On April 2, 2017, the Sunday of Advent, in all churches of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia the Divine Liturgy was celebrated.

By the order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, following the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, in the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin and in all churches in the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, solemn Repose of Souls service was offered in memory of the brave heroes who died in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabagh) during the war in April 2016.

In the Saint Gevorg Cathedral and the Saint Etchmiadzin Church in Tbilisi, the Surb Prkich (Saint Savior) Church in Batumi, the Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church in Akhaltsikhe, the Surb Khach (Holy Cross) Church in Akhalkalaki and the Saint Sargis Church in Ninotsminda, following the Divine Liturgy, the clergy offered the Repose of Souls service in memory of soldiers who died as a result of military operations on the border of Nagorno Karabakh.

The Requiem Service was attended by First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Georgia, Artur Sargsyan, in the Saint Gevorg Cathedral, and by Consul General of the Republic of Armenia in Batumi Yeghishe Sargsyan in the Surb Prkich (Saint Savior) Church in Batumi. On the occasion of the first anniversary of the death of Armenian soldiers, the community officials, Armenian intellectuals and many faithful raised a prayer and lit candles in the churches of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia.