On May 29, 2017, the Calouste Gulbenkian Hall of the “Hayartun” Center at the Armenian Diocese in Georgia hosted the presentation of the Armenian version of An Anthology of Georgian Poetry. In attendance was co-author, member of the Writer’s Union if Armenia, poet and translator Gagik Davtyan.

On May 28, 2017, the Armenians of Tbilisi were in a happy and festive mood.  People were rushing to the Cathedral of Saint George, located in the heart of Old Tbilisi – Meidan, to participate in the festive Divine Liturgy.

On May 25, the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church celebrated the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This day also commemorates the return of the Catholicosate of All Armenians from Sis to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin in 1441. Under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; the feast is also designated as the Pilgrimage Day of Holy Etchmiadzin. On this occasion primates of the Armenian Dioceses and numerous pilgrims travelled to the Mother See. Under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; Divine Liturgy was offered in the Mother Cathedral. The Celebrant was His Grace Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia. Bishop Vazgen offered his sermon on the sanctity of the day.

May 28, 2017, was a day of celebration for the entire Armenian people. On this day the Armenian people celebrated the Second Palm Sunday, the commemoration of the triumphant entry of the Ascended Christ into the Heavenly Jerusalem, where the angels meet him with great happiness and delight, and the 99th anniversary of the First Republic of Armenia. Batumi started the celebration with the Divine Liturgy in the Surb Prkich (Saint Savior) Church, which was conducted on Sunday by the Pastor of the local Armenians, Rev. Father Ararat Gumbalyan. At the conclusion of the Liturgy, with the participation of the clergy, a Special Prayer Service was offered.