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Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the capital, largest city and financial center.

The Armenian highlands have been home to the Hayasa-Azzi, Shupria, and Nairi peoples. By at least 600 BC, an archaic form of Proto-Armenian, an Indo-European language, had diffused into the Armenian highlands. The first Armenian state of Urartu was established in 860 BC, and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia. The Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great in the 1st century BC and in AD 301 became the first state in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion. Armenia still recognises the Armenian Apostolic Church, the world's oldest national church, as the country's primary religious establishment. The ancient Armenian kingdom was split between the Byzantine and Sasanian Empires around the early 5th century. Under the Bagratuni dynasty, the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia was restored in the 9th century before falling in 1045. Cilician Armenia, an Armenian principality and later a kingdom, was located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea between the 11th and 14th centuries.

Between the 16th and 19th centuries, the traditional Armenian homeland composed of Eastern Armenia and Western Armenia came under the rule of the Ottoman and Persian empires, repeatedly ruled by either of the two over the centuries. By the 19th century, Eastern Armenia had been conquered by the Russian Empire while most of Western Armenia remained under Ottoman rule. During World War I up to 1.5 million Armenians were systematically exterminated in the Armenian genocide. Following the Russian Revolution, the First Republic of Armenia declared independence in 1918. By 1920, the state was incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. Today's Republic of Armenia became independent in 1991 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. (Full article...)

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Little Ararat (left) and Greater Ararat (right); View from Yerevan, Armenia

Mount Ararat, officially Mount Ağrı, or also known as Masis is a snow- capped and dormant compound volcano in easternmost Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and the Armenian highlands with an elevation of 5,137 m (16,854 ft); Little Ararat's elevation is 3,896 m (12,782 ft). The Ararat massif is about 35 km (22 mi) wide at ground base. The first recorded efforts to reach Ararat's summit were made in the Middle Ages, and Friedrich Parrot, Khachatur Abovian, and four others made the first recorded ascent in 1829.

In Europe, the mountain has been called by the name Ararat since the Middle Ages, as it began to be identified with "mountains of Ararat" described in the Bible as the resting place of Noah's Ark, despite contention that Genesis 8:4 does not refer specifically to a Mount Ararat. (Full article...)

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Aznavour in 1961

Charles Aznavour (/ˌæznəˈvʊər/ AZ-nə-VOOR; French: [ʃaʁl aznavuʁ]; Armenian: Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրյան; born Shahnur Vaghinak Aznavourian; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French and Armenian singer-songwriter, actor, and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. In a career as a singer and songwriter, spanning over 70 years, he recorded more than 1,200 songs, in various languages. Moreover, he wrote or co-wrote more than 1,000 songs for himself and others. Aznavour is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters in history and an icon of 20th-century pop culture.

Aznavour sang for presidents, popes and royalty, as well as at humanitarian events. In response to the 1988 Armenian earthquake, he founded the charitable organization Aznavour for Armenia along with his long-time friend, impresario Lévon Sayan. Since 1994, he was appointed Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Armenia to UNESCO until his death in 2018. In 2008, he was granted Armenian citizenship and was appointed ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland the following year, as well as Armenia's permanent delegate to the United Nations at Geneva. (Full article...)

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  • Plan of Saints Paul and Peter Church (from Tatev Monastery)
  • Engraved crosses on the cave church wall in the Geghard Monastery. (from Geghard)
  • St. Gregory the Illuminator's Church (from Tatev Monastery)
  • Khachkars inset in rock outcropping (from Geghard)
  • The "Chapel of the Proshyans" in Rock-This is the rock-cut church past the zhamatun. It was dedicated by Prince Prosh in 1283. (from Geghard)
  • Plan of Noravank (from Noravank)
  • The southern entrance of Surb Karapet church (from Noravank)
  • Tatev Monastery pillar (from Tatev Monastery)
  • Window tympanum of the Gavit. Interpretation is unclear: God the Father with the head of John the Baptist, Jesus or Adam in his hand, and Jesus on the Cross (from Noravank)
  • Geghard in the snow (from Geghard)
  • Approach to the monastery (from Noravank)
  • Panorama of Noravank monastery and Amaghu valley (from Noravank)
  • Arched entrance to the caves adjacent to the monastery. (from Geghard)
  • The museum (from Noravank)
  • Muqarna Vault of the First church in the rock, 13th century. (from Geghard)
  • Noravank (from Noravank)
  • Plan of Geghard, with identification of the main structures. (from Geghard)
  • Surb Karapet (St. John the Baptist) Church (from Noravank)
  • Noravank horseman hunting a lion. Relief in the gavit. (from Noravank)
  • Boundary agreement between the villages Khut, Shinhar and Halizur (Halidzor) owned by the Tatev Monastery. Persian manuscript, dated 13 November 1400 (from Tatev Monastery)
  • The back of the Astvatsatsin church (from Noravank)
  • Aerial view (from Noravank)
  • Carved tombstones of Smbat and Elikum III Orbelian, inside the chapel of Surb Grigor (from Noravank)
  • The Church of Saints Paul and Peter at sunset (from Tatev Monastery)
  • Geghard gavit (from Geghard)
  • Photo by Alexander Roinashvili c. 1880. (from Tatev Monastery)
  • The façade of Surb Karapet Church with a depiction of God the Father (upper relief) (from Noravank)
  • Cupola on arches. Proshyan chapel (1283). (from Geghard)
  • Grave of Elikum III Orbelian, son of Prince Tarsaich Orbelian (from Noravank)
  • A detail of the Astvatsatsin church (from Noravank)
  • The entrance of Astvatsatsin church (western façade) (from Noravank)
  • View of the monastery and surroundings, 2025 (from Tatev Monastery)
  • Column from the gavit (from Geghard)
  • Broken khachkar to the left of Astvatsatsin church (from Noravank)
  • Tatev Monastery (from Tatev Monastery)
  • View of the interior of Astvatsatsin church (from Noravank)
  • The hole (from Noravank)
  • The monastery in the early 20th century (from Noravank)
  • 17th-century service buildings (foreground) (from Geghard)
  • Swinging Column in Tatev (from Tatev Monastery)
  • Surb Astvatsatsin Church of Noravank (from Noravank)
  • Eastern façade of Astvatsatsin church (from Noravank)
  • The Upper Zhamatun (1288), tomb of Papak Proshyan and his wife Ruzukana (from Geghard)
  • The first rock-cut church, Zakarid period, circa 1240. (from Geghard)
  • The monastery c. 1920 (from Tatev Monastery)
  • Cross decoration on the walls of Astvatsatsin church (from Noravank)
  • Column, tomb of Papak Proshyan, 1288. (from Geghard)
  • Emblem of the Proshyan family. (from Geghard)
  • Holy Mother of God Church (from Tatev Monastery)
  • Tatev Monastery (from Tatev Monastery)
  • Façade of Surb Astvatsatsin Church (from Noravank)
  • Rock-cut chamber: tomb of Prosh Khaghbakian (1283). (from Geghard)
  • Cupola on arches. Proshyan chapel (1283). (from Geghard)
  • An illustration of the monastery from 1881. (from Tatev Monastery)
  • The main church, or "Kathogike" (from Geghard)
  • Ceiling and Muqarna vault of the gavit. (from Geghard)
  • Mausoleum of Prince Prosh Khaghbakian (1283). The tombs are behind the twin arches. The entrance to the Proshyan chapel is to the right. (from Geghard)
  • Ornament on the ceiling of the Saint Grigor chapel made with the Vordan Karmir (Cochineal Red) pigment (from Noravank)
  • Bas-relief (from Noravank)
  • Swinging Column in 1839 (from Tatev Monastery)
  • Entrance to the Proshyan chapel (1283). (from Geghard)

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  • Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet
  • Noravank Monastery

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