Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter Mass led by Patriarch Ilia II

(4 May 2013) SHOTLIST
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of congregation holding crosses and icons and walking around the church in Orthodox Easter ritual, AUDIO: church bells
2. Woman kissing icons and making sign of the cross
3. Wide of people watching
4. Priests carrying icons while entering the church, people kissing icons
5. Church volunteers holding icons
6. Wide of people inside church
7. Wide of boys and men singing
8. Wide of church service; UPSOUND singing
9. Close up of Patriarch Ilia II, the head of the Georgian Orthodox Church; UPSOUND singing
10. Wide of women; UPSOUND singing
11. Close up of candles
12. People standing in front of icon
13. Close up of icon
14. People lighting candles
15. Wide of Holy Trinity Cathedral illuminated on city skyline
STORYLINE:
Christians across Georgia celebrated Orthodox Easter early on Sunday.
Patriarch Ilia II, the head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, led a service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the capital Tbilisi.
The church service was accompanied by a procession of the cross.
During the procession, priests walked around the church, carrying crosses and icons.
Ilia II received an approval rating of 92 percent among Georgians, according to a recent survey carried out by the US non-profit organisation the National Democratic Institute.
That was the higher than anyone else on the list, which mainly included politicians, the NDI said.
Georgia is one of the oldest Christian countries in the world.
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