CALENDAR
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
Address: Vagharshapat, Republic of Armenia
Contact: Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian
Tel: (374 1) 517 163
Fax: (374 1) 517 301
E-Mail: [email protected]
December 11, 2004
Major Feasts and Commemoration Days in the Armenian Church for 2005
January
6 Feast of the Nativity and Theophany of our Lord Jesus Christ
13 Naming Day of Jesus Christ
15 Feast of the Birth of Saint John the Forerunner (the Baptist)
22 Commemoration day of Saints Sargis the Captain, his son Martiros
and fourteen soldiers
February
1 Commemoration day of Saints Ghevondiants
3 Commemoration day of Saints Vardanants
6 Eve of the Great Fast of Lent (Great Barekendan)
14 Feast of the Presentation of Christ to the Temple
March
12 Feast of Saint Gregory the Illuminator’s Terrible Passion and
Committal to the Pit
19 Commemoration day of the Resurrection of Lazarus
20 Palm Sunday
27 Feast of the Glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ
(Easter Sunday)
April
7 Feast of the Annunciation of the Holy Virgin Mary
24 Feast of the Appearance of the Holy Cross
May
5 Feast of the Ascension of Christ
15 Pentecost
28 Feast of Saint Gregory the Illuminator’s Emergence from the Pit
29 Feast of the Universal Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin
June
11 Feast of the Discovery of the Relics of Saint Gregory the
Illuminator
16 Commemoration day of Holy Translators Sts. Sahak and Mesrop
July
3 Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ
August
14 Assumption of the Holy Mother of God
September
11 Exaltation of the Holy Cross
24 Commemoration day of St. Gevork (St. George)
25 Feast of the Holy Cross of Varak
October
8 Commemoration day of the Holy Translators
23 Discovery of the Holy Cross
November
5 Feast of the Holy Archangels
21 Feast of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God
December
3 Commemoration day of Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew, Apostles
and First Enlighteners of Armenia
17 Commemoration day of Saint James
26 Commemoration day of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress