Feast of Assumption of the Holy Mother of God in the Armenian Diocese of Georgia


The fourth of the five tabernacle feasts of the Armenian Church, the oldest feast dedicated to Our Holy Mother of God, was also celebrated in the churches of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia. On Monday, August 14, a requiem service was held for the repose of the souls of the dead. 

Feast of the Universal Church of Holy Etchmiadzin Celebrated on June 11


Holy Etchmiadzin and the cathedral celebrate the 1720th anniversary of their construction this year. The Armenian shrine, built with the vision of the Illuminator, became a blessing and a gift in the life of the Armenian people, therefore it is considered the peak of Armenian national and spiritual feasts. The feast of the Universal Church of Holy Etchmiadzin is the sacred feast of all people of Etchmiadzin and their Patriarch.

 

Feast of Roses (Vardaton) in Tbilisi


The feast commemorating Sayat-Nova was founded in 1914 by the initiative of Hovhannes Tumanyan, Gevorg Bashinjaghyan and Iosib Grishashvili. This year it was celebrated for the 109th time.

 
Feast of Roses (Vardaton) in Tbilisi
 
The feast commemorating Sayat-Nova was founded in 1914 by the initiative of Hovhannes Tumanyan, Gevorg Bashinjaghyan and Iosib Grishashvili. This year it was celebrated for the 109th time.

 

Median day of Great Lent ceremonies in the Armenian Diocese of Georgia


Baharj or gatha is baked on the occasion of Median Day of the Great Lent among the Armenian Georgians. Various gathas baked specially for that day were blessed and distributed to the people.

Requiem Service in memory of the Armenians who were victims of the Sumgait crime


From February 27 to 29 in 1988, a massacre of the Armenian population was organized in Sumgait city of Soviet Azerbaijan. 18 thousand Armenians of the city became refugees. Memorial ceremonies have been organized in the Armenian Church on these days for the peace of the souls of the innocent victims. The video is from St. Gevorg Church in Tbilisi.

Hovhannes Tumanyan's 154th birthday anniversary and the Eve of Great Lent were celebrated in Tbilisi


In the Church of Tbilisi, the Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia, Archimandrite Kirakos Davtyan, congratulating on the occasion of the Eve of the Great Lent, also urged to take the path of Great Lent with prayer and a pure soul to celebrate the Holy Resurrection. February 19 is also the birthday of the great Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan, which is celebrated every year in Tbilisi with various events.

The harissa festival took place in Tbilisi


The traditional "Harissa Festival" of Tbilisi Armenians, which was celebrated during the Barekendan, took place a week earlier this year, on February 12.

Feast of St. Sargis in the Armenian Diocese of Georgia


Saint Sargis Day was celebrated with pilgrimages and liturgies in the churches of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia. 

Feast of Holy Nativity in the Armenian Diocese of Georgia


Rev. Fr. Kirakos Davtyan, Vicar of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia, offered a festive liturgy in the St. Gevork Church in Tbilisi. 

Tumanyan's poem "Anush" with Komitas' arrangement was performed in the Armenian Diocese of Georgia


In Tbilisi, the Komitasian "Anoush" was presented by the State Honored Song-Dance Ensemble of Armenia named after Tatul Altunyan in "Tumanyan's House" and "Hayartun" Centers. 

The relics excavated on the territory of the Harants monastery were reburied in the Khojivank Armenian pantheon


On October 30, the reburial ceremony of the relics excavated in the territory of the former Monastery temple or Harants monastery took place in Tbilisi.  The relics were found during the restoration works of the area adjacent to the Ministry of Culture of Georgia.

Van Baiburtyan was awarded for his pro-Armenian activities


With the Encyclical of His Holiness Karekin II, Van Bayburtyan, a Tbilisi Armenian, was awarded the  "St. Sahak and St. Mesrop" medal. Van Baiburtyan is one of Tbilisi's public, political and community meritorious figures, the editor of the Armenian-language "Georgia" newspaper.