The word pilgrim is in the root of the Armenian being. Armenians will go from their holy sites in the diaspora to the Fatherland. From Souchava Monastery to the Crimea, to the Holy Land of Christ and the exiled Holy See of Sis, to Kandzasar, and the barren deserts of Dehr Zor, all the way to Khor Virab and Holy Etchmiadzin. This is the Armenian's journey. It is a pact, an oath, a pledge, surrender, suffering, and the happiness of victory.
People are the pilgrims and pilgrimages provide people the ability to freely move about and advance.
Early man walked primarily towards the securing of food. Today, also, humankind is on a quest, often without thought, walking towards the workplace in pursuit of worldly pleasures. We seek other people, other worlds. All of this is a journey. However, when this journey is taken in order to improve oneself, when there is a quest of things spiritual, then the journey becomes a pilgrimage.