[custom_adv] Kim and Kourtney Kardashian went back to their roots ... and brought their brood with them for a religious rite of passage. [custom_adv] Kim and Kourtney are in Armenia's capital of Yerevan where they arrived with North, Saint, Chicago, Psalm, Mason, Reign and Penelope. The group made the trek Sunday to the St. Hovhannes-Mkrtich Church of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. [custom_adv] It seems Saint, Chicago, Psalm, Reign and Mason are the ones getting baptized -- in Armenian culture, the person getting baptized wears all. [custom_adv] You can see the whole fam made their way to the church, with bodyguards in place to keep the crowd at a distance. Still, Kim did stop at one point to take selfies. [custom_adv] She's strengthened her ties to Armenia since then. In fact, she's the special keynote speaker later this week at the 23rd World Congress on Information Technology. Fancy! [custom_adv] You might know Kim Kardashian West from her Instagram profile, which counts 148 million followers – higher than Beyoncé – or her incredibly long-running reality show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which is now in its 17th season. [custom_adv] Or her lines of beauty, fragrance, and shapewear products. Or from her marriage to 21-Grammy-award-winning musician Kanye West. But I’m curious about her latest claim to fame – being a speaker at the World Congress on Information Technology 2019, in Armenia’s capital of Yerevan. [custom_adv] Kardashian West, who is of Armenian descent, was interviewed on stage today by Magdalene Yesil, a venture capitalist and business author. [custom_adv] She was then joined in a panel discussion by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, Giphy founder Alex Chung, and PicsArt founder Hovhannes Avoyan on how tech has democratized entertainment, media, and journalism. [custom_adv] Kim, of course, first visited her family's ancestral land back in 2015. [custom_adv] Kim, of course, first visited her family's ancestral land back in 2015. [custom_adv] Kim, of course, first visited her family's ancestral land back in 2015.