sentences:  Until recently the neighborhoods of Avlabari and the area across the river were very heavily Armenian, but that has changed a great deal in the last two decades.Out of the 29 Armenian churches in Tbilisi at the beginning of the 20th century, only "two" function today -- Cathedral of Saint George in the Old Armenian Quarter and Ejmiatsin Church in the Havlabar (Georgian) Quarter; the rest of them have been destroyed or turned into Georgian ones.As recently as 16 November 2008, a controversial Georgian priest organized excavations around Norashen Church, during which the tombstones of Armenian patrons of art of Tbilisi buried in the churchyard were removed.