New parents in Tbilisi, Georgia queued up to have their children blessed at the Trinity Cathedral in celebration of the Epiphany on January 19.
"This baptism in Georgia is enough to make your head spin"
The mass baptism was an invention of Patriarch of all Georgia Ilia II, seen to be one of the most influential men in the country.
He came up with the idea to stimulate the country's low birth rate, promising to personally baptise every third child in each family.
The patriarch blessed 780 children during the day.
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