Easter Tour in Armenia 2026

Transfer to the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

City tour- Yerevan sightseeing including City center, Republic square, State University, City panorama, Mother Armenia Monument, Parliament, President’s Palace, Opera, Sports & Concert Complex.

Visit to the Genocide Memorial, dedicated to the Victims of 1915 and the Genocide Museum.

Visit to Matenadaran (depository for ancient manuscripts, the collection of which is one of the biggest in the world). This outstanding collection includes manuscripts dating from 7th century and is widely appreciated by history and art amateurs and professionals.

Visit to Cascade complex, which is considered the modern art center of Yerevan, with art pieces displayed throughout the whole area: the boulevard and up the stairs, from top of which you can enjoy the panoramic view on the city and Mountain Ararat. Cascade is home to Cafesjan modern art museum. This place
becomes even more charming in the evenings, when it is full of people, both locals and tourists from all over the world, enjoying the magic and the warmth of the capital. You will enjoy spending time in one of the cozy open-air cafes surrounded by beautiful sculptures, redolent flowers shining brightly with magic colors. It is also a popular place for open air concerts at summer season.

Visit Armenian Hand-made Carpet Factory. Excursion in the factory, watching handmade waiving process, introducing coloring technics with natural materials. Continue to the small museum of ancient carpets. Visit to Armenian central market.

Optional: Very interesting one hour tour around Armenian brandy factory offers tourists familiarization with the history of the plant, process of brandy preparation, showrooms and halls of storages. Visitors will also have degustation of 2 types of brandy in degustation hall. Brandy shop at the factory territory will be available for purchasing of these famous Armenian brandy directly from the factory.

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to the only remaining pagan temple in Armenia devoted to the God of Sun – Myrth, in Garni, built in 77 AD by King Trdat (Arshakid Dynasty). Photo stop at Charentc Arc. The temple is Greco-Roman style with characteristic pillars. It stands proudly on a rocky ridge with a deep canyon presenting a beautiful view. The temple was a summer residence for Arshakid dynasty. Visit to the ruins of Royal Palace and Royal bath-house nearby.

Family hosted lunch in village house with watching of “Lavash” (Armenian traditional flat bread baked in stonemake oven) making process.

Drive to the unique caved monastery St. Geghard (12th -13th cc.), the name of which means “holy spear” in the honor of the longpreserved spear, the same spear that pierced the body of crucified Christ. It is now exhibited in the museum of Etchmiadzin Cathedral. Geghard Monastery is included in the UNESCO World Heritage list (2000). Drive back to Yerevan.

In the evening, Solemn Service at the Cathedral of St. Gregory the Illuminator. Special liturgy with reading of Gospels leading to the Betrayal, Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Participation in prayers and the historical sequence of the events. Foot washing service is commemoration of Last Supper when Our Lord Jesus Christ demonstrated the greatest act of servant leadership by washing and drying with the towel feet of his 12 disciples. At the time of this service the priest blesses the water with the cross and washes the feet of the entire congregation (only male) to show his humility and love.

Drive back to Yerevan.

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Sevan Lake, one of the greatest high mountainous freshwater lakes of Eurasia. Visit Sevanavank monastery, which stands in its greatness on the peninsula overlooking the lake for centuries.

Drive to mountainous resort Dilijan, or so called “Armenian Switzerland”, which is well-known for its forests as well as for its mysterious flora and fauna. During the drive you can enjoy the unbelievable change of the surrounding environment and land shaft from the mountainous lake to the green and rich forest mountains.

Possibility to take part in touching service of the Burial of Our Lord Jesus Christ. By singing funeral hymns the priest with other servants take the flower-adorned sepulcher symbolizing the Tomb of Our Lord Jesus Christ, carry it around the church and at the end replace it before the Altar, everyone to see. This procession, with lighted candles, represents Christ’s descent into Hades.

Drive back to Yerevan.

Breakfast at the Hotel.

The route goes through incredibly beautiful scenery toward to Noravank monastery (13-14 cc.), that the visitors can not resist stepping out of the vehicle and
walk all the way to the Monastery with their cameras to enjoy and record the unique bizarre-shaped precipitous red cliffs. Departure to the region of Vayots Dzor, one of the great wine centers in Armenia. Following the excavations carried out in Areni a 6,100-year-old 5 winery and wine cellar with a wine press for stomping grapes, fermentation and storage containers, drinking cups, grape vines, skins, and seeds were found. This is the earliest winery and wine cellar found to date. The findings indicated large scale wine production, quite possibly one of the earliest retail winery. The new generations of Armenian winemakers continue the traditions of viticulture with great dynamism by cultivating the uniqueness of their vineyard. Wine tasting in the degustation hall.

Drive to Ararat valley, visit Khor Virap church, the holy place of imprisonment of St. Gregory the Illuminator accused by Armenian king of preaching Christianity. Here you can also see the closest and most spectacular view of the gorgeous biblical mountain Ararat shining with its two white peaks. Pope Francis during his visit, which he named “Visit to a first Christian Nation” to Armenia in July, 2016 made a special trip here to symbolize peace and tolerance.

In the evening, the feast of Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (the victory of life over death and the Feast of Feasts) will start and continue after midnight.

Evening Liturgy at Khor Virap in Church of the Holy Mother of God. During the service the priest exits the altar with a burning white candle inviting
parishioners to receive the light. After service people live The Church carrying candles and singing gospels.

Drive back to Yerevan.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Drive to Etchmiadzin City, the ancient capital of Armenia. Since 4th century, it is the largest religious center, the residency of Catholicos of All Armenians. Vsit Etchmiadzin Cathedral, one of the ancient churches in the Christian world, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List (2000).

Divine Liturgy of Holy Sunday of Easter in Etchmiadzin Cathedral. On this day the life-giving Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is celebrated. As one of the most important events in Christian calendar The Easter become outspread Holiday in Armenia with traditional elements: coloring eggs into red which symbolize the blood of Christ, performing national songs and dances, playing egg games( “Tak-A Tok” or the egg fight). Everybody greets each other with “Christ has arisen”-“Blessed is the resurrection of Christ”.

Easter lunch at the local restaurant with possibility to taste traditional Easter dishes: Fish, rice pilaf with raisins, cooked and raw greens and lavash (Armenian bread).

Drive to Zvartnots, a temple of Vigil Forces, built in 641— 661 A.D. as Armenia’s main cathedral by the Catholicos Nerses III, is considered one of the architectural wonders and unique example of Armenian architecture of early Christian period. Zvartnots is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List (2000).

Drive back to Yerevan.