The attitude of the Georgian orthodox church towards the role of women (based on the example of 10 churches)

Abstract

The main goal of the article is to represent how the Georgian orthodox church sees the role of the women in the society. The research aims to detect the attitudes of the orthodox priests towards the role of the women. Furthermore, it aims to clearly show how much are the priests opinions framed under the influence of the patriarchal culture. The main research groups are the priests of Tbilisi cathedrals. To achieve the research goals, the following scientific methods were used: observation, interviews. Research topics are the following ones: gender equality, the active engagement of women in public life, family and prohibition of the sexual intercourse before the marriage.

To be shown more obviously the attitude of the Georgian orthodox church towards the role of the women, there are epistles of Georgian patriarch Illia the second in the article. These epistles are about the same topic and in the article is shown how much the priests agree with patriarch’s opinions and ideas. The main part of the article is all about the research analysis. There are spaciously examined the each of the topic. These topics give us possibility to discuss on the large scale what is the exact role of the women in the Georgian society according to Georgian orthodox church.

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