Gerhard Monastery
an active church center
an orthodox service
blessing
an animal to be sacrificed
(now a small amount of hair is removed from the sheep,
rather than it being sacrificed in the church)
sheep in waiting
ceiling detail
door detail
carved figure detail
Khachkar crosses
at the Monastery was a concert of sacred music
Khazer singing group
Mr. Karo Chalikian, their founder
Nearby in the steep valley of the Azat river is the
Temple of Garni
Once the
summer palace of King Trdat I
who built it in the first century AD.
