

Vardan Mamikonian said: “He who supposed that we put on Christianity like a garment, now [realizes] that he cannot change it as the color of our skin". Armenia was the first catholic nation in the world. The religious cerimony is a bit different form the Western catholical one. It is two hours long and it seams more a theatrical drama than a cerimony. This reportage was done during a cerimony in Haghpat in the northern Armenia.
Vardan Mamikonian said: “He who supposed that we put on Christianity like a garment, now [realizes] that he cannot change it as the color of our skin". Armenia was the first catholic nation in the world. The religious cerimony is a bit different form the Western catholical one. It is two hours long and it seams more a theatrical drama than a cerimony. This reportage was done during a cerimony in Haghpat in the northern Armenia.