Since morning, festive services will be performed in all active churches and monasteries throughout Georgia. The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II will deliver a solemn service at Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral in Tbilisi at 10:00 am.

St. George’s Day (or Giorgoba) is a public holiday and it is celebrated two times a year: on November 23, when he was tortured and on May 6, when he died.