Saint David of Gareji was Syrian by birth. The future ascetic became a disciple of St. John of Zedazeni and journeyed with him to Georgia.

The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II returned to Georgia. The plane of the Patriarch landed in Tbilisi International Airport at 6:45 p.m.

On May 31, at 2:0 p.m., at the office of the Charitable Foundation of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia will be held a charity exhibition-sale of the Tbilisi public school #63 pupil’s drawings.

The VII International Festival "From Easter to Ascension" was dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the enthronement of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II.

Georgia declared independence on May 26, 1918.

Jesus did not live with his disciples after his resurrection as he had before his death. Filled with the glory of his divinity, he appeared at different times and places to his people, assuring them that it was he, truly alive in his risen and glorified body.

Today the Orthodox Church commemorates the day of the transfer of the Body of Saint Nicholas from Myra in Lycia to Bari in Italy.

The holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostle and Evangelist John is also known as John the Theologian.

The restriction, imposed for Georgian pilgrims and tourists on the disputable territory of Davit Gareji monastery complex on May 6, are canceled.

The Thirteen Assyrian Fathers were a group of monastic missionaries who arrived from Mesopotamia to Georgia to strengthen Christianity in the country in the 6th century. They are credited by the Georgian church historians with the foundation of several monasteries and hermitages and initiation of the ascetic movement in Georgia.