Ekvtime Takaishvili died of heart failure on 21 February 1953. He was accompanied to his eternal resting place by the funeral procession of only few mourners. The Body of Nino Poltoratskaya was brought from Leville and buried next to Ekvtime in 1987.
The Holy Synod of the Georgian Apostolic Orthodox Church canonized Saint Ekvtime on 17 October 2002 and proclaimed him a Man of God.