Georgia: Holy Conception
The ex-Soviet Georgia doesn’t need virgins for holy conception. Instead, in order to boost population growth, Georgia’s holy father has promised to personally baptize every child born to a family with already two kids. The result? Twenty percent increase already.
From BBC (via my friend Artyom’s Facebook post):
At the end of 2007, in a move to reverse the Caucasian country’s dwindling birth figures, the head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ilia II, came up with an incentive. He promised to personally baptise any baby born to parents of more than two children.
There was only one catch: the baby had to be born after the initiative was launched.
The results are, in the words of the Georgian Orthodox Church, “a miracle”.
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The country’s birth rate increased by nearly 20% during 2008 – a rate four times faster than the previous year.
Many parents say they took the decision to have another child on the basis of the Patriarch’s incentive.
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Hayaser on 30 Mar 2009 at 7:50 pm #
will this work in Hayastan??
why does not Garegin II do this same thing
btw: Ejmiadzin is REAL Armenian church
not that antialias mantilias fantilias Eyrab thing
kilikia church is not REAL Armenian anything
only Ejmiadzin
nazarian on 30 Mar 2009 at 8:42 pm #
Now we know the reason for low birth rates. The newborns were not baptized by Ilia II!
I wish luck to Georgia. Now that he is baptizing the newborns, Georgia is on track to catch up and excel China.
Shiva on 03 Apr 2009 at 7:37 am #
Hayaser, as an atheist I could care less about Echmiadzin or Antelias (does that make me non-Armenian?), but you really should quit giving the middle finger to the diaspora. You have no authority on what is or is not Armenian. Normally one would not reply to a troll-like comment such as yours, but the prevalence of your ridiculous posts on nearly every blog in the Armenian blogosphere demands response. Shut up already!
Pablo Azarian on 23 Apr 2009 at 12:17 am #
Mr “haiaser” your comments are very ridiculous.The think that you didnt know is that thanks to the holy see of Kilikia the spirit of the armenity is alive. you are very closed mind and very fanatic