Garni Pagan Temple, Geghard and Noravank Monasteries plus the Genocide Memorial.
Introduction to Havuts Tar Monastrey which ruins can be seen across the valley from the Garni Pagan Temple.
Looking out across the valley from the Garni Pagan Temple.
A khachkar (cross stone) at the Garni Pagan Temple.
Green valleys and mountains surround the temple.
A blossom tree. One of the few trees on the top of the hill where the temple is located.
The ceiling and columns at the entrance to the Garni Pagan Temple.
The facade of the Garni Pagan Temple.
Selfie time in front of the Garni Pagan Temple.
Deep valley below.
Garni Pagan Temple grounds.
The ruins of the mozaic stone floor in the bathhouse of the Garni Temple.
Underfloor heating for the Garni Temple bathhouse.
Will and I at the temple.
Geghard Monastrey.
A lion attacking an ox on the front facade above the arch of the central entance to the church at the Geghard Monastery.
Exterior of the Geghard Monastery.
Waterfall near the Geghard Monastery.
The Geghard Monastery.
Khatchkars (stone crosses), tombs and entrance to a monastic cell at the Geghard Monastery.
Jane.
Sorry, me again !
Suspended lighting under one of the domes at the Geghard Monastery.
A frescoe in the Geghard Monastery.
Light shining through one of the domes at the Geghard Monastery.
A cross carved into the wall at the Geghard Monastery.
Inside Geghard Monastery. Jamatun/first rock-cut chamber. A pair of lions with chains around their necks, flanking an eagle with a lamb in its claws.
Engraved cross on the wall of the jamatun/first rock-cut chamber inside the Geghard Monastery.
Engraved crosses on the interior wall of the Geghard Monastery.
Water flowing through the Geghard Monastery.
Introduction to the Geghard Monastrey.
Jane, Kim and I chilling at the Geghard Monastery.
Introduction to the Noravank Monastery.
View of the surrounding changing landscape from the Noravank Monastery.
The Noravank Monastery.
Will, Sew and Kim at the entrance to the Noravank Monastery.
Will, Sew and Kim.
It’s a deep well.
Khachkars (cross stones) in the grounds of Noravank Monastery.
The carved wooden south entrance door to Saint Karapet Church at Noravank Monastery.
Detailed wooden cross on a wooden door at Noravank Monastrey.
Interior of gravit of Saint Karapet Church at Noravank Monastery.
Orthodox Priest inside Saint Karapet Church at Noravank Monastrey.
Gravestones in Saint Grigor Chapel at Noravank Monastrey.
Gravestones in Saint Grigor Chapel at Noravank Monastrey.
View out of the entrance doors at the Noravank Monastery.
Light shining through the ceiling of the Noravank Monastery.
A carved cross on an interior wall of the Noravank Monastrey.
Orthodox cross pendants and chains.
Gravestone depicting a cross between a lion and a human in Saint Grigor Chapel at the Noravank Monastery.
Introduction to the Noravank Monastery.
The outside of the Noravank Monastery.
Khachkars (cross stones) in the grounds of Noravank Monastery.
The Tsitsernakaberd Memorial.
Memorial to remember the 1915 genocide of Armenians by the Ottoman regime.
Wreaths laying against the exterior of the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial.
Flowers laid at the eternal flame.
The eternal flame at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial.
The eternal flame at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial surrounded by flowers laid by visitors.
The exterior of the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial.
