On May 22, 2016, the Alexander Mantashev Educational Cultural Youth Center had been given a festive look. An event commemorating Hovhannes Tumanyan was organized through a joint effort of the local creative groups. The Aghbyur Youth Vocal Ensemble headed by Ruzanna Hovhannisyan and the Heghnar Dance Group, choreographer Merine Poghosyan, were involved in the event organized by Satenik Danielyan, a teacher at a drama circle and recitation classes.

On May 20, 2016, the Calouste Gulbenkian Hall of the “Hayartun” Center at the Armenian Diocese in Georgia hosted its next event. Titled “An Hour of Poetry”, the event was initiated by “Surb Grigor Narekatsi” (“St. Gregory the Narekatsi”) one-day Armenian school of the Diocesan Educational Department headed by the teacher Tamara Gaboyan. The students of the first and second grades took the stage, while Tbilisi Armenian intellectuals and poetry enthusiasts took their seats in the hall.

Sixteen students will graduate this year from the Saint Movses Khorenatsi Prescool of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia.

The Cemetery of Vera was founded in the 1830s, initially as a burial place for rich and noble people. Many famous Armenian public figures and scientists, who contributed to Tbilisi’s cultural development, were buried in the cemetery. The forgotten tombstones even today strike by their grandeur, still bear witness to the wealth of noble family.