World Heritage connection: Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran

Pilgrimage to the St. Thaddeus Apostle Monastery

Le pèlerinage au monastère de l’apôtre Saint Thaddée

The annual three-day pilgrimage to St. Thaddeus Apostle Monastery in northwestern Iran is held each July. The pilgrimage venerates two prominent saints: St. Thaddeus, one of the first apostles preaching Christianity, and St. Santukhd, the first female Christian martyr. The bearers of the element are the Armenian population in Iran,...