Christianity, as founded by the Apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew in the generation after the death of Jesus, survives with inspirational power in Armenia.

Me, I like to close my eyes and conjure up one of the most peaceful places I know: Geghard monastery, in the mountains of Armenia. Some days I can almost taste the air inside, cool and pure and ...

UNESCO World Heritage site Geghard Monastery, an hour’s drive from the capital, Yerevan, is a testament to Armenia’s spiritual history and architectural prowess.

UAE residents will no longer need a visa to travel to Armenia. With a quick flight only more than three hours, the country ...

Lake Sevan, known as the “Blue Pearl of Armenia”, provides the setting for the Sevanavank Monastery – a reward that awaits after climbing 240 stone steps. On the way up, you pass stalls with ...

The most famous of these gave the monastery its current name: Geghard is said to have housed the spear that wounded Jesus’ side during his crucifixion for about 500 years, and Geghardavank means ...

Azerbaijanis consider the Armenian Amaras monastery complex in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) as Caucasian Albanian, “Geghard” Scientific Analytical Foundation states in an article. The latter reads as ...

It is this dizzying mix, the overlapping of histories and cultures, empires and atrocities, that makes the place so rich. If the dances and folk costumes, the knitted socks and tours, were purely ...

The Khor Virap Monastery, located south-east of Yerevan, offers a famous photo setting: The holy Mount Ararat, the peak where Noah's Ark is said to have touched land after the Biblical great flood ...

UNESCO World Heritage site Geghard Monastery, an hour’s drive from the capital, Yerevan, is a testament to Armenia’s spiritual history and architectural prowess.