Elie Melia

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Fr. Elie Melia (Georgian: ილია მელია) (February 20, 1915 – 1988) was a Georgian Orthodox priest and church historian.

Born in Kutaisi, he fled the Soviet regime to Paris where he was closely associated with local Georgian émigré community and later became a priest. He supervised the Georgian parish of St. Nino at Paris, participated in the Russian Student Christian Movement, and taught church history and theology at St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute. After World War II, he served at the St. Seraphim of Sarov Church at Colombelle (Normandy).

He is the author and coauthor of several works on Eastern Orthodoxy and the Georgian Orthodox Church.

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• (Russian) Протоиерей Илья Мелия (Protopope Iliya Melia). Religious figures and writers of the Russian Abroad. Accessed on November 20, 2007.
• (French) LA PAROISSE SAINTE NINO (St. Nino Parish). ASSOCIATION GEORGIENNE EN FRANCE (Georgian Association in France). Accessed on December 19, 2007.