BIGGEST ORTODOX CELEBRATION 2023 In PARADE

#georgia #christmas #newyear BIGGEST GEORGIA ORTODOX CELEBRATION PARADE. Georgian citizens in the capital Tbilisi held the traditional celebratory Christmas march Alilo, a customary event involving children singing Christmas carols and walking through the streets, gathering presents to be later donated to charity. The children dressed in the costumes of angels and shepherds with other marchers walked from the First Republic Square through a number of main avenues of the city, before reaching the Holy Trinity Church. The marchers stopped at several locations receiving Christmas presents from the Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and MPs, as well as from the representatives of the Presidential Administration and the Patriarchate of Georgia. With roots dating back to the 5th century, Alilo was resurrected as a public celebration in 2000 by the Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II and has been held annually across the country. Due to the pandemic, it has been cancelled for tw