Surb Khach Church in Aparan was built in the IV century. Until the X century Aparan has been called Kasakh, and the church has been called the Kasakh basilica. The toponym “Aparan” and the name "Surb Khach Church in Aparan" started being[...]
Small town of Akhtala is located in the very north of Armenia, in the Lori region. 3,000 people live in Akhtala.
Akhtala is located 181 km far from Yerevan and 60 km far from the regional center of Vanadzor. The height of Akhtala above sea[...]
According to a legend, the Surb Shoghakat Church was built in the area, where one of the virgins, whose name was unknown, was killed, and where a ray of light “fell on a virgin-martyr” (in translation from Armenian “shoghakat” -[...]