"Big matters should no be decided on the street. Serious matters should be decided at an assembly, in a calm conversation, only then shall we receive a good result," Ilia II said during a Sunday prayer at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi.
"Is it not possible to set up such a darbazi (assembly) to keep people off the street and to decide matters at such an assembly?!" the Patriarch said.
"The last such outing proved very hard and fatal," he said, while extending his condolences to the families of those killed during the dispersal of the opposition rally in Tbilisi in the early hours of May 26.
"Our today's existence is not a harmony among people. People take to the streets to express protest, often confronted by the authorities. I think, such relations should be stopped. There must be normal conversations and discussions," Ilia II said.
"Our main goal is for our cause to be the cause for God and useful for people. Unfortunately, we still have not learnt to listen to others," said the Primate of the Georgian Church.
