Representatives of the religious organizations registered in Georgia celebrated the International Day for Tolerance at the Yazidi Cultural Center. This time the event was hosted by the Yezidi Spiritual Council.

The guests were welcomed and congratulated on the Day for Tolerance by the Chairman of the Yezidi Spiritual Council, Dimitri Pirbari. The Public Defender of Georgia, Levan Ioseliani, spoke about the tradition of tolerance in Georgia. The role of the State of Georgia in strengthening a tolerant environment was the main topic of the speech of the Chairman of the State Agency for Religious Issues, Zaza Vashakmadze. The Chairman of the Agency also called on religious leaders and parishioners to actively participate in the process of General Population Census.

Representatives of various religious communities addressed the audience. The meeting was attended by: the Archpriest Shalva Jajanidze, Deacons Saba Gazdeliani and Giorgi Sichinava from the Orthodox Church; the Bishop Giuseppe Pasotto, Priest Zurab Kakachishvili from the Catholic Church; the Chairman of the Jewish Union, Merab Chanchalashvili from the Jewish Community; the Bishop Kirakos Davtyan from the Armenian Apostolic Church; the Sheikh Faig Nabiev, Mufti of Eastern Georgia Etibar Eminov, Mufti of Western Georgia Adam Shantadze from the Muslim Community;  the Bishop Aneri Giunashvili, Executive Director Tariel Papinashvili from the Union of Christian-Baptist Churches; the Pastor Guram Imerlishvili from the Evangelical Faith Church; the Bishop Rolf Barais, former Bishop Marcus Shokh from the Evangelical-Lutheran Church.

At the initiative of the Agency, the Day for Tolerance has been celebrated in Georgia in this format since 2016. The first host of the event was the Georgian Orthodox Church in 2016, in 2017 - the Georgian Jewish Community, in 2018 - the Apostolic Administration of the Caucasus, in 2019 - the Muslim Community of Georgia, in 2020 - the Union of Christian-Baptist Churches of Georgia, in 2021 - the Evangelical-Protestant Church of Georgia, in 2022 - the Evangelical Faith Church and in 2023 - the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Georgia.

The International Day for Tolerance has been celebrated since 1995, at the initiative of UNESCO. Its goal is to raise public awareness of the dangers of intolerance, extremism and discrimination and to establish an atmosphere of mutual respect and understanding.