Pagan Temples and Christian Monasteries

Last weekend Becca and I took the kids out to see some of the Armenian country side and visit some Monasteries.

The below Photos were taken at Khor Virap Monastery.


Here there exists a tradition that if one releases a Dove and makes a wish the wish will come true.





The next Monastery that we visited was the Noravank Monastery.











The below photos are of the Garni Pagan Temple. Once a fortress in the 3rd century BC and then a Heathen Temple in the 1st century AD.