On May 8, 2016, the “Hayartun” Cultural, Educational and Youth Center at the Armenian Diocese in Georgia hosted a meeting with the delegation of the Scientific Educational Centre in Yerevan of Ternopol National Economic University (Ukraine). The main purpose of the meeting was to throw the doors of the educational establishment, which is Yerevan Branch of Ternopol National Economic University, wide open for young people, to offer public school students and prospective university students an extensive range of study options at both the undergraduate level and graduate programs leading to master’s degree.

On May 7, 2016, the Calouste Gulbenkian Hall of the “Hayartun” Center at the Armenian Diocese in Georgia hosted a celebratory event dedicated to the 24th anniversary of Shushi Liberation. In attendance were diplomats from the RA Embassy in Georgia, the Artsakh War heroes, Stanislav Manukyan and Artur Beglyan, Tbilisi Armenian intellectuals and community representatives.

On May 5, 2016, the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church celebrated the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the relocation of the Patriarchal See from the city of Sis to Vagharshapat. The Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the feast was celebrated in the Cathedral of Saint George in Tbilisi.

On May 1, 2016, by the order of His Grace Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, Primate of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia, Rev. Father Virap Ghazaryan was appointed to serve in the Armenian Diocese in Georgia.