On June 8, 2018, the Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI) organized an exhibition and debate on “Soviet anti – religious policy” at the Information Center on NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and EU (European Union) in Tbilisi.
The event was honored with the presence of the Primate of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia, His Grace Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, accompanied by assistant to the Primate Deacon Gevorg Antonyan and Michael Avagyan, Head of Legal Affairs and Cooperation Department of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia.  
The old and new photos of synagogues, mosques, Catholic, Armenian and Lutheran temples were presented at the exhibition. These places of prayer were seized by Communist government and have not been returned to their historical owners until now.
Most of the 28 places of worship represented at the exhibition were Armenian Apostolic Churches located in Tbilisi and Samtskhe – Javakheti. Among the exhibits there were also seven places of prayer of Catholic Church, six Evangelical Lutheran Churches, four Muslim and three Jewish Churches.   
Professor Nugzar Papuashvili, theologian Beka Mindiashvili and researcher Kote Chachibaria took part in the debate. The speakers told about the persecution of religious communities by the Soviet authorities, anti-religious policy of the latter and its results.
As the organizers mentioned, the purpose of the exhibition is to raise the issue of restitution – the return of property to their owners.
During the debate, the Primate of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia, His Grace Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan delivered a speech. The latter touched upon the issues on Armenian churches about which the Armenian Diocese in Georgia is concerned. The fate of these churches is uncertain since the establishment of Georgia's independence, because the state neither took any practical steps, nor expressed desire to return religious property to their historical owners.
“The situation of these churches is getting worse day by day, they are abandoned, collapsed, turned into ruins. No one carries responsibility for some of them and some of them are required by other religious churches” - highlighted the Primate of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia in his speech.
The Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church in Georgia requires the Georgian authorities to return to Armenian Diocese seven churches in Tbilisi and one church in Akhaltsikhe. These churches are the Surb Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God) church of Norashen, Yerevantsots Saint Minas, Saint George of Mughni (Great Mughni), Shamkhoretsonts Karmir Avetaran (Red Gospel), Surb Nshan or Surb Nikoghayos (Holy Sign or Saint Nicholas), Tandoyants Surb Astvatsatsin (Tandoyants Holy Mother of God) church, as well as Harants temple (Pashavank, Monastry Cathedral) and Surb Nshan (Holy Sign) or Saint Vardanants church.