GEORGIA (Land)
(See also Caucasus; Georgian [Language])
description: yb17 84, 86-88; g02 1/22 18; g98 1/22 24-25
divorce: g 8/12 29
food: yb17 85-87
maps: yb17 88, 117; w07 8/1 16
relationship to ancient Pontus: w13 6/1 11
Orthodox patriarch decries bombing of Orthodox by Orthodox: g 6/09 29
Orthodox priest comments on origin of New Year’s celebration: w05 12/15 7
smoking: g 9/12 27
watchtowers of Svaneti: g 6/11 16-18
when Christianity reached Georgia: w13 6/1 11
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Assembly Halls: yb17 165
bloodless medical care:
Hospital Liaison Committees: yb17 171
infant has surgery without blood: yb17 171
Branch Committee: yb17 166
Tbilisi (2013): yb17 166-168; yb14 40-41
children:
contribute for Kingdom Hall construction: yb15 39
civil war period (1992-1993): yb17 134-135
congregations: yb17 95, 118, 120
conventions: yb17 125-127, 153-154; yb05 11
“Deliverance at Hand!” District Convention (2006): yb17 154-155; w07 8/1 16-19
Kurdish language: yb17 170
Country Committee: yb17 128, 139
country office (1998): yb17 139-141
early witnessing: yb17 89-97; w99 3/1 28-29
field ministry: yb13 68
first annual report: yb99 34-35
growth: yb17 95, 104, 116, 126, 139, 142, 168; w07 8/1 19; w99 3/1 28-29
honesty:
lost money returned: w02 8/15 32
Kingdom Halls: yb17 151-153
police help with construction: yb14 36-37
Kurdish people: yb17 169-170
legal matters:
attempt to revoke legal registration (2000): yb01 21
European Court of Human Rights finds against government for tolerating persecution (2001/2002, 2004, 2007): w08 3/1 11; yb08 16-17; g 2/08 29; yb06 15; yb05 14; yb03 17-18; yb02 14
legal registration and recognition (late 1990’s): yb17 139
legal registration annulled (2001): yb02 14-15; g02 1/22 21-23
legal registration renewed (2003): yb05 4, 11-12
petition signed by Georgians (2001): yb17 148-149; g02 1/22 23-24
trial of persecutors (2001-2003): yb04 18-19; yb03 17
Witness lawyers defend Witnesses: yb17 145-148
meetings: yb17 90-91, 94-95, 97-98, 120-121, 145
Memorial: yb17 95, 114-116, 139, 142
minority-language field: yb17 161
indigenous languages: yb17 164-166
missionaries: yb17 139-142
modern history: yb17 82-171
office:
Tbilisi (2003): yb05 11
opposition: yb17 98-99, 102, 142-143, 145, 151-153
persecution: yb17 143-149, 153, 156; w07 8/1 17; yb04 18-19; yb03 17-18; g03 3/22 28; yb02 14; g02 1/22 18-24; g02 9/8 30
persons:
Abdushelishvili, Pavle: yb17 117-120, 136-137
Aduashvili, Manea: yb17 117
Alekperova, Lali: yb17 120-121
Badridze, Ia: yb17 114-115
Barnadze, Givi: yb17 128-129
Biblaia, Tamazi and Tsitso: yb17 106-107, 116, 119, 142
Bliadze, Temuri and Ana: yb17 158-159
Burns, John: yb17 147-148
Carbonneau, André: yb17 145-146
Chargeishvili, Natela: yb17 97-98
Datikashvili, Marina: yb17 123
Devidze, Davit: yb17 140
Devidze, Pepo: yb17 136-137
Gerekhelia, Artur: yb17 130-131
Gladyuk, Vladimir and Lyuba: yb17 94-98
Grigalashvili, Roini and Nana: yb17 113
Grigoriadis, Natela: yb17 108-109
Gudadze, Antonina: yb17 92-94
Gudadze, Genadi: yb17 108-109, 112, 114, 123
Gvritishvili, Aleko: yb17 124-125, 127
Jejelava, Babutsa: yb17 95-99
Jikurashvili, Zaza: yb17 125, 127
Kankia, Madona: yb17 132-133
Karchava, Raul: yb17 100-101
Kessaev, Zaur and Eteri: yb17 102-103
Kessaeva, Larisa: yb17 102-103
Khutsishvili, Naili: yb17 120-121
Khutsishvili, Tamazi: yb17 152
Kopaliani, Badri and Marina: yb17 113-114, 128-129
Kopaliani, Levani: yb17 121, 124
Kurdas, Oleksii and Lydia: yb17 102
Kveniashvili, Vaso: yb17 90-92, 103-104
Lomidze, Kako: yb17 126
Miminoshvili, Valentina: yb17 92-93
Mirzashvili, Leri: yb17 121, 124
Morbedadze, Paata: yb17 117-118, 124, 136-137
Narmania, Gizo: yb17 134-135
Ochigava, Igor: yb17 134-135
Sabashvili, Levani: yb17 113
Samkharadze, Davit: yb17 105, 115-116, 142
Savitskii, Mikhail Vasilevich: w99 3/1 28-29
Shalamberidze, Joni: yb17 118-120
Shewfelt, Warren and Leslie: yb17 141
Sudarenko, Itta: yb17 95-98
Tüngler, Arno and Sonja: yb17 139-141
pioneers: yb17 116-118, 159-162; yb10 59
places:
Abkhazia: yb17 134-135, 171
Ajaria region: yb17 159
Batumi: yb17 130-131
Chiatura: yb17 152
Gori: yb17 125-127
Jvari: yb17 106-107, 134-135
Khashuri: yb17 93-94
Khulo: yb17 157
Manglisi: yb17 160-161
Samtredia: yb17 152-153
Svaneti: yb17 84-85, 158, 165
Tbilisi: yb17 101-104, 111, 113-115, 143, 145, 152, 165-167, 170
Tkvarcheli: yb17 134-135
Tsageri: yb17 117-119, 136-137
Ushguli: yb17 158
Zugdidi: yb17 94-95, 138-139
publications:
annulment of tax registration number needed for importation (2003): yb04 19
Bible: yb17 99-101
Bible New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures: yb17 153-155
book The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life: yb17 129
brochure “Look! I Am Making All Things New”: yb17 123
copied by hand: yb17 99-101
Customs releases seized literature (2001): yb02 14-15
delivery: yb17 124-125, 127
home reproduction and distribution: yb17 101, 107-109
printing: yb17 121-123
School for Kingdom Evangelizers: yb17 168
service experiences: g98 6/22 32
abandons unclean speech and improper entertainment: w25.03 7
breadlines: yb17 111-113
clergyman and wife whose son died: ijwex article 9
clergyman at seminary recommends Knowledge book: yb17 149-150
impressed that Witness returns after beating: yb07 47
Kingdom News No. 37: yb08 8
medical student lauds Awake!: g05 1/22 32
mild reply: yb17 66-67
nun aspirant: yb17 150-151
remote villages: yb17 113-114
two Witnesses lost in snow given refuge: yb09 56
Witness student’s essay and conduct: g 3/09 21
serving where need is greater:
abroad: yb17 161-162
remote areas: yb17 116-118, 130-131, 157-161
training period: yb17 139-140
translation work: yb17 123-124
indigenous languages: yb17 164-166
traveling overseers: yb17 105-107, 115-116, 126, 142
TV debate on proposed ban: g02 7/22 32
visits by—
Jackson, G. W.: w07 8/1 18-19
Splane, D. H.: yb17 166, 168; yb14 41
youths: yb17 162-164