Armenia

Takahiro UedaDiary of a Monk

Welcome to our website. For those of you who are visiting our blog for the first time. First of all, please click here.

Nice to meet you. My name is Takahiro Ueda, the administrator of this blog. This blog started as my attempt to look at various things in my daily life and write words with the motto of asking myself questions, as you can see in the title of the blog.

This article will give you a general guide within our blog. If you are new to our blog or wondering what to read, please read this article first.
Impressions of the Summer Recounted in Autumn - Trip to Paris and Georgia

Takahiro Ueda, "Impressions of the Summer Written in Autumn: A Journey to Paris and Georgia" Articles - A Journey to Learn from Tolstoy and Dostoevsky

For approximately one month, from mid-August to mid-September 2022, I have been traveling around Europe, mainly in Georgia.

This trip visited France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Georgia-Armenia.

Its main purpose was to see the Caucasus Mountains of northern Georgia to study Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.

This article will list all 31 articles. We hope you will use it as a table of contents for "Impressions of Summer in Autumn.
Impressions of the Summer Recounted in Autumn - Trip to Paris and Georgia

Paris-Georgia Travelogue] (31) Postscript - After the Paris-Georgia Trip

I have come this far with the hypothesis that "Tolstoy's origin may have been in Kafkaes.

And it actually made me think of the landscape and the mountain people that Tolstoy would have seen.

This resulted in a connection with Dostoevsky.

Dostoevsky is the exact opposite of Tolstoy. So if you learn one, you learn the other."

That is exactly what happened.

This article will summarize this Paris-Georgia trip. This concludes my "Impressions of Summer in Autumn".
Impressions of the Summer Recounted in Autumn - Trip to Paris and Georgia

(26) I was impressed by the Aftara Monastery, my last destination in Armenia - but I couldn't help but laugh at the unexpected.

Last day in Armenia. I visited several monasteries on my way back to Georgia.

And among them, the last one I visited, the Aftara Monastery, blew my mind.

Why was I so fascinated by this monastery?

When I thought about it, I couldn't help but laugh at the unexpected situation.

My stay in Armenia left a strong impression on me. It was painful, but from the bottom of my heart I am glad that I came.
Impressions of the Summer Recounted in Autumn - Trip to Paris and Georgia

(25) Shocked by Armenia's lack of understanding and Soviet-style doldrums, he becomes ill. Baptism of culture shock

On the third day of my stay in Armenia, I visited Mount Ararat, the sacred site of Noah's Ark, and the World Heritage Site of Etchmiadzin Cathedral.

But in fact, the evening before that day, my body started to feel strange and I completely went down around Etimiazin.

This was not simply a matter of feeling sick. There was a fundamental problem that lay between me and the country of Armenia.

I will tell you what happened to me in this article.
Impressions of the Summer Recounted in Autumn - Trip to Paris and Georgia

(24) Holwirap Monastery overlooks Mount Ararat, the sacred site of Noah's Ark! Thinking of the biblical world

On the third day in Armenia, we headed to Mount Ararat, the holy place in the "Old Testament" where Noah's ark is said to have drifted ashore.

I was to view this view from Horwirap Monastery, famous for having the most beautiful view of Mount Ararat.

I will talk about Mount Ararat and Christianity for Armenians in this article.
Impressions of the Summer Recounted in Autumn - Trip to Paris and Georgia

(23) The overwhelming sense of ruin at the Matusavank Monastery in the mountains of Armenia! Time-stopped appearance leaves one speechless.

Second day in Armenia.

On this day, we will drive along mountain roads in the morning to reach the Matusavank Monastery.

This monastery is famous for its truly timeless appearance.

I walked for over an hour through the mountains of Armenia to reach that monastery.

I was speechless when I saw the overwhelmingly abandoned Matusavank Monastery. I could not help but be amazed at a sight that could only be described as otherworldly.
Impressions of the Summer Recounted in Autumn - Trip to Paris and Georgia

(22) Go to neighboring Armenia for Mount Ararat, the sacred site of Noah's Ark, and a monastery where time seems to have stopped.

はるばるジョージアまでやって来た私でしたが、せっかくここまで来たのだからコーカサス山脈に行く前にどうしても行きたい場所がありました。

それが隣国アルメニアでした。

最古のキリスト教国アルメニア、時が止まったかのような修道院、そして今なお旧ソ連の空気が残る国・・・

知れば知るほど興味深い国です。この記事ではそんなアルメニアについてお話ししていきます。