On August 26, 2016, the leaders of the ARS Javakhk Fund, diplomats from the RA Embassy in Georgia, the clergy of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia, representatives of the community-based organizations, Tbilisi Armenian intellectuals gathered at the Tbilisi Pantheon of the Armenian Writers and Public Figures “Khojivank”.

On August 4, 2016, the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church celebrated the Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God. The Fourth Tabernacle Feast, the oldest feast dedicated to the Holy Mother of God was solemnly marked in the churches of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia.

Like in previous years, the Department of Youth Affairs of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia (Director: Valery Badalyan) actively participated in the “Ari Tun” Program organized by the RA Ministry of Diaspora for Diaspora Armenian youth’s homeland recognition, in 2016. Eighty five young Armenians, including 60 from Tbilisi and 25 from Marneuli and Bolnisi regions, participated in three stages of the program, from June 19 to July 30.

On July 29, 2016, a semi-annual summary meeting, providing an overview of activities of Armenian Diocese’s clergy for the first half of 2016, under the presidency of His Grace Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, the Primate of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia, convened in Borjomi.