Private Tour to St Hripsime Echmiadzin Cathedral and Zvartnots

We will visit one of the oldest Armenian churches that are located right on entrance to Vagharshapat city.

Echmiadzin Cathedral is the center of Apostolic church and is the Armenian version of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Built-in the 4th century of our decade it is considered to be the first Christian church in the world.

We will visit the museum in Echmiadzin. During the 1600 years of its existence, the Armenian apostolic church gathered a number of precious artifacts like holy lance the part of the arch or Noa, part of the cross on what Jesus was crucified and so on.

St. Gayane used to be one of the abbesses who spread Christianity in Armenia.

Ruins of Zvartnots cathedral are one of the main landmarks of the tour. This glorious building stays one of the most beautiful sites of Armenia even after being demolished by the devastating earthquake.

In addition to the main landmarks of the tour, by request, we may visit also memorial consecrated to Armenian soldiers that were killed in Sardarapat heroic battle.