His Holiness and Beatitude '''Melchizedek III (Pkhaladze) of Georgia''' was Archbishop of Mtsheta and Tbilisi and [[Catholicos]]-[[Patriarch]] of All Georgia from 1952 to 1960. While he was Catholicos-Patriarch, he was successful in reopening [[church]]es in Bodbe, Motsameta, and Ilori in the face of anti-religious pressure from the government of the Soviet Union.