Leonid of Georgia
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Leonid was Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from 1918 to 1921, leading the Georgian Orthodox Church during the Georgian Democratic Republic.
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Mingrelia
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Mingrelia or Samegrelo is a historic province in the western part of Georgia, formerly known as Odishi. It is primarily inhabited by the Mingrelians, a subgroup of Georgians.
Leonid of Georgia
…restoration of the independent Georgian church from the Russian Orthodox Church in 1917. During 1918, he functioned as a bishop of Gori, Imereti, Guria-Samegrelo and as a metropolitan of Tbilisi. On 28 November 1918 following the murder of Kyrion II, he was elected a Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia. During…
Princess Ekaterine, the last female ruler of Mingrelia, referred to by locals as the "Queen of Mingrelia".