A secular commemoration service is starting at the cathedral, 10 a.m. tomorrow. The bier will be taken to the parliament premises, 3 p.m., from where a funeral procession will go to the Didubi Pantheon in the city heart for interment. The Pantheon is the last abode of Georgia's foremost political and community activists.
Senator Richard Lugar, who was on friendly terms with the late lamented Prime Minister, is leading an official US delegation to attend the funeral.
Delegations are expected from Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, many other countries, and a number of international organizations.
President Mikhail Saakashvili ordered national mourning in Georgia for this weekend, February 5 and 6, with the Prime Minister's death and a terror act in Gori, which killed three policemen. All government offices have their flags at half-mast.
Zurab Zhvania died in the small hours February 3 of carbon monoxide poisoning, forensic experts say in a preliminary conclusion.
