ARMENIA
​​I visited Armenia in October 2021.

Wood carver Artak Badalyan carves and sells his own work from his kiosk in Sanahin village.

​Weaving at the Art Gallery and Museum in Dilijan, Armenia.

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​Channel Surfing in Yerevan, Armenia.

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Named after the holy lance that pierced Christ's side at the crucifixion, this World Heritage-listed monastery is carved out of the rock face of the Azat River Gorge.*

Most stunning of all is the windswept cemetery filled with khachkars at Noratus, near Lake Sevan.*

Grigor Hovsepyan is a wood carver in Dilijan, Armenia.​

Arman Badeyan, the director of the Art Gallery and Museum, is also a painter, the director of the Art Gallery and Museum, is also a painter.​

Arman Badeyan makes a print at the Art Gallery and Museum in Dilijan, Armenia.​​​

The Sanahin Monastery is packed with ancient graves, darkened chapels and medieval study halls.*
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​St. George Church in Signhaghi.
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"My job now is to continue to reserve and develop this tradition. I am Hambik."​​

Armin Grigoryan painting at the Sanahin Monastery.

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​A half-decommissioned copper smelting plant dominates the town's (Alaverdi) northern edge.*
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The second of the Debed Canyon's World Heritage-listed monastery complexes is found in this picturesque village east of Alverdi.*
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Ashat Babayan oversees the creations at the Home Museum in Dilijan.

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*These captions are from Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan  -- a Lonely Planet travel guide.