In the modern era, when a deliberate struggle is underway against the traditional family, we are more obliged to take care of the family, the sanctity of the family, the values ​​of the family, and to pray and care for the survival and strengthening of the family in our country, - the Patriarchal locum tenens, Metropolitan of Senaki and Chkhorotsku, Reverend Shio (Mujiri) said during his sermon on the Day of the Sanctity of the Family in the Kashveti Church.

As he noted, in the family, in marriage, the husband is the face of Christ, and the wife is the face of the Church. According to him, spouses are given the grace during marriage to lead their unity with love, to be "one flesh and one soul."

“Congratulations on the Day of the Sanctity of the Family. I am conveying to you the prayer and blessing of His Holiness the Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II. On this day, we always think especially about the concept of family, its importance. This is the greatest value and treasure that God has given to humanity, it is a very important and fundamental provision about the family that it did not arise as a result of evolution, that men and women lived separately and one fine day they thought of establishing a family lifestyle - this was not the case. From the very beginning God created humans as a family”, he said.

“In our modern era, when a deliberate struggle is underway against the traditional family, we are more obliged to take care of the family, the purity of the family, the values ​​of the family, and to pray and care for the survival and strengthening of the family in our country. This is what our today's gathering and prayer procession serve," said the Patriarchal locum tenens.