I spent Easter with friends in the town of Stepanavan this year. You can see that the traditional Armenian Easter table consists of colored eggs, fish, rice with raisins and a special sweet bread with raisins. The town was very busy on Easter morning and the churches were very full. Many people go to the Sunday service and even more go just to light a candle and pray. Lighting candles, usually symbolizing a person who you are praying for, is a very important tradition in the Armenian Apostolic Church. I went to the small ancient church which you can see in the photo below. The Monday after Easter is a national holiday in Armenia when families go to put new flowers at the graves of their loved ones who have passed away. After going to church, I went fishing with a few families at the lake you can also see pictured below. Well, as usual, I didn't actual fish. I went a picked flowers in the fields nearby. There is only one flower that has come up and it is called "dzindzaghig" in Armenian which means "snowflower". This is the first flower that sprouts up after Spring as the snow is melting.
