On April 23, 2015, despite the rain, the Armenian Diocese in Georgia duly organized the live broadcast of the ceremony of Canonization for the Martyrs of the Armenian Genocideheld in the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin in all the churches of the Diocese, including the Saint Etchmiadzin Church in Avlabari.

At 17:00, the church courtyard and nearby territory was crowded with believers. Diplomats from the RA Embassy in Georgia, distinguished representatives of the Armenian community, fellow intellectuals, NGO heads and Georgian representatives of political and public organizations, foreign guests and committed believers came to watch the ceremony on two screens placed in the church courtyard.

After the Lord’s Prayer, Rev. Fr. of Tbilisi St. Gevorg Vicarial Church, Ter Narek Ghushchyan spoke about the sacrament of the day and called on the congregants to pray for making saints of the Genocide victims. He thanked the congregation for coming despite the cold weather.

At the end of the ceremony, at 19:15 (symbolizing the year 1915), a minute of silence was observed in memory of the Armenian Genocide victims, and the bells of the Mother Cathedral heralded one hundred times. The bells began to toll in all the churches of the Armenian Diocese, as well as in Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran and Evangelical Baptist SisterChurches.The canonization ceremony was concluded by the Lord’s Prayer.

The live broadcast of the canonization ceremony was alsoorganized in Samtskhe-Javakheti, Kvemo Kartli and Batumi’s Armenian churches.Following the ceremony, people gathered in Vake Park (formerly the Soviet's Victory Park), where they started the traditional Torchlight Procession and headed to the Embassy of Turkey holding Armenian and Georgian flags, singing patriotic songs and calling on Turkey to recognize the crime. It was another event in memory of the Armenian genocide victims against the Turkey’s policy of denial.At the initiative of the Hayartun Center and the Armenian community of Georgia, many non-governmental organizations and citizens of different ages joined the procession.