Georgia celebrates National Flag Day today
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Today Georgia marks National Flag Day that is also known as the Five Cross Flag of Georgia.
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili raised the national flag with the children of Georgian heroes Giorgi Antsukhelidze and Zaza Damenia at the Presidential Palace this morning.
The Georgian national flag will be festively raised in different regions of Georgia. Citizens are also encouraged to raise symbolic flags out of their windows to join the national celebration.
The current national flag of Georgia was adopted by Parliament in 2004. Photo by the president's press office
Parliamentary Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze is also hosting a reception dedicated to National Flag Day. The guests of the reception will have the opportunity to see all the national flags and emblems of various Georgian municipalities and self-governing cities.
The current national flag was adopted by Parliament on January 14, 2004.
The flag was used by the Georgian patriotic movement following the country's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Rescuers raise the national flag on the Ujarma fortress in Kakheti. Photo by the President's press office
By the late 1990s, the design had become widely known as 'the Georgian historical national flag' as vexillologists had pointed out the red-on-white Jerusalem cross, shown as the flag of Tbilisi in a 14th-century map by Domenico and Francesco Pizzigano, 14th century Venetian cartographers.
The majority of Georgians, including the Georgian church, supported the restoration of the flag in 2004.
National Flag Day was first observed in Georgia five years ago, on January 14, 2012.
Speaking today at an event celebrating National Flag Day, Georgia's President said, "Raising a flag is a symbol of statehood and liberty and freedom of the people living in this state".
resident of Georgia Giorgi Margvelahsvili spoke about the importance of the national flag and the state symbolic in his today’s speech dedicated to the date of the national flag of Georgia.
Today Georgia marks a national Flag Day that is also known as a Five Cross Flag of Georgia.Various festive events are being planned to celebrate the date. The President of Georgia will hold a special reception hosting Georgian youth from the country regions.
"We are doing everything to have the Georgian national flag raised in NATO and the European Union,” Georgian Parliamentary Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze said at today’s reception dedicated to the National Flag Day. Congratulating everyone with this special day, Kobakhidze said Georgia should return to its historic European family.
Today Georgia marks the day of its national flag. The current national flag was officially introduced on 14 January 2004. The flag was used by the Georgian patriotic movement following the country's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Georgia marks the day of its national flag today. The current national flag was officially introduced on January 14, 2004.The flag was used by the Georgian patriotic movement following the country's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.By the late 1990s, the design had become widely known as 'the Georgian historical national flag' as vexillologists had pointed out the red-on-white Jerusalem cross shown as the flag of Tbilisi in a 14th-century map by Domenico and Francesco Pizzigano, the 14th century Venetian cartographers.
Georgia is celebrating National Flag Day today. The current national symbol of Georgia, also known as the Five Cross Flag, was officially introduced in January 2004. The flag of Georgia which was used before the current one was a three-coloured one (red, black and white) first adopted for the 1918-1921 First Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Today Georgia is marking National Flag Day. The current national symbol of Georgia is also known as the Five Cross Flag.