On May 24, 2017, at the initiative of the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia and with the support of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia, the Dolls Gallery hosted the solemn opening ceremony of Georgian-Armenian artist Armen Hovhannisyan’s personal exhibition called “World of Dolls”.

On May 25, 2017, Christian Churches celebrated the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord on the fortieth day following the Feast of the Glorious Resurrection of Our 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.

On May 21, 2017, the Calouste Gulbenkian Hall of the “Hayartun” Center at the Armenian Diocese in Georgia hosted the presentation of the publication “Acting Together”. “Acting Together” project is funded by DVV International and contributes, through the use of adult education methods, toward Turkish-Armenian reconciliation, reducing prejudices and stereotypes of representatives from both societies; remembering the Turkish -Armenian past by telling individual stories from both societies. A hundred years after the Armenian Genocide, it wants to build bridges between the people of Turkey and Armenia through adult education, journalism, eyewitness stories and art.

On May 19, 2017, the “Last Bell” rang for the graduates of the Georgian public schools. Following the “Last Bell” event, the graduates will step into a new stage of life and take on new responsibilities. The first step of it is taking their final exams on May 21. 40, 000 graduates at 1600 Georgian public schools must render an account of their knowledge gained from school, and demonstrate their readiness to step into a new stage of life, like adults. But before that they will experience joy and sadness of the “Last Bell” event.