On June 12^th2014, at Tbilisi’s Asatiani 42 address, where world-famous Armenian astrophysicist Viktor Hambartsumyan spent his childhood and teenage years, a memorial tablet was officially opened. The official ceremony was attended by the head of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia bishop VazgenMirzakhany

an, Georgian parliament member RuslanPoghosyan, writer and translator GiviShahnazar, diplomats from the Armenian embassy in Georgia, Tbilisi based Armenian intellectuals, members of the community.

On June 8^th the youth department of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia (director ValeriBadalyan) organized an expedition to a nearby Tbilisi forest. Lead by the department’s employees over 40 active members of Tbilisi Armenian Church, the group took the direction of Tskhvarichamia open air champing side in mini-vans, where they enjoyed their Sunday in the beautiful countryside.

On June 12^th, 2014, a press conference was held for Georgian media organizations at the “Hayartun” center of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia. The main goal of the press conference was to speak about Georgian orthodox priest Davit Lasurashvili’s discriminative behavior. The diocese’s director for legal affairs LevonIsakhanyan spoke about multiple incidents where Georgian spiritual servants conducted intolerant and discriminative behavior against members of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

From June 7^th the head of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia Bishop VazgenMirzakhanyan started his 3-day visit to Batumi.