Leonid of Georgia
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Leonid (Leonidas) (Georgian: ლეონიდე, Leonide) (15 February 1861 – 11 June 1921) was a Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from 1918 to 1921.
Born Longinoz Okropiridze (ლონგინოზ ოქროპირიძე) in
.Ogropiridze served as an inspector of the schools operated by the
metropolitan of Tbilisi
.
On 28 November 1918 following the murder of
Bolshevik regime established by the invading Russian army
in February 1921.
Leonid died on 11 June 1921, during the
Georgian SSR
.
References
(in Georgian) "ლეონიდე". In: Encyclopaedia Georgiana (Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia). Vol. 6. 1982.