On the 16^th of June, the Head of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Holy Church in Georgia, His Grace Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan visited Samtskhe-Javakheti region.

The Head of the Diocese participated in Sunday Divine Liturgy, which was conducted at Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator in Akhaltsikhe. At the end of the Liturgy the Head of the Diocese delivered a sermon about the Feast of Discovery of Relics of Saint Gregory the Illuminator.

On 14 June, 2013 the “Hayartun” Cultural Center of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia organized the visit of young representatives of the Armenian community in Georgia to the Synagogue and the Mosque in Tbilisi. The aim of the visit was tofamiliarizeyoung Armeniansof Georgiawith the history andtraditionsofthe monotheisticreligions likeJudaism andIslam.

The initiative to visit Armenian-populated regions and to organize spiritual and cultural events in local churches has become a tradition in the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia. This time the place to visit was Shahumian settlement in Marneuli region.

On the 9^th of June, at Surb Etchmiadzin Church in Tbilisi, at the end of the Divine Liturgy, under the leadership of the Head of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia, His Grace Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, and His Eminence Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan, Director of the Publishing Department of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, a prayer for the repose of the souls of seven Georgian troops killed in an terrorist attack in Afghanistan was served.