Khachkars are outdoor steles carved from stone by craftspeople in Armenia and communities in the Armenian diaspora. They act as a focal point for worship, as memorial stones and as relics facilitating ...

monasteries and khachkars – the carved cross-stones distinctive to Armenian Christian culture. He also condemned the treatment of Armenian political prisoners held by the Azerbaijani regime.

In 2020, Azerbaijan introduced a new conspiracy theory, claiming that Armenian khachkar monuments are “artificially aged.” Between 1997 and 2006, Azerbaijan covertly flattened every trace of ...

Witness the life of the Armenian poet unfold as a tapestry of symbols: childhood surrounded by sacred khachkars, a love that bridges the earthly and the divine, and a quest for truth within ...