Day 4 - Khor Virap and more time at Norogi Resource center

We headed back to Yerevan after spending the night in Vayk.  We stopped at Khor Virap, which is where Gregroy healed King Tiridates and Christianity was proclaimed the state religion in 301 B.C.
Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity, which is Armenian Apostolic.

Khor Virap is located just around 100 meters (330ft) from the closed border with Turkey, and also has one of the best views of Mount Ararat.

After spending about an hour at Khor Virap, we continued on to Yerevan, where we would continue our work on painting trays and children's chairs to be offered for sale at the Resoure center.

 

 

Tomorrow we are heading north to Spitak to see the work the Habitat Armenia has been doing in the area.  Spitak was completely devastated in an earthquake in 1988.  Approximately 25,000 people lost their lives with an additional 150,000+ injured, in the area the earthquake occurred.  Spitak is said to have lost around 1/3 of their population.  The soviet response to rebuilding the area was to bring in shipping containers as temporary housing for the town's residents.  30 years later, people are still living in this temporary housing, as the Soviet union collapsed before the town of Spitak could be completed.  We will also be visiting another social enterprise in a nearby town of Vanadzor.