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Apostolic Service

            Tourists visit Sanahin and Hagphat on day trips from as far away as Yerevan and Tbilsi, Georgia. So, between the pancake hour and the cocktail hour they can feel a bit like a tourist zoo, filled with hawkers and people taking selfies. In the evening, after the busses have left, they take on a much more solemn feel. 

From the middle ages until modern times the Armenian Apostolic Church was the most important institution in maintaining Armenian identity through successive occupations. In 1920, when the Soviets took over and established the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Armenia had hundreds of active monasteries, and they quickly became the target of Soviet policy. Church land was confiscated and monks and clergy were forced to renounce their offices or else be murdered, imprisoned or shipped off to gulags. 

Today Armenians are still quite religious, but little survives of monastic life except for the buildings. Religious service is kept up at the sites, however, after the touristing hours are over. We were fortunate to see an Apostolic service at Sanahin, though it was attended by no more than a half dozen parishioners. Later that night I awoke at midnight in our B&B, which was right next door, and heard the clergy singing the service again. Armenian Apostolic clergy at the tenth century Church of St. Amenaprkitch, Sanahin Monastery, Armenia.

Taken on: August 16, 2025

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Sets appears in: • A Slice of Life • Armenia 2025 (in progress)

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