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Armenia, Ararat region, Khor Virap monastery

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Khor Virap is a monastery in Ararat region, Armenia. "Khor virap" means a deep pit.
The first Catholicos of all Armenians Grigor Lusavorich was imprisoned here for about 13 years for preaching Christianity. Every day a widow fed him throwing bread into the pit.
The first Catholicos of all Armenians Grigor Lusavorich was imprisoned here for about 13 years for preaching Christianity. Every day a widow fed him throwing bread into the pit.