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Group Tour to Megerian Carpet - Echmiadzin - Zvartnots
6 min
About this activity
Visit: Echmiadzin Monastery, Vagharshapat Armenia
Today we will visit the religious center of Armenia - Saint Echmiadzin. In 301 Armenia adopted Christianity as the state religion. In the same year, the construction of the first Christian Church of St. Echmiadzin began. Echmiadzin translates as “the place of descent of the only begotten”. According to the legend, the God himself indicated the place of the first Christian Church to Gregory the Illuminator with a fire hammer. Over time, parishioners are becoming more and more, and the Church is being rebuilt until the XX century. Echmiadzin is a religious town, on the territory of which you can see a theological Seminary, a refectory, monastic cells, a library (book Depository), a lot of khachkars, a baptistery and the residence of the Armenian Catholicos. Echmiadzin is famous for its rich religious Museum, where you can see the spear of Longin, a piece of Noah's Ark, the life-giving cross (a sliver from the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified), parts of the relics of St. John the Baptist and other religious values.
Duration: 1 hour
Visit: Saint Hripsime Church, Mesrop Mashtots St., 85, Vagharshapat Armenia
The Church of St. Hripsime of 618 is the pearl of Armenian architecture.
Duration: 45 minutes
Visit: Zvartnots Temple, Vagharshapat Armenia
The ruins of Zvartnots temple of VII century amaze with its power and fine carving.
This place is included on UNESCO's Heritage List.
Duration: 45 minutes
Visit: Megerian Carpet Museum, Madoyan Gukas str. 9, Yerevan 0006 Armenia
During this tour one of our stops is Megerian carpet museum-factory where various types of Armenian rugs are presented. Here you are offered to walk through a silk carpet for 70 thousand dollars, touch the old carpets from the collection of Megeryan carpets, get acquainted with the production technology, making a few knots on the handmade carpet, and you will understand that the carpets are the embodiment of the value that is carefully guarded by Armenians scattered around the world.
Duration: 1 hour
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Today we will visit the religious center of Armenia - Saint Echmiadzin. In 301 Armenia adopted Christianity as the state religion. In the same year, the construction of the first Christian Church of St. Echmiadzin began. Echmiadzin translates as “the place of descent of the only begotten”. According to the legend, the God himself indicated the place of the first Christian Church to Gregory the Illuminator with a fire hammer. Over time, parishioners are becoming more and more, and the Church is being rebuilt until the XX century. Echmiadzin is a religious town, on the territory of which you can see a theological Seminary, a refectory, monastic cells, a library (book Depository), a lot of khachkars, a baptistery and the residence of the Armenian Catholicos. Echmiadzin is famous for its rich religious Museum, where you can see the spear of Longin, a piece of Noah's Ark, the life-giving cross (a sliver from the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified), parts of the relics of St. John the Baptist and other religious values.
Duration: 1 hour
Visit: Saint Hripsime Church, Mesrop Mashtots St., 85, Vagharshapat Armenia
The Church of St. Hripsime of 618 is the pearl of Armenian architecture.
Duration: 45 minutes
Visit: Zvartnots Temple, Vagharshapat Armenia
The ruins of Zvartnots temple of VII century amaze with its power and fine carving.
This place is included on UNESCO's Heritage List.
Duration: 45 minutes
Visit: Megerian Carpet Museum, Madoyan Gukas str. 9, Yerevan 0006 Armenia
During this tour one of our stops is Megerian carpet museum-factory where various types of Armenian rugs are presented. Here you are offered to walk through a silk carpet for 70 thousand dollars, touch the old carpets from the collection of Megeryan carpets, get acquainted with the production technology, making a few knots on the handmade carpet, and you will understand that the carpets are the embodiment of the value that is carefully guarded by Armenians scattered around the world.
Duration: 1 hour
Included
- Entrance Ticket to Treasury Museum in Echmiadzin
- Entrance Ticket to Zvartnots Temple
- Bottled water
- Entry/Admission - Echmiadzin Monastery
- Entry/Admission - Saint Hripsime Church
- Entry/Admission - Zvartnots Temple
- Entry/Admission - Megerian Carpet Museum
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
70%
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