Tour to Garni Geghard

The tour starts at 10:00 a.m by visiting to Garni temple, built in I century A.D. This is the only Hellenistic Building remained after adopting Christianity. Then visit to Monastery Gaghard another popular historical place, founded in VII century A. D. The present buildings here date back the 10th- 13th centuries, when the monastery was renamed Geghard, meaning ‘spear’ or ‘lance’ in Armenian. The association itself harkens back to the times of Jesus, when a spear was used by a Roman soldier to pierce the body of Christ during the Crucifixion. The spear was long housed at Geghard, but is now in the museum of Echmiadzin Cathedral. Geghard is an architectural wonder – a complex of churches hewn from within a mountain of solid rock. Particularly, the main church with its vestibule is striking, alongside three other churches which comprise the site.