KARMRAVOR – this exquisite church built in the town of Ashtarak, is one of the rare monuments of the 7 th century that have remained almost intact, even the tiled roof is preserved.

OSHAKAN – is a village in Ashtarak district located on the banks of Kasakh River – 5km far from Ahtarak. This village was mentioned by Armenian historians in 440AD. It was the home village of St. Mesrop Mashtots – the 4th century scientist and philosopher from Echmiadzin, who created the Armenian alphabet which is still in use today with no changes. When Mesrop Mashtots created the Armenian letters, the first written Armenian sentence was a quotation from the Bible: “For one to know wisdom and discipline is to discern the depths of understanding”.

Every autumn, the Translator's Day is celebrated in Oshakan.

Mesrop Mashtots was buried in Oshakan in 442. A circular church with domes was built on his grave.

There are few monuments from different centuries on the territory of the village. The excavations of Didi Kond hill in the center of the village revealed archeological monuments dated back to 2nd millennium BC -5th century AD.