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 A woman lighting candles at
Geghard Monastery by RedEaredPanda
The Armenian church is sometimes called the Gregorian Church because it was founded in Armenian by St. Gregory the Illuminator.
When visiting any Armenian Church it is normal on entry to buy candles and then light them while making prayers and then placing them upright in the trays of sand. The candles usually cost somewhere in the neighborhood of US 10-20 cents.
One other fact about visiting churches in Armenia is that it is correct to leave a church walking backwards so as not to turn one's back on God.
This photograph was taken at Geghard Monastery. To read more about Geghard Monastery and its unusual architecture, please visit Gehard Monastery Leave a Comment
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 Village in Karabakh and
Armenia by RedEaredPanda
In late summer women can be encountered in the villages winnowing grain, preserving fruit for the winter by drying it in the sun, and making fruit juices and home made vodkas to last through the winter.
Perhaps the most conspicuous problem is that of water supply. Leaking mains mean that water supply in most towns and cities has to be restricted to a few hours a day to prevent large quantities running away to waste.
In rural areas water has either to be obtained from the village spring and carried in buckets, or else there might be a well in the garden. In both urban and rural areas water has to be stored in quantity for use when needed. I am sure you will come across this fact very early into your travels within Armenia even if you're staying in hotels with no water supply problems. Leave a Comment
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 Traditional Armenian Music at
a Wedding by RedEaredPanda
The picture is of the musicians playing traditional music at a wedding outside the reception hall before the bride and the groom enter the hall.
You will also see traditional instruments playing the music at "Old Yerevan" restaurant in Yerevan.. For more information please click Old Yerevan link. Leave a Comment
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 Prayers made and clothing tied
to the tree by RedEaredPanda
We witnessed this phenomenone at nearly all the churches we visited in Armenia. The photograph is taken at Haghartsin Monastery by a khachkar where people have tied articles of clothing, usually handcershiefs to the tree outside the main church structure. Leave a Comment
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 Dinner with a family in Ijevan
Village by RedEaredPanda
Especially in rural areas, people are fascinated by the few westerners who appear and are genuinely touched that people from so far away could even have heard of Armenia let alone be interested enough to come. Leave a Comment
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friend, Masha!!! by RedEaredPanda
Armenians are very hard working, even more important now when so much work has to be done by hand because machinery, fertilisers, weedkillers and pesticides are all unaffordable. This fact ofcourse has the incidental benefit of making much Armenian food organic. Leave a Comment
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 by MalenaN
Anyway, at Khor Virap there is a place were animals (for ex sheep) are sacrificed.
It is belived that these old pagan rites were accepted because Armenia became a christian country very early and by keeping some old traditions it was easier to get people to convert to the new religion. Leave a Comment
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 by MalenaN
It is a religious custom saying that prayers will be answerd if you tie a strip of cloth to a tree near the monastery. Leave a Comment
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 Yerevan, markethall by sachara
Prices were higher at this market than in the official Soviet shops in those former days. We visited Yerevan in 1986. Leave a Comment
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