May 20, 2012
Today I woke up very tired. But I remembered that we were going to Echmiadzeen, so it made me happy. Echmiadzeen is Armenia’s oldest church. It was built from 301 to 303. Until 1920, Echmiadzeen was known as Vagharshabad. At Echmiadzeen’s 16th century the church got miniature.
Dzeedzernagapert was very pretty. There is a big cross stone that represents the people who died, but didn’t have a grave. The tall, needle like monument, represents the diaspora. The cone shaped monument has 12 very big posts. Those twelve posts represent the 12 regions of Armenia.There is also a wall that names a bunch of Armenian villages that the genocide took place in. Beside it were some graves.
Today we also went to Oshagan. We went to St Mesrob Mashdots church, where St. Mesrob Mashtots was buried .We recited a poem in front of his grave in loving memory of him and we promised to always speak Armenian.
By Nareg Stepanian