“At a time when religious dialogue has been sorely tested by the war in Israel and Gaza, there is an unexpected ray of light. It is not exactly a star in the east, but it could be compared to it, for it originates in the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi. There is a remarkable development in interfaith dialogue taking place under the gentle but firm leadership of the Most Rev Professor Dr Malkhaz Songulashvili, the Metropolitan Bishop of Tbilisi.”