ONE DAY IN ARMENIA | The First Christian Nation

[@anshantoday9682]

You can always satisfy the public's curiosity. An American visits a remote village in Armenia alone. You are a true man.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Try being a woman a-lone, Mate. Now, that must be a real kettle of fish!

[@Worldofourown2024]

@@SuiGenerisAbbie Yikes. Thankful we dudes don't have to endure that. It is a really hard world and all are not equal in reality.

[@bmveBOY]

Armenia’s Sade , man woman doesn’t matter

[@michelironside6160]

@@bmveBOY easy easy.

[@RM-hf8xi]

Nice Gabriel! Made our morning with my kids! Hope you liked our homeland Armenia.

[@ArsenAl-zorK]

The small mountain is called "Sis" and the big one is "Masis". Together they are Ararat.

[@d.r.8363]

Beautiful country, beautiful ppl. Greetings from Serbia 🤗

[@SunsBride]

@sigoisfier It is up to Armenians.

[@acidityparrots2127]

sigoisfier when is france going to colonize you again hahaha

[@svetlanaxambaryan8759]

Thank you 🇦🇲❤️

[@geographer1976]

Gabriel, I admire your adventurous spirit, especially as a solo traveler. You are not afraid to put yourself "out there" and take chances. And you produce honest, interesting, and entertaining content. And you are always respectful of people and their cultures. Kudos!

[@Sofus.]

You always give me such a wanderlust

[@AlexWong]

You go to the coolest places bro! Keep it up!

[@butchieblock9118]

You are so REAL, AUTHENTIC! I love how you relate to animals on your journeys. Keep it up!!!♡☆

[@fnLV426]

You are such a pleasant person, it shows in your videos.

[@mrgreen7015]

I've followed your channel for a while now, great content,I've always wanted to travel to Armenia, God bless you for addressing the Armenian genocide in previous video,peace and love brother

[@QueenlySweetpea]

I still have not found the right video where he talks about the Armenian genocide .. no idea which one it could be ..

[@mrgreen7015]

@@QueenlySweetpea it's was his second video in Armenia I think,he doesn't talk about it much just to say that he actually called it the Armenian genocide and that Turkish and Armenian relations where not good,most surrounding countries don't acknowledge it as genocide,, which is crazy,it's all documented,in1944 shortly after starting the UN,the UN came up with the word genocide for a way to describe what had happened to the people if Armenia

[@TripGlobally]

Wow! What a way to check-in your B&B! Enjoyed the video.

[@sandrad2129]

🌻🌻great intro n again perfect music. Your video style is evolving to beyond professional...proud of you. Your travels make us all so happy. Sending u luv n blessings along the way 🦋💕🌻

[@erik6473]

God bless Armenia. Love from Uruguay.

[@andreimihaesi]

Greetings from your Orthodox bros from the other side of the Black Sea, Romania!

[@Rubster760]

I grew up with lots of Arminian friends. This was very interesting to watch. Thanks for sharing my friend.👊😉

[@marafarnham595]

Beautiful Gabriel! Wedding ceremony was beautiful, architecture amazing! 😊❤ thank you and stay safe 🙏

[@GabrielaMudras]

Your presence blessed the couple getting married for sure... nice video again!

[@TripGlobally]

Wish I was there with you for the FEAST!

[@the36lessons11]

Man, that food looked so good. The view of the legendary Ararat, and ancient ruins...Armenia seems like a wonderful place full of history and beauty. I also like the sound of the duduk as well.

[@igylan]

Armenia is such an ancient kingdom/country. As far as I know it existed since Ancient Roman times. What a privilege to be able to visit such a place.

[@doomfire9346]

Its even older then Rome

[@kenounjian9684]

Awesome experience. I miss Armenia.

[@carolinacadabra8278]

Brilliant film making using the soundtrack of the wedding as the backdrop for the amazing stone carving on the monestary.

[@Swampzoid]

They made you a lot of delicious looking food. That town would be a good place for photographers who like capturing rundown buildings and things.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yeah if they were to send in some guys from a few auto yards back in the US they'd happily clean that place up real quick.

[@letsexploreandtravelonadis6424]

Experiencing the remote village life is fun. LIke the meal at the end.

[@MariCharalambous1]

thank you Gabriel for show us Armenia and thank you Armenia for giving us "System of a down" one of my favorite bands

[@steveboy7302]

what about kim Kardashian

[@Kat-tr2ig]

System of a Down is my all time favorite band, and Serj Tankian is my second favorite singer (right after David Bowie).

[@MariCharalambous1]

@@Kat-tr2ig

[@Peter-MH]

Well this is somewhere off the beaten track! Fair play for making the effort to explore here Gabriel, interesting to see!

[@adataylor6793]

Gabriel, I’m believing you didn’t walk into a dungeon but one of the first ancient Christian churches that was hidden underground as the early Christians even carved caves in order to escape persecution. Above the hidden church where you had to squeeze in and out from is the first ancient Armenia Cathedral in the world. The church would have built above the sacred site for protecting the much more older site. It just may be that the lower church may have resulted soon after the 1st century, because the disciple of Jesus Christ, Matthew took along Jude aka Thaddeus Bartholomew (he replaced Judas Iscariot Acts 1:21-26) and went together on their mission to Armenia to preach the gospel. The gospel was first preached in peoples homes and as the church grew so did persecution, causing the first Christians to hide.

[@josecabaltera1625]

This is very cool insight !!

[@lillinablue]

Beautiful👍. Amazing videos.

[@2Travelis2Live]

Those were amazing views. I am so impressed. That dinner spread was so lovely.

[@jesusofnazarethmovie]

You are awesome Gabriel! ✌

[@HuzzaTVDreamBook]

Nice Filming keep it up👍

[@Worldofourown2024]

What a delicious looking spread of food in the room fit for a king. That is a really cool illuminated world globe in the world traveler room. Too bad the antiquated geopolitical is still the case making for closed borders and hostilities.

[@mustafakara579]

Nice video. Greetings from Turkey

[@judd442009]

George was great. Like most Armenians, George was polite and wiling to visit with Gabriel Traveler. Too bad George wasn't around to translate your way to the B&B.

[@Nic.b.z.l795]

Really great video! I think to get Armenia and the culture even more though it’s important to remember how the Armenians are indigenous to what’s today called Eastern Turkey, the remaining Armenian Highlands. Ararat is important to us also because it’s a huge cultural symbol that’s out of reach today. I would love to visit one day and see it as deeply as you have too!

[@robatsea2009]

That's a seriously impressive spread of food they put out for you -whatever it may have been I hope you enjoyed it!

[@cindycrockettbradley5058]

Another awesome video! Thank you for doing my traveling for me! I get the experience from the comforts of home! Again thank you ! Stay safe!

[@whateverwherever7029]

Gabriel - - I think it would be great if you could do a video or series of videos with "real world" travel tips. You have lots of experience and could help us avoid getting ripped off, and making mistakes while traveling. For example, is it OK to talk a kid (or kids) by themselves? I was taught not to do this, or take their pictures, because adults can get suspicious of your intent. How to avoid getting mugged or kidnapped. How to spot scams and crooks, what to pack, what to not eat or drink, etc. etc. I know you have touched on some of these in your other videos but a dedicated set of videos with travel tips seems like it would be a huge hit with the KZbin travel crowd.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Very good idea. It's been on my list for a while to make a travel tips video with 50 tips, something like that. It will probably have to wait until I'm not traveling and making the travel vlogs, because that takes up all my time for now. But it is on the list to do at some point.

[@whateverwherever7029]

Also - - did the CIA pay you for the border area field report prior to Turkey's invasion of Syria? Ha - - just kidding.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@whateverwherever7029 They said the check is in the mail, but I'll believe it when I see it.

[@johnh.1708]

I hope you had a great time in my home country of Armenia Nice video, I enjoyed watching it

[@PaulHart42069]

good god, that food looks amazing!

[@lococholo2857]

Great video... Thanks for sharing

[@JesusistheLambofGod]

Noahs Ark landed here. Whoa, I would love to preach here. I may go in Jan. now

[@pyuniq]

Angela Cummings you want to go preach in the oldest Christian country ? 🤔 why don’t you go to neighboring Iran or turkey 😊

[@JesusistheLambofGod]

@@pyuniq I am in Turkey right now

[@JesusistheLambofGod]

@@pyuniq Just because someone says they are a Christian nation does not mean they will go to heaven. You have to be born again to enter Kingdom of God. The only people in heaven are followers of Jesus christ, not people they say there are christians. This is written in the Word of God.

[@pyuniq]

Angela Cummings enjoy ! And be safe. There are a lot of Armenian churches you might be able to visit there. Remains of churches I should say.

[@pyuniq]

Angela Cummings I do t want to debate faith with you. But Armenians are deeply connected to their church and traditions , I don’t see a point in Trying to steer them away from that which has protected and kept their identity for centuries amidst the Muslim attacks and attempts to convert them. Your efforts might be spend better somewhere else. That’s all I’m saying.

[@mrperfect2042]

Armenia deserve more attention of the world' great country...love from India thank you Gabriel

[@arturharutyunyan7495]

Very good

[@alexandr3468]

Artur Harutyunyan Barev!

[@jjgreek1]

Looks like the Borat village . I’ve always wanted to go visit Armenia 🇦🇲

[@ankhor9252]

Really enjoyed this one my friend.

[@samuel1121]

Amazing content,It was like I was there with you...Thanks Gabe

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Cool.

[@jimcamel666]

really enjoy watching your videos , very useful and informing , i have been to 53 countries so far , but i am planning more..

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Thanks. Happy travels.

[@dylanx9327]

wow... the first hand real Armenian wedding.. that was something... what a timing..... and what a generous amount of food at the end...

[@IDONTCAREWYT]

Here's a tip: just a few short miles from Mt. Ararat and located inside Turkey is what's known as the Durupinar Site. There you will find what is claimed to be the petrified remains of the Ark. The site is recognized by Turkey as THE Noah's Ark and has a visitors center. You can walk all around and on top of the ark remains. Might be worth a quick side trip.

[@thegreatballplayer1]

What do you personally think it is?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Damn, that sounds amazing. Plus you could go to Mt. Ararat. Another one to add to the list.

[@MrSimonj1970]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos I just noticed that Ararat town is still on the Armenian side of the border, not far from where you stayed. Did you visit there?

[@chriskontennutzer4473]

No, there is a more likely one also in Turkey, Cudi Dagh, having much more ancient sources, better geology and formerly archaeology, local traditions, ancient historian Josephus Flavius, ... Rather than this rather externally initiated and pushed by Turkeys tourism industry one. The Cudi Dagh simply came later into western focus and is so much immersed once in a while into the Kurd wars. Thus often restricted access. Sources: Bill Crouse Timo Roller www Noah2014 Sirnak Conference Cudi Dagh Gertrude Bell, mother of modern Iraq ... See my earlier posts.

[@chriskontennutzer4473]

@ Well, Wikipedia seems to have not taken into account the newest research besides being quite intensely antireligious and not an academic resource at all. You didn't check the sources I gave above, but you are strongly opinionated on knowing about a non-existence, which is funny epistemologically in general.

[@MrMentalrevolution]

My eyes are watering seeing the table they through for you. I know the importance they put on making guest happy and you can see there was a lot of love this couple put into the meal served, which obviously was excessive for one person. I hope you told them that you liked the meal, that would make them very happy

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Black and White Kitty Kat just will NOT hang up the phone, will it? Hahaha ... Noticing that your digs are in a realllly run down part of town, as well. On a better note, I do like all of the arts-and-crafts bazaars and little markets that you run into.

[@thewanderer3341]

Interesting video Gabe 😎 kinda reminds me when I had an early flight from Santiago to Lima .... I stayed 1 night in a small town close to the airport, very similar settings but yours is waaaay more remote than mine 😬 unfortunately, my guest house charged me heaps for a dinner that they prepared for me, 3 times the amount I should have paid but... it was very tasty and they were super friendly hosts, kinda made up for it 😉👍🏼 safe travels Gabe 😌🙏🏼

[@user-us6ce7me8k]

The church is so different from anything I've seen!

[@chriskontennutzer4473]

History of church architecture is very interesting and inspiring: Beginning with galilean semi-rural fisher homes (new dug out stuff lately! "House of Peter"), ... To illegal christians meeting in grave place catacombs in Rome and leaving their traces, ... with an intermediary state in ancient Syria, ... Then the church becoming a legal entity and in need to receive all the masses, ancient "shopping malls" become the first basilicas The caucasus also being a pioneer in forming a state church, declaring an outward nation as a whole a kind of christian entity. When ancient rulers were convinced, converted, ... such structures came into being. Shortly before that churches tried to silently blend into general living quarters, even the interior not suddenly giving away its purpose (Syria, Roman catacombs, ...).

[@chriskontennutzer4473]

Fat medieval Roman churches then provoked Swiss reformers to build "naked" churches, while Luther went the middle way and emphasized pulpit, baptismal font and altar with Bible and sacrament. His influence allowing sometimes even for elaborate "picture Bibles" on the inner walls to educate everyone, but with the swiss removing some side altars and extreme worship of though Holy, but merely human saints and other funny medieval inventions. And postmodern churches show technocracy and loosing concrete meaning in more and more abstract dissolution of topics. Teleevangelists megachurches being a complete other topic again, after some simplicity and different denominations ruled the western US "frontier" churches during expansion. Indigenous asian churches closing the circle then :-) ... as it all began in Asia minor.

[@user-us6ce7me8k]

@@chriskontennutzer4473 👌👌

[@chriskontennutzer4473]

@@user-us6ce7me8k Thanks 😁😇🤓

[@user-us6ce7me8k]

@@chriskontennutzer4473 Thank you! 👍

[@pasqualeabarno]

💕Thanks... Gabriel... Nice video... ❤️

[@mugombozideath]

i have followed you from 2016 i like each of your videos

[@openup007]

I recommend the 23:11 shot for your next profile picture... another great video!

[@413chelsz]

This was nice, thank you for sharing!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Cool, no problem, thanks for watching.

[@KoreaTripSounds]

I think You're a real explorer!! Good Luck!! ^^

[@dmajumdar2059]

Make a trip to Bhutan sometime. You'll not regret it.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I'd love to, sounds like an amazing country.

[@donstravelsandrants.]

Amazing the places you find. So great to watch.

[@MakeAdventureHappen]

It looks like not that many tourists go there haha. It's cool to see something more than just major sites (as always)

[@mansoureh]

Nice! I am planning to go to Azerbaijan and Armenia next year. I had a chance to go when I was in Iran, but unfortunately, I didn't use the opportunity

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Definitely go for it. I haven't been to Azerbaijan yet but Armenia is really interesting.

[@mansoureh]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Thanks

[@2ChukBuk]

Beautiful patio garden at the b&b you are staying at...looks like wonderful Armenian hospitality.

[@LilitYerevantsi]

Ararat is the combined and official name of the 2 picks of the mountain. The small one is called Sis and the big one - Masis. Armenians dont simply claim to have "invented" wine, it was proven by British and American scientists as well, since the oldest ever winery was wound in Armenia, Near Areni village, in a cave.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I was in Areni just a few hours ago actually and visited the cave. Also the oldest shoe in the world was discovered there. However there are other places where evidence of wine production is even older: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wine Apparently the oldest winery discovered is in Armenia, in Areni cave, but it's not the oldest evidence of wine being produced.

[@chriskontennutzer4473]

@ Lilit Yerevantsi: You've got nice thumbnail pictures on your channel!

[@LilitYerevantsi]

Chris Kontennutzer awe!! thanks a lot 🥰

[@LilitYerevantsi]

Gabriel Traveler hope you really enjoyed your trip to Armenia!

[@mumblic]

0:48 "Dakwerken" + Belgium Mobile Number --> But with Armenia license plate! ;-))))

[@svanveer]

lol yeah noticed the same.. wonder if it was stolen. Looks fairly new :)

[@santana898989]

Another cool walkabout. Thank you. Cheers.

[@HONGEny68]

wow amazing blog .i never saw before

[@HONGEny68]

i live in cambodia

[@sunny_dhende6289]

The juice was in Turkish, 'çok' means much or alot. The🐖was cute! Beautiful sunset. Looks like you had a full filling day, thanks for another great vid. Bon appetite my friend looks yumme! Stay safe until next time✌

[@annivali4356]

It was in Russian. "Сок" means juice in Russian. And it also said there were no added sugars in it.

[@annivali4356]

Although "çok" really is "much" in Turkish, yes. :)

[@wewe745]

You always carry a stabilizer whenever you are shooting I really respect you for that another awesome video brother much love ❤️❤️❤️

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Thanks. I don't use a stabilizer actually, it's the internal stabilization on the new Gopro.

[@Andrij_Kozak]

Gabriel say "tsavet tanem" to Armenians. They will like it and will like you even more. Also thanks is like in French "merci".

[@junipersnow1]

Andrij Thanks for the tip or merci for the tip, you know what im trying to say…lol… Armania seems like a special place , Tsavet tanem !!

[@TheAprizzle92]

Actually, to say thank you in Armenian is a really long word so Merci is just the easier option. To say thank you in Armenian, you say "Shnoragaluchun".

[@doomfire9346]

@@TheAprizzle92 shnorakalutiun

[@justlivinglife6620]

That dinner the hosts cooked for you looked delicious 😋

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

It was amazing.

[@someshmaheshwari8099]

Armenian people love from India

[@mastorovich]

Luv that pig! Its a poor country, but beautiful and loving... Looks like to me ;)

[@flybyfeet]

Hey Gabe, we didn't watch your videos for a long time. Don't know why but now we are back 😁

[@paperprint6658]

He was waiting for you to be back.

[@gohardorgohome7687]

Hey Gabriel I'm glad to see you're enjoying your time in Armenia

[@aljanet1514]

Excellent job!! Thank you very much.

[@travelvideos]

Sunset was really beautiful. That must be a bit of a boarder there in the old days during the cold war, where too worlds meet.

[@wilfredotorres6628]

Hi Gabriel, I'm amazed that this is a Christian country surrounded by Muslim countries. I have to say when you said walk I said no way that's a long way up that mountain that's some serious walking. The meal looks wonderful enjoy bon appetit.

[@rickrita311066]

Just a suggestion that when I travel,You can download a country or the world,if you have a very big SD card or internal memory on Google offline maps to your device.Great if you have no data.Thanks

[@djimmortal15]

Its nice to see you in our country

[@kenounjian9684]

Hi Gabriel. Khor virap is a day trip from Yerevan. I’m sorry you got stuck in the village. I should have helped you with my driver.

[@ВладимирШангин-к9ф]

Ты хороший человек!

[@joerinenel970]

Can't wait to see next video. Enjoy your time there

[@chercare200]

You just never know what you're going to find. Great video.

[@pavelavietor1]

Hello nice video looking for the next saludos

[@vhinsagcal207]

Hello again good day sir Gabriel Wowww what.a nice small.town in Armenia.Wowwww what an nice huge large farm.land and breath taking views.unique church and monestary and full.and rich and christian culture nice people.I.like to live that kind quiet place and.wonderful.cool town and thank u for sharing a nice.history religion of Armenia wish to go there and travel thank u sir Gabriel keep safe and have a nice travel.and stay there the Beautiful unique and wonderful Country of Armenia godbless u from your solid fan viewer from.the Philippines sir Vhin.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💕💕💖💖💟💞💟💟💟💟💟🙏🙏🙏☺☺☺😇😇😇😇

[@Nubianette]

Not so little know. There are a lot of Armenians in California, and they’ve been here from the beginning (maybe 1 man in Jamestown), and then 1800’s. Depending on how dark they were, some lived in African-American communities, unless they came in larger numbers. Especially, the people who also speak Russian. So interesting!

[@rakiahbaker5589]

Hope you're having fun!

[@bahikian]

The world oldest map is 2500 years old and the capital city of Armenia -Yerevan is 2800 + years old

[@jawadvlog86]

Awesome video bro

[@DanielFreeMan365]

Beautiful videos buddy.

[@TheKnowledgeCrusade]

Why do you not go to Australia and New Zealand on working holiday visa and travel and make videos??

[@eduardpyotr]

Thank you from Moscow !!!!i m Armenian and I liked one more time to see my favorite Armenian land😍

[@Kat-tr2ig]

Armenia is the country that I've wanted to visit most, ever since I was a teen. I grew up fascinated with the Soviet Union and my dream was to visit each and every former USSR state. Life took some different turns and I ended up in South America, but someday I'll visit Armenia. Thank you for the video! And whenever you want to explore a small city in the middle of the Argentine pampas, let me know!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Noah's Ark? I had a Playmobil set of that when I was little, fascinating

[@chriskontennutzer4473]

Look up Timo Roller and Bill Crouse on alternative ark landing site with local and ancient traditions! See comments above, too.

[@bobnnash]

What an incredible day. Wish I could’ve helped you eat all that food

[@Scionara_818]

I hope to one day Visit Armenia ,I grew up in Los Angeles with them sweet people ones from the Homeland and from here . I remember years ago One of my classmates she brought my mom and me a wooden cross necklace from 🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲 sirun Mardik ☺️☺️👍🏻👍🏻

[@ultramimo]

That food looks so yummy, brother

[@theadventuresofbrockinthai4325]

HEY GABRIEL, A VERY NICE VIDEO. I THINK THE REAL HIGHLIGHT OF THE VIDEO WAS THE ENDING. YOU HAD A FEAST AND IT LOOKED DELICIOUS. BIG QUESTION: HOW WAS THE DINNER? AND WHAT WAS ALL OF THAT STUFF ?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I made several more clips talking about the dinner, but decided the video was getting too long so I didn't include them. In short: it was delicious, one of the best meals ever. And it was pretty much what I said it was in the last clip, though I was never quite sure about the "fried bananas" (possibly plantains, or maybe something else entirely).

[@YannisG]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos I think it was eggplant.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I think you're right.

[@rajsindha5488]

Excellent video

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Thanks.

[@rocco...]

At 27:05 That would be Cyrillic not necessarily Russian. The juice as well. By the way I'm glad to see that there wasn't any ham on that table.

[@rajsindha5488]

Thanks for sharing !!