【亚洲·亚美尼亚】圣达太修道院朝圣之旅 Pilgrimage to the St. Thaddeus Apostle Monastery（2020年）

每年7月，伊朗西北部的圣塔迪斯使徒修道院将举行为期三天的朝圣活动。这次朝圣活动供奉两位杰出的圣徒：第一位传教基督教的使徒之一圣·撒迪厄斯和第一位女基督教殉道者圣·桑图赫德。该元素的持有者是伊朗的亚美尼亚人、居住在亚美尼亚的伊朗亚美尼亚人以及亚美尼亚使徒教会的信徒。朝圣者聚集在大不里士，然后前往修道院。每年从埃里温到修道院的距离为700公里。纪念仪式包括特殊的礼拜、游行、祈祷和禁食。它以圣餐的神圣弥撒达到高潮。为传统的亚美尼亚民间表演和亚美尼亚菜肴留出了特殊时间。朝圣是一年中主要的社会和文化活动。由于与会者住在帐篷里，彼此距离很近，因此社区感增强。这座修道院作为朝圣场所已有19个多世纪的历史。然而，在苏联统治亚美尼亚期间，参加朝圣活动是被禁止的。这种元素的携带者保留了朝圣的文化记忆，并将其传递给家庭和社区。直到1990年代独立后，亚美尼亚的朝圣活动才恢复。

2020年度列入人类非物质文化遗产名录。

来源：联合国教科文组织亚太地区非物质文化遗产国际培训中心

The annual three-day pilgrimage to St. Thaddeus Apostle Monastery in northwestern Iran is held each July. The pilgrimage venerates two prominent saints: St. Thaddeus, one of the first apostles preaching Christianity, and St. Santukhd, the first female Christian martyr. The bearers of the element are the Armenian population in Iran, Iranian-Armenians residing in Armenia, and followers of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Pilgrims gather in Tabriz before departing for the monastery. They cover 700 kilometers from Yerevan to the monastery annually. The commemoration ceremony includes special liturgies, processions, prayers and fasting. It culminates in a Holy Mass with Holy Communion. Special times are set aside for traditional Armenian folk performances and Armenian dishes are served. The pilgrimage is the primary social and cultural event of the year. Because attendees reside in tents in close proximity to one another, the sense of community is enhanced. The monastery has been a pilgrimage site for over nineteen centuries. However, during the years of Soviet power in Armenia, participating in the pilgrimage was prohibited. Bearers of the element preserved cultural memories of the pilgrimage and transmitted it to families and communities. Only after independence in the 1990s was the pilgrimage from Armenia resumed.

Included in the list of human intangible cultural heritage in 2020.

Source: UNESCO International Training Center for intangible cultural heritage in the Asia Pacific Region.