The Tatev Monastery is just one of five UNESCO-listed religious sites worth visiting in Armenia, the world’s first Christian nation. Eric Martin/Figarophoto, Redux Since Armenia’s adoption of ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — A hundred years after taking in scores of children whose parents were killed in the Armenian genocide, a 19th-century orphanage in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter has reopened its doors ...

Armenia, located in the South Caucasus (between Eastern Europe and West Asia), is one of the world's oldest civilizations and the first nation to adopt Christianity as its state religion. Known for ...

In an attack that occurred Tuesday, illegal Israeli colonizers stormed the Armenian Quarter in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, attacking the Armenian Monastery and desecrating Christian holy ...

The Armenian Varakavank monastery complex in Bakracli village of Turkey’s Van Province is on the brink of destruction, Ermenihaber reports. Locals call the monastery “Seven Churches.” The monastery ...

Azerbaijanis have desecrated and vandalized the Armenian Yerits Mankants Monastery (17th century) in Azerbaijani-occupied Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), Artsakh Monuments reports. The respective ...

Since Armenia’s adoption of Christianity in 301 C.E., the nation’s monasteries have been central to its worship traditions. After 17 centuries, these UNESCO-recognized sites became deep community ...