Leonid of Georgia

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Leonid
Theologian

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

Kiev, Ukraine in 1888. He was later involved in missionary activities, chiefly in the Caucasus
.

Ogropiridze served as an inspector of the schools operated by the

.

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.

Preceded by
Kyrion II
Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
1918–1921
Succeeded by
Ambrose