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

Cuisine

Tsaghkazard (Palm Sunday) marks the beginning of Armenian Holy Week, and the Easter season is associated with several specific foods: choreg, a sweet braided bread glazed with egg wash and flavored with mahleb (ground dried cherry-pit kernel) or vanilla; colored hard-boiled eggs exchanged on Easter morning; and harissa, the slow-cooked wheat-and-meat porridge traditionally prepared as a fast-break

Tsaghkazardย (Palmย Sunday)ย marksย theย beginningย ofย Armenianย Holyย Week,ย andย theย Easterย seasonย isย associatedย withย severalย specificย foods:ย choreg,ย aย sweetย braidedย breadย glazedย withย eggย washย andย flavoredย withย mahlebย (groundย driedย cherry-pitย kernel)ย orย vanilla;ย coloredย hard-boiledย eggsย exchangedย onย Easterย morning;ย andย harissa,ย theย slow-cookedย wheat-and-meatย porridgeย traditionallyย preparedย asย aย fast-breakย 

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