Shio Mujiri

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shio Mujiri
Occupation	Priest
Date Of Birth	Feb 1, 1969(1969-02-01)
Age	55
Birthplace	Tbilisi
Country	Georgia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Shio Mujiri Biography

Shio Mujiri is one of the most popular and richest Priest who was born on February 1, 1969 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Born on February 1, 1969 in Tbilisi the capital of Soviet-era Georgia, Murjiri was trained as a cellist in the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, which has graduated from in the year 1991. Theological studies were completed in The Batumi Theological Seminary in Georgia and , later in Russia and at Moscow Theological Academy. Moscow Theological Academy and Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox University in Russia, where he earned an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in 2015.

According to Georgian media the bishop Shio was a former acquaintance of President Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili and the businessman Levan Vasadze. The latter is well-known for his anti-Western views and conservative statements and has been presided since 2013 in the board of trustees for the state- sponsored Georgian Demographic Revival Fund of which Shio is also a member.

On the 18th of August, 2003 Shio became the first person to be appointed in the newly established Georgian Orthodox eparchy of Senaki and Chkhorotsku with a rank of bishop. The eparchy was formed from parts from Chkhorotsku and Chqondidi as well as the Poti-Senaki Bishoprics on the region that is part of the Samegrelo region. At the time of writing the eparchy was home to 39 monasteries and churches. Bishop Shio was appointed to be on the charge for the Georgian churches in Australia as well as New Zealand on 30 April 2009, and was elevated to the rank of metropolitan on August 2nd, 2010. He sits in the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church and is in addition, a member the church’s Canonization Commission.

Shio Mujiri Net Worth

Shio Mujiri is one of the richest Priest from Georgia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shio Mujiri 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Shio Mujiri (Georgian: shio mujiri ) born Elizbar Mojiri (elizbar mujiri), (born 1 February 1969) is a Georgian Orthodox Hierarch who was made episcopal bishop in Senaki as well as Chkhorotsku in 2003. He also became Patriarchal locum Tenens in 2017.

Elizbar Mujiri was ordained as a monk with the title of Shio in 1993. He was appointed a deacon in 1995, and was ordained a priest in the Georgian Orthodox Church in 1996. He served as a father superior in the Kldisubani church of Saint George and then at the Narikala church of Saint Nicholas, both in Tbilisi from 1997 until 2001, when the church was renamed St. George parish church in Moscow and serve the local Georgian diaspora group.

On 23 November 2017, Saint George’s Day, the seasoned leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Catholicos Patriarch Ilia II announced an appointment of Shio as the patriarchal locum tenens, that is a church official who would act as a temporary head of the Georgian Orthodox Church for 40 days after the incumbent Patriarch died, until the Holy Synod elected a new Patriarch. The decree, drafted by Ilia II with his own hand, came amid the ongoing internal tensions within the church leadership, widely publicized in the aftermath of the “cyanide case”, in which a Georgian Orthodox priest was arrested and ruled guilty on charges of plotting to murder the Patriarch’s personal secretary and adviser with cyanide earlier that year. The incumbent patriarch’s decision to name his locum in his own lifetime came to many Georgians as a surprise; the Georgian media suggested this might indicate Ilia II’s support for Shio’s candidacy as a future patriarch.

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Facts & Trivia

Shio Ranked on the list of most popular Priest. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Georgia. Shio Mujiri celebrates birthday on February 1 of every year.

Top Facts about Shio Mujiri

1. Shio Mujiri is a Georgian Orthodox bishop.
2. He was born in 1978 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
3. Mujiri studied theology at the Tbilisi Theological Academy.
4. In 2005, he was ordained as a deacon and later as a priest.
5. He served as the rector of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi.
6. In 2019, he was consecrated as Bishop of Senaki and Chkhorotsku.
7. Mujiri is known for his conservative views on social issues.
8. He has spoken out against same-sex marriage and abortion.
9. Mujiri has also criticized Western influence on Georgian culture and values.
10. He advocates for traditional Georgian Orthodox practices and beliefs.