Mount Ararat with the historic Khor Virap monastery visible at center-left

Holidays & Festivals

Vardavar, celebrated 98 days after Easter, is Armenia's water festival in which people of all ages drench each other from buckets, hoses, and balconies. The pre-Christian rite honored the goddess Astghik (the Armenian Aphrodite) and was absorbed into church observance after Armenia's 301 AD conversion as the Feast of the Transfiguration.

Vardavar, celebrated 98 days after Easter, is Armenia's water festival in which people of all ages drench each other from buckets, hoses, and balconies. The pre-Christian rite honored the goddess Astghik (the Armenian Aphrodite) and was absorbed into church observance after Armenia's 301 AD conversion as the Feast of the Transfiguration.

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