Kim Kardashian shares picture of herself wearing a traditional headscarf as she is baptised in Armenia

Kim Kardashian has revealed she was baptized while on her trip to her families ancestral homeland of Armenia earlier this week.

New pictures from the Orthodox Christian ceremony show Kim covering her hair with a traditional head scarf, while wearing a high necked and long sleeved, full-length dress.

'So blessed to have been baptized along with my babies,' wrote the reality star on Instagram.

Welcomed into the faith: Kim Kardashian shares picture of herself wearing a traditional headscarf for her baptism in Armenian cathedral

She walks alongside her six-year-old daughter North in the image, taken in the centuries old Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

Kim's children Saint, three, Chicago, 20 months, and four-month-old Psalm were welcomed into the Christian faith alongside her.

Four years ago, Kim and Kanye travelled to Jerusalem to have North baptised, with Khloe Kardashian there to be the youngster's godmother. 

On this occasion Kanye was not present to witness his wife and children's baptism, however her sister Kourtney and her children were in attendance.

Family occasion: North witnessed the ceremony; while she was baptized four years ago, Kim's children Saint, Chicago, and Psalm were welcomed into the Christian faith alongside her

In her post, Kim referenced the historic nature of the cathedral in which the ceremony occurred.

''Thank you Armenia for hosting my family and I on such a memorable trip.

'So blessed to have been baptized along with my babies at Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenia's main cathedral which is sometimes referred to as the Vatican of the Armenian Apostolic Church. This church was built in 303 AD'

While Kim was raised as a Christian and attends church weekly, it seems her parents did not have her officially welcomed into the faith, as the sacrament of baptism only occurs once in a lifetime.

Baptism in the Orthodox church consists of three immersions into a baptismal font filled with holy water, differing from the Roman Catholic church, in which the priest pours the water over the head.

Other parts of the ceremony are similar in both. Both Orthodox and Catholic churches recognize baptisms performed one another's, along with Protestant baptisms.