Georgia marks the day of its national flag
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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.
Ambassador of Sweden to Georgia and Armenia tweeted.
გილოცავთ საქართველოს სახელმწიფო დროშის დღეს! ????????
— Ulrik Tideström ???????? (@UTidestrom) January 14, 2020
და ძველით ახალ წელს! ????
Congratulations on the National Flag Day of Georgia, and Happy #OldNewYear!@SwedeninGE
Picture credit @GovernmentGeo pic.twitter.com/Dgex0IJymV
The flag of Georgia which was used before the current one. The photo depicts a sketch which was created 1918. Photo: National Georgian Archive.
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.
A majority of Georgians, including the Georgian church, supported the restoration of the flag that took place in 2004.
The winning entry replaced an earlier, three-colour flag first adopted for the 1918-1921 First Democratic Republic of Georgia before it was restored in 1990, ahead of Georgia's proclamation of independence from the Soviet Union.
"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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Saturday congratulated the citizens on National Flag Day, highlighting it as “one of the most important” symbols of Georgian statehood.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Sunday congratulated the citizens on National Flag Day, highlighting it as “the most visible embodiment of the Georgian spirit, national identity, our freedom and independence”.