On April 19, 2015, on the threshold of the 100^th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Calouste Gulbenkian Hall of the Hayartun center hosted the “Armenian Golgotha” exhibition, where the artworks of Armenian and Georgian artists from Tbilisi and Samtskhe-Javakheti were shown. The exhibition was dedicated to the memory of the Genocide victims. The primate of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia, His Grace Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan and the clergy were present at the opening. Many Armenian, Georgian and Russian art critics, artists, intellectuals and foreign guests visited the exhibition. The president of the Union of Armenian Painters in Georgia, famous miniaturist Meruzhan Shahumyan, explained the symbolic title of the exhibition. He compared the path of the Armenian people with the path of the Christ to the Resurrection; though it was full of pain and torment but at the end of that road the Armenian people found salvation and rebirth through cultural development, scientific achievements and respect for universal human values.

Gela Kenchuashvili, Amiran Kuprava, Gia Markozashvili, Lado Kvachadze, Artem Antonyan, Mikael Grigoryan, Valiko Arakelyan, Karlen Karapetyan and many other artists condemned the genocide through more than 60 artworks.

The speakers Levon Osipov, USSR honored artist, historian Enok Tadevosyan, Mikael Grigoryan, honored artist of Georgia and others thanked the Armenian Diocese for its patriotic activity and organization of the exhibition. Poetess Maria Movsesova-Kirakosyan expressed her feelings, passion and thirst for justice in her poem.

At the end the Primate of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia, His Grace Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan blessed the visitors and thanked the artists for being by side of the Armenian people.

The “Armenian Golgotha” catalog of all the exhibited artworks presented at the exhibition was issued with the support of the Diocese, Hayartun Center and “SHEN” Association. The exhibition signified a demand for justice for the Genocide committed against the Armenian people.