The Armenian Native Faith, also termed Armenian Neopaganism or Hetanism, is a modern Pagan new religious movement that harkens back to the historical, pre-Christian belief systems and ethnic religions of the Armenians. The followers of the movement call themselves "Hetans" or Arordi, meaning the "Children of Ari", also rendered as "Arordiners" in some scholarly publications.
Arordiner priests officiating a ceremony at the Temple of Garni.
Garegin Nzhdeh
An Arordiner priest.
People gathered on the occasion of a public ceremony at the Temple of Garni.
The Garni Temple is the only standing Greco-Roman colonnaded building in Armenia. Built in the Ionic order, it is located in the village of Garni, in central Armenia, around 30 km (19 mi) east of Yerevan. It is the best-known structure and symbol of pre-Christian Armenia. It has been described as the "easternmost building of the Graeco-Roman world" and the only extant Greco-Roman temple in the former Soviet Union.
The temple in 2021
An aerial view
A painting of Tiridates III, his consort Ashkhen, and his sister Khosrovidukht by Naghash Hovnatan, early 1700s
The ruins in the early 20th century (published in 1918)