On the 11th of June Georgian Yazidis celebrated Tewafa Ezide Sor. The event was attended by various religious leaders of Georgia, members of Parliament, representatives of the diplomatic corps and the State Agency for Religious Issues. The feast of the temple began with a religious ritual and ended with the flag change on the roof of the temple.
In his speech Zaza Vashakmadze congratulated the Yezidi parish on the celebration of the temple and talked about friendly relations between the Georgian people and the Yazidi community. According to the chairman of the agency the first legally registered Yazidi organization “National Council of Tbilisi Yazidis” was registered in Georgia.
The chairman of the agency also spoke about the significance of the Yazidi temple - today the Yazidi Temple of Tbilisi is of regional importance all around the world of Yazidi where pilgrims come from different countries.