On June 26, PhD student of Georgian Language doctorate educational program defended dissertation at Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University Dissertation Board of the faculty of Humanities. The title of the dissertation was “Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani's homilies and Christian Homiletics” (scientific supervisor – Associate Professor Nino Giorgadze). 

The main purpose of the work is to evaluate Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani's "Stsavlani" and to show his connection with Christian homiletics.

Marina Khanjaliashvili was awarded the academic degree of the Doctor of Philology.