Armenia is the first Christian country

Echmiadzin - Holy of Holies for Armenians, the Armenian Vatican, the spiritual center of Armenians around the world, is included in the UNESCO list. Armenia is the first The country in the world, in 301 officially adopted Christianity as the state religion. On the territory of the Cathedral there is the spiritual academy and residence of the Supreme Patriarch, the Catholicos of all Armenians and a museum where relics of the Armenian Apostolic Church are kept.

Zvartnots is a temple of early medieval Armenian architecture located near Yerevan and Vagharshapat (Echmiadzin). Today, the territory of Zvartnots is an archaeological reserve and a museum opened in 1937, where you can see models of the reconstruction of the temple, numerous sculptural fragments, impressive in size. The ruins of the unique temple are majestic against the background of biblical Ararat.

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