgian Orthodox Church arrived on buses and ransacked the home of the host, Ushangi Bunturi. They piled Bibles, religious pamphlets and Bunturi’s belongings in the yard and burned them, he said Friday. They filled the baptismal pool with diesel fuel. Read the rest »