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Easter in Armenia

Easter in Armenia

04 Feb 2025
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On Sunday, April 4, Armenians, along with Christians around the world, celebrate Easter. In the temples there are ancient spiritual verses-sharakans, and in the houses of believers there are traditional Easter tables. The Armenian word “Zatik” (Easter) comes from the...
Armenian Genocide Memorial

April 24: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

24 Apr 2024
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April 24th is the Remembrance Day of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Tsitsernakaberd Memorial is dedicated to the memory of more than 1,5 million of Armenians who became victims of the first genoside of the 20th century, organized by the government of Ottoman...

The Independence Day of Armenia,September 21

20 Sep 2023
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The Independence Day of Armenia is the main state holiday of the country, celebrated on September 21. The Soviet Union de facto collapsed in the August of 1991, after an attempt to stage a coup failed in Moscow. Just like some of the republics of the decaying Soviet Union,...

Yerevan will celebrate 2,800th anniversary

18 Oct 2018
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Yerevan is one of the most ancient cities in the world wich is 29 years older than Rome. Yerevan was founded in 782 BC by Urartian King Argishti l. The foundation is evidenced by a cuneiform inscription discovered during archaeological excavations in the Erebouni fortress. This...
Annual Watermelon Festival in Armenia

Annual Watermelon Festival in Armenia

09 Jul 2018
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The municipality of Yerevan regularly organizes “Yerevan summer” program of festivals. If you are in the most ancient capital of Europe during the summer period, you have an exclusive opportunity to watch these events and even take part in them. One of the most fascinating...
“Yerevan with Flair” Festival

“Yerevan with Flair” Festival

09 Jun 2018
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In recent years, gastronomic tours along with cultural events have been organized in Armenia. The best reflections of them are the festivals of fish, bread, tolma, apricot, barbecue, grapes in different regions of the country. At the initiative of Yerevan Municipality and the NGO...
Фестиваль «Стрижка овец» в Армении

Sheep Shearing Festival in Armenia

04 Jun 2018
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A hospitable country of Armenia invites you to attend the “Sheep Shearing” festival, which will be held on June 9, 2018 in Armenia, on the territory of the Syunik Animal Market cattle market, near the settlement Hot, the Tatev community, Syunik region. This year, for...
Yerevan Color Festival

Colors Festival in Yerevan

31 May 2018
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Colors Festival will be held in Yerevan on June 2. The Armenian colorful festival is somewhat similar to the Indian holiday Holi, but at the same time has its own characteristics, the organizers of the event note. “From June events, the Color Festival is the brightest that...
Visit to Sardarapat - Armenia

May 28th – The 100th Anniversary Of Republic Of Armenia

24 May 2018
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Armenian Highlands, the area, where the process of formation and development of the Armenian nation took place and where Armenians passed their historical path, was mentioned several thousand years ago. Since ancient times, a state, known as Great Armenia had existed here. In the...
Tolma Festival in Armenia

May 20th – Tolma Festival in Armenia

17 May 2018
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Tolma festival has its unique place among the most festivals organized in Armenia. It was first held in 2011 in Armavir region by the organization “Development and Preservation of Armenian Culinary Traditions”, headed by Sedrak Mamulyan. The purpose of the event is to popularize...
Wine Days in Yerevan

May 4-5 Wine Days in Yerevan & Areni

13 May 2018
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If you are in Yerevan these days, you have the opportunity to take part in the wine festival. The event was first organized in 2017. Saryan Street was transformed into a continuous tasting area, where numerous tourists and residents of the capital had the chance of getting...
May 1 - Labour Day

May 1 – Labour Day

11 May 2018
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Labour day is celebrated in many countries of the world on May 1st or on the first Monday of May. May 1st in its modern form arose in the middle of the 19th century in the labor movement, which put forward the introduction of an eight-hour working day as one of the main...
nternational jazz day

April 30th – International jazz day: Yerevan – the sity of jazz lovers

26 Apr 2018
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The International jazz day is celebrated annually on April 30th. The event has been organized by UNESCO since 2012, so as to celebrate «the rise of the level of awareness of the international society about jazz as of power, contributing to the peace, unity, dialogue, as well as...
Garni temple

What’s an ancient roman temple Garni doing in Armenia?

05 Apr 2018
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Garni is the only pagan temple in Armenia. A woman did not destroy him. Rather, thanks to the brother’s boundless love for his sister. In 301, Armenia adopted Christianity as a state religion. According to historians, the troops of Trdat III sword implanted a new religion,...
5 places in Armenia

5 places in Armenia that tourists don’t know about

02 Apr 2018
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Armenia – one of the oldest and interesting countries where Europe ends and begins the East, or on the contrary. Not in it an essence. As the tourist country, Armenia is unfamiliar to still much. Many know only that the mountain, sacred for Armenians, – Ararat, and their favorite...
8 reasons for a city trip to Yerevan

8 reasons for a city trip to Yerevan

02 Apr 2018
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Where is Yerevan? To be honest, many people ask this question, being completely ignorant of this hidden pearl. This cosmopolitan city is located in the heart of the Republic of Armenia. The usual morning in Yerevan begins with walks and good coffee in the cafe, located next to...
Ancient Armenian village of Hin Khot

The ancient Armenian village of Hin Khot is similar to Machu Picchu

02 Apr 2018
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The ancient Armenian village of Hin Khot is rightly called the “Armenian Machu Picchu”. The mountainous terrain and landscape strongly resemble the ancient city of the Incas in South America – in Peru. However, Machu Picchu today is a tourist Mecca, but only...
Тraditional Armenian dish - Khash

Тraditional Armenian dish – Khash

01 Apr 2018
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Khash is a traditional Armenian dish, which quickly spread throughout the Caucasus and Transcaucasia. The word “hash” is of Armenian origin, the name of the dish is derived from the word “hashel”, which in Armenian means to cook. This fact is indicated in...
The most ancient observatory of Karahunj

The most ancient observatory of Karahunj

30 Mar 2018
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Karahunj is one of the oldest megalithic structures in the world. Two-meter-long pointed blocks stretch from south to north, enclosing territory in 14 football fields, in the center they form the right circle. It is proved that the complex is an observatory built in the 6th...
The longest Gata in the world

The longest Gata in the world

23 Mar 2018
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In the capital of Armenia – Yerevan, the longest gat in the world (traditional Armenian sweets) was baked and presented to the universal court. Filled with different dried fruits, this delicious dessert had a length of 4000 cm and a width of 40 cm. It required the...
BBC About Armenia

BBC аbout Armenia: symbols аnd legends of the world’s first Christian state

11 Jan 2018
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Armenia proclaimed Christianity as its state religion as far back as the 4th century AD – in 301 AD. The Armenian Apostolic Church is one of the oldest Christian churches, differing both from Byzantine Orthodoxy, and from Roman Catholicism. Christmas is celebrated here on...
Russia returns Armenia's stolen Vrubel painting

Russia returns Armenia’s stolen Vrubel painting

23 Dec 2017
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Russian President Vladimir Putin handed the picture of Mikhail Vrubel to the President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, “The Demon and the Angel with the Soul of Tamara”, stolen from Armenia in 1995. According to the presidential press service, Putin handed the picture...
Armenian dance Kochari included in the list of UNESCO

Armenian dance Kochari included in the list of UNESCO

23 Dec 2017
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Armenian dance Kochari included in the list of intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO. This is detailed information about what a dance that symbolizes is and what role it plays in the life of the Armenian people. Kochari-traditional dance, executable widely throughout Armenia...
Armenia fastest-growing travel destination

Armenia fastest-growing travel destination

01 Dec 2017
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The United Nations World Tourism Organization included Armenia in the list of 20 fastest-growing travel destinations. Every year the UNWTO is tracking the trends and presents information about which countries are spiking interest, Travel and Leisure reported. “Throughout its long...
Фото воздушного шара с фестиваля в Ереване в разделе «фото дня» газеты «Telegraph»

Photo from Yerevan balloon festival appears in The Telegraph daily

10 Nov 2017
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The Telegraph included the photo from Yerevan balloon festival into the list of «Photo of the Day». A hot air the balloon was captured during the festival in honor of the 2977 birthday of the Armenian capital. Mount Ararat is seen in the background. International hot air balloon...
The first Armenian-Catalan Festival of Arts

The first Armenian-Catalan Festival of Arts

10 Nov 2017
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The first Armenian-Catalan art festival was held in the city of Yoret de Mar in Catalonia with the participation of representatives of Armenia, France and Russia. This was reported in the union «Ararat» of Catalonia. The festival took place in the church «Sant Roma» in the town...
Traditional music will be performed in Yerevan

Traditional Japanese music will be performed in Yerevan

04 Nov 2017
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Yerevan will mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Japan. The Embassy of Japan in Armenia together with the Armenian-Japanese scientific and educational cultural center «Hikari» organizes 9 t on 10 November concerts of traditional Japanese...
Pomegranate Festival in Artsakh

Pomegranate Festival in Artsakh

03 Nov 2017
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In Artsakh, in the city of Martuni, on October 29 the grenade festival was held for the first time, where gardeners presented the fruits of their harvest in separate pavilions. The festival was also attended by farmers from nearby areas. The festival program included presentation...
Ughtasar - new rock pictograms

New «Gallery» of rock art discovered near Armenia mountain

03 Nov 2017
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The small gorge, which is located between Ughtasar and Iskhanasar Mountains nearby Sisian town in the Syunik Province of Armenia, seems to be a picture gallery. There are two rows of stones there parallel to each other, and with prehistoric drawings on them. The best-known place...
Armenian culture will be presented at the international festival in Kiev

Armenian culture will be presented at the international festival in Kiev

19 Oct 2017
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Representatives of the Armenian Diaspora of Ukraine will take part in the Fourth Annual World Cultural Festival of World Peoples Outlook World Culture Festival. Union of Armenians of Ukraine Nykolaiv region and Armenian community of Kiev will represent Armenian culture and...
John Malkovich will open the international festival of Khachaturian in Armenia

John Malkovich opened the international festival of Khachaturian in Armenia

19 Oct 2017
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The Armenian audience enjoyed a real festival of music and literature. 11 October in the concert hall “Aram Khachaturian” was held the V international festival of Khachaturian. The opening concert was marked by a speech by Hollywood stars, world-famous theatre and...
Day of the city of Yerevan (Erebuni)

Day of the city Yerevan (Erebuni)

05 Oct 2017
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October 14 in Yerevan will be an annual celebration, dedicated to the city day – Erebuni-Yerevan, which will turn 2799 years old. This year the slogan of the celebration will be «Yerevan: the city of love». In connection with the tragic events of the April war, this year...
Gata festival in Armenia

Gata festival in Armenia

16 Sep 2017
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September 30 in the village of Khachik, Vayots Dzor region will be held a long-awaited gata festival. Residents of the village will prepare the largest gata with a diameter of three meters. Gata is a national Armenian dessert consisting of unsweetened puff pastry with a delicate...
Beard festival in Armenia

Beard festival in Armenia

16 Sep 2017
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The beard festival is planned to be held in Armenia next year, said the director of the foundation «Areni Festival» Nune Manukyan. «We are still waiting for foreign guests to confirm their participation, and they were informed when it would be convenient for them to come»,...
Barbecue festival in Armenia              

Barbecue festival in Armenia                

28 Aug 2017
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The ninth annual festival of barbecue was held on Sunday, August 20, in Lori region of Armenia. The beginning of the festival was marked by extremely spectacular demonstrations of culinary and serving art. Their skill to the audience and the jury was demonstrated by the most...
Beer festival in Armenia

Beer festival in Armenia

21 Aug 2017
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In the center of Yerevan people were walking with glasses. In the capital of Armenia there was a beer festival. The 4th Beer Festival was held on the Swan Lake in Yerevan. Competitions, tastings, show and just a cheerful mood – this was the atmosphere that prevailed the...
Nikolay Madoyan

Armenian violinist Nikolay Madoyan has set a Guinness world record

11 Aug 2017
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World Committee for the registration of the Guinness book of records confirmed the record of famous Armenian violinist, honored artist of Armenia Nikolay Madoyan. 11-12 February 2017 in the House of chamber music after Komitas for 33 hours (with breaks for 5 minutes every hour)...
Aivazovsky

Exhibition of Aivazovsky’s works will open in september in Yerevan

11 Aug 2017
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On September 14, an exhibition of works by Ivan Aivazovsky (Hovhannes Ayvazyan), timed to the 200th anniversary of the artist’s birth, will open in the National Art Gallery of Armenia. About it reports a press-service of the National Art Gallery of Armenia. September 15-16...
Dadivank monastery 9th-13th century

Restoration work of the medieval monastery Dadivank

11 Aug 2017
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Until the end of the summer of 2017, restoration work will be completed in the territory of the medieval Dadivank monastery in Nagorno-Karabakh (the Armenian self-name is Artsakh), the Artsakh public broadcaster reports. Restoration work on the territory of the monastery began in...
artsakh

The episode of Christ’s Baptism was added in Artsakh dialect in Israel

17 Mar 2017
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According to the NEWS.am correspondent from Israel, the episode of Christ’s Baptism in the Gospel of Mark  was added in the dialect of Artsakh at the pilgrimage place of baptism of Christians located on the side of Jordan River. Now the Armenian language represented  by 4...
armenian wine

The Washington Post considers Armenian Wine as a perfect drink

14 Mar 2017
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The Washington Post published a list of «perfect» wines, which can become a decoration of your holiday table. The Armenian Wine «Karas» was included on it. «The taste of this wine is colorful and vigorous, with a fruity aroma, soft and long aftertaste», — noted by publication....
tatev

Tatev is the longest cableway in the World

09 Mar 2017
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The Tatev ropeway is the longest double-reverse passenger cable car in the world, called “Wings of Tatev”, located in Armenia and connecting through the Vorotan ravine the villages of Alidzor and Tatev. On October 23, 2010, the new airway was listed in the Guinness...
armenian cuisine

Yerevan included into 6 Cities for the Food Lover

09 Mar 2017
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National Geographic magazine published a list of six best cities in the world, where surprisingly it is possible to really eat good food and spend good time at the table. Among them, the authoritative travel magazine singled out the capital of Armenia – Yerevan. “In...
karahunj

Karahunj included in Top Ancient Sites for Stargazing

09 Mar 2017
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The oldest observatory of Karahunj, better known as Zorats Karer (in Armenian “stones of strength”) in Armenia, along with seven most interesting places around the world, is included in the top list of the popular National Geographic magazine. The Karahunj Megalithic...
Easter in Armenia

Easter in Armenia

04 Feb 2025
Armenian Genocide Memorial

April 24: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

24 Apr 2024

The Independence Day of Armenia,September 21

20 Sep 2023

Yerevan will celebrate 2,800th anniversary

18 Oct 2018
Annual Watermelon Festival in Armenia

Annual Watermelon Festival in Armenia

09 Jul 2018
“Yerevan with Flair” Festival

“Yerevan with Flair” Festival

09 Jun 2018
Фестиваль «Стрижка овец» в Армении

Sheep Shearing Festival in Armenia

04 Jun 2018
Yerevan Color Festival

Colors Festival in Yerevan

31 May 2018
Visit to Sardarapat - Armenia

May 28th - The 100th Anniversary Of Republic Of Armenia

24 May 2018
Tolma Festival in Armenia

May 20th – Tolma Festival in Armenia

17 May 2018
Wine Days in Yerevan

May 4-5 Wine Days in Yerevan & Areni

13 May 2018
May 1 - Labour Day

May 1 - Labour Day

11 May 2018
nternational jazz day

April 30th – International jazz day: Yerevan – the sity of jazz lovers

26 Apr 2018
Garni temple

What’s an ancient roman temple Garni doing in Armenia?

05 Apr 2018
5 places in Armenia

5 places in Armenia that tourists don't know about

02 Apr 2018
8 reasons for a city trip to Yerevan

8 reasons for a city trip to Yerevan

02 Apr 2018
Ancient Armenian village of Hin Khot

The ancient Armenian village of Hin Khot is similar to Machu Picchu

02 Apr 2018
Тraditional Armenian dish - Khash

Тraditional Armenian dish - Khash

01 Apr 2018
The most ancient observatory of Karahunj

The most ancient observatory of Karahunj

30 Mar 2018
The longest Gata in the world

The longest Gata in the world

23 Mar 2018
BBC About Armenia

BBC аbout Armenia: symbols аnd legends of the world's first Christian state

11 Jan 2018
Russia returns Armenia's stolen Vrubel painting

Russia returns Armenia's stolen Vrubel painting

23 Dec 2017
Armenian dance Kochari included in the list of UNESCO

Armenian dance Kochari included in the list of UNESCO

23 Dec 2017
Armenia fastest-growing travel destination

Armenia fastest-growing travel destination

01 Dec 2017
Фото воздушного шара с фестиваля в Ереване в разделе «фото дня» газеты «Telegraph»

Photo from Yerevan balloon festival appears in The Telegraph daily

10 Nov 2017
The first Armenian-Catalan Festival of Arts

The first Armenian-Catalan Festival of Arts

10 Nov 2017
Traditional music will be performed in Yerevan

Traditional Japanese music will be performed in Yerevan

04 Nov 2017
Pomegranate Festival in Artsakh

Pomegranate Festival in Artsakh

03 Nov 2017
Ughtasar - new rock pictograms

New «Gallery» of rock art discovered near Armenia mountain

03 Nov 2017
Armenian culture will be presented at the international festival in Kiev

Armenian culture will be presented at the international festival in Kiev

19 Oct 2017

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