Posts Tagged ‘Armenia’
A night at the Yerevan opera
This past August, my husband and I were in Yerevan, Armenia as a part of a holiday in the Caucasus. Since it was August, I was certain the opera house would be closed, but while going to admire the placard of the season’s offerings I would not be able to attend, I was thrilled to…
Read MoreThe beauty of Armenian khachkars
We had a wonderful vacation in the Caucasus last month – and I’ll be writing more about what we saw in beautiful Georgia and Armenia in the coming weeks. But one of the beautiful objects we saw throughout Armenia were the traditional khachkars, or carved, cross-stone stele. These khachkars are typical of medieval Armenian Christian…
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