Armenian Apostolic Holy Church The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

Saint Hakob Basilica Church in Vardenis village of Aparan was built in the 1890s and functioned until the establishment of the Soviet regime. With the efforts of the Hakobyan family from Yerevan, the church is being renovated, and on August 22, 2012, the leader of the diocese, Fr. Baptist Epis. The consecration ceremony of the belfry cross is performed by Proshyan.