When you travel to Dilijan, make sure to stop by the statues of the iconic characters from the blockbuster Soviet comedy "Mimino" (1977). This bronze monument celebrates the friendship of Armenians, Georgians and Russians, and it is also a tribute to famous spring water of...

The Holy Myron (fragrant oil) is the oil with the highest level of sanctification in Christian Church and in which is the grace of the Holy Spirit for the sanctifying and consecration to God of whatever it is used in anointing. In the Armenian Apostolic...

When traveling in Armenia, you should definitely visit the Parajanov Museum, which is one of the most popular museums in Yerevan. Parajanov was a Soviet Armenian film director, screenwriter and artist who made significant contributions to world cinema with his films such as “Shadows of...

Did you know, that the "Armenian letter art and its cultural expressions" are included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity? "Armenian letter art and its cultural expressions" constitutes the centuries-old art of Armenian letters, Armenian scripts, the rich culture...

In the early 40s of the last century, at the end of the current Mashtots Avenue (formerly Stalin Avenue), a small tobacco shop appeared. It was unusually and picturesquely decorated with carved and painted furniture, and surprisingly, almost eight decades have passed, but the interior...

A highlight of any visit to Armenia, Matenadaran, officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts – is a museum, repository of manuscripts and a research institute in Yerevan. It holds one of the world's richest depositories of medieval manuscripts and books which span a...

One of the most important events in the history of Armenia happened in 405 AD, when the new Armenian alphabet was created. The Armenian alphabet played an enormous role in the preserving of the national and cultural identity of the Armenian people, and enjoys a...