In the first century BC, Tigran the Great conquered Judea, captured thousands of Jews, and settled them in Armenia. After the introduction of Christianity in Armenia, many Armenians settled in the...
Category: Culture
Namus (Armenian: Նամուս, meaning "honor") is a 1925 silent film by Hamo Beknazarian, based on Alexander Shirvanzade's 1885 novel of the same name, which denounces the despotic rites and customs...
Christmas in Armenia (How To Say, Tradition, Food, Celebration)
The world celebrates Christmas on the 25th of December, however, this is not the case for the Armenian Orthodox Church. The Armenians mostly celebrate Christmas on the 6th of January. The Armenian...
Armenians had a bold idea of re-establishing a new Armenian kingdom on the shores of the Mediterranean. On the Arax River's shores, their homeland, thousands of kilometers away, disappeared due to...
The Armenian Alphabet, the key to preserving our identity, is one of the first things passed from generation to generation in every Armenian family. When I was a child, my mother decorated the...
Armenia restored its full independence in 190 BC – king Artashes
During the Yervanduni dynasty rule, Armenia soon became a satrapy of the mighty Achaemenid Persia, and later part of the Seleucid Empire. Artashes was the ruler of Armenia, but when the Seleucid...
