The Khor Virap monastery complex is one of Armenia’s most prominent historical and spiritual monuments. It is situated on a hill at the site of the ancient capital Artashat where the royal prison was once located. "Virap" means "deep pit" or "dungeon." According to the history of Agathangelos King Tiridates III the Great cast Gregory the Illuminator into this pit for preaching Christianity. Today visitors have the opportunity to descend into the same 6-meter-deep cell where h