“this step enabled Georgia to preserve its people, Christian identity and European culture
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“modern Georgia remains committed to the same civilizational choice
“before this, Christian Georgia had spent decades in vassal dependence on a Muslim state
“in the 18th century the Georgian ruler made a fundamental decision grounded in religion and faith when he signed the Treaty of Georgievsk with the Russian Empire
“the country’s aspiration to join the European Union is based, among other things, on the Christian faith
“the Ukrainian people had achieved what previous generations had dreamed of: an independent Ukrainian state and an autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church
“such unity is what carried the country through its hardest historical trials
“they had prayed for the Orthodox Church and their peoples, asking God to preserve them “in faith, unity of mind and love,” despite the challenges facing contemporary society
“We want to be part of the traditional Western Christian world, and this is one of the foundations of our aspiration to join the European Union