CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are pleased to announce the 3rd session of the Spring 2026 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series!
This week’s session will be held in hybrid in-person at CRRC Georgia and virtually via a Zoom link that will be posted here prior to the talk.
“Anglicanism in Georgia”
Paul Crego, Ph.D., U.S. Library of Congress (ret.)
Wed., March 25, 2026
10:30am EDT / 6:30pm Tbilisi
Hybrid format:
CRRC Georgia Office at Liziko Kavtaradze str. 1, Tbilisi
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/vmAyH0OIRsaWjT8rmNF76w
Christianity has often been thought of as a religion of empire, and even in the 21st century we see this is true in the Christian nationalism of the United States, and perhaps even more so in the support that the Russian Orthodox Church gives to the imperialist war of Russia in Ukraine. In recent times Anglicanism and Orthodoxy are both occupying religious space in the republic of Georgia. A small mission church of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches, named for St. Nino, has been operating for seven years in Tbilisi. Dr. Crego will speak about its foundation and how it exists in Georgia in a sort of liminality that avoids empire and supports minority rights.
Paul Crego recently retired from a career as Senior Cataloging Specialist at the United States Library of Congress. He has a PhD in Theology from Boston College and an MA from the Soviet Union program, and has studied Georgian since 1977.
Photo courtesy of the Episcopal Congregation in Tbilisi, Georgia – Anglican Communion
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Works-in-Progress is an ongoing academic discussion series based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that takes place at the CRRC office at Chavchavadze Ave. 5 and online. It is co-organized by the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC) Georgia, the American Councils for International Education, and the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC). All of the talks are free and open to the public.
In observation of the spirit of the Chatham House Rule, the talks will not be recorded, and we courteously request that the other participants refrain from recording and/or distributing recordings as well or citing anything expressed therein in the press without explicit permission. The opinions expressed in WiP talks are those of the speakers alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of CRRC, ARISC or of American Councils.