FEASTS

FEASTS

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January

1	New Year
5	Eve of Feast of the Holy Nativity and Theophany of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Candlelight (Lucernarium) Divine Liturgy
6	Feast of the Holy Nativity and Theophany of Our Lord Jesus Christ
13	Feast of Naming of Our Lord Jesus Christ
14	Feast of the Birth of St. John the Forerunner (Baptist)
16	Commemoration of the Patriarch St. Peter, Bishop St. Vlas and Deacon Abisolom
18	Commemoration of St. Anton the Hermit
18	Commemoration of the Hermits St. Triphon, St. Parsam and St. Vonoprios
19	Commemoration of the King St. Theodos and Children of Ephesus
21	Commemoration of St. Kirakos and his mother Judithah
23	Commemoration of Patriarchs St. Athanasius and St. Cyril of Alexandria
24	Eve of the Fast of Catechumens
29	Commemoration of the Prophet Jonah
30	Feast of St. Sarkis the Captain, Patron of Love and Youth, his son Martyros and his 14 Soldiers-Companions

February

1	Commemoration of Sts. Atomians
2	Commemoration of Sts. Sukiasianas
4	Commemoration of Sts. Voskian priests
6	Commemoration of the Pontiff St. Sahak Partev
8	Commemoration of Bishop St. Mark, Priest St. Pion, Deacons St. Kyouregh (Cyril) and St. Benjamin and holy martyrs Sts. Abdlmseh, Vormzdana and Sayen
9	Feast of St. Ghevond the Priest and His Companions
11	Feast of St. Vartan the Captain and Companions
13	Commemoration of 150 Pontiffs participating in the Ecumenical Council of Constantinople
14	Tiarn’ndaraj
14	Eve of Great Lent or Great Barekendan
20	Commemoration of St. Theodoros the Captain
21	February 10 - Sunday of Expulsion
27	Commemoration of St. Cyril the Patriarch of Jerusalem, St. Cyril the Bishop of Jerusalem and his mother Anna
28	Sunday of the Lost (Prodigal) Sun

March

6	Commemoration of St. John the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarch St. John of Otzoon, St. John of Vorotan and St. Gregory of Datev
7	Sunday of Steward
10	Median day of Great Lent (Mijink)
13	Commemoration of the forty Holy Martyrs
14	Sunday of the Judge
20	Commemoration of St. Gregory the Illuminator’s torments and commitment to the pit
21	Sunday of Advent
27	Commemoration of Raising of Lazarus
28	Palm Sunday
29	Holy Monday
30	Holy Tuesday
31	Holy Wednesday

April

1	Holy Thursday
2	Good Friday
3	Holy Saturday, Eve of Feast of the Glorious Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ or the Easter Feast, Candlelight Divine Liturgy
4	Feast of the Glorious Resurrection of Jesus Christ
7	Annunciation to the Virgin Mary
10	Commemoration of Beheading of St. John the Baptist
11	New Sunday
18	Sunday of the World Church (Green Sunday)
25	Red Sunday

May

2	Feast of Apparition of the Holy Cross
13	Feast of Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ
16	Second Palm Sunday
23	Feast of Pentecost
30	Commemoration of the Prophet Elijah
31	Commemoration of St. Hripsime and her Companions

June

1	Commemoration of St. Gayane and her Companions
3	Commemoration of St. John the Forerunner (the Baptist) and Bishop Atanagine
5	Feast of St. Gregory the Illuminator’s deliverance from the pit
6	Feast of the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin
7	Commemoration of the Children of Bethlehem, Acacius the Witness, Movkima the Priest and Kotriatos the Soldier
8	Commemoration of St. Nooneh and St. Maneh
10	Commemoration of St. Princes Sahak and Hovsep and St. Martyrs Sarkiss and Bagos
12	Commemoration of St. Nersess the Great and St. Bishop Khad
13	Eve of the Fast of St. Gregory the Illuminator
14	Commemoration of Sts. Epiphanius the Cypriot, (Bishop of Cyprus) Babylas the Patriarch and his three Disciples
15	Commemoration of Sts. Constantine (Kostandianos) the Emperor and his mother Helen
17	Commemoration of Sts. Theodotus of Galatia, Thalelaus the Physician and seven martyred Virgins of Ancyra
19	Commemoration Day of the discovery of the Relics of St. Gregory the Illuminator
21	Commemoration of Sts. Antoninus, Theophilus, Anicetus and Potinus
22	Commemoration of the Prophet Daniel, and his Companions Sts. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
24	Feast of the Holy Translators St. Sahak and St. Mesrop
26	Commemoration of Sts. Tiridates, King of Armenia, Queen Ashkhen and Princess Khosrovidoukht
27	Feast of the Discovery of St. Mary’s Box
28	Commemoration of Sts. Kalistratos and his 49 companions, and Lukianos the Priest
29	Commemoration of the Prophet Zechariah

July

1	Commemoration of the Prophet Elisha
3	Commemoration of Christ’s twelve Apostles and thirteenth Apostle - St. Paul
4	Eve of the Fast of Transfiguration
10	Commemoration of the Tabernacle of Old Testament (or the Old Ark) and the Feast of the New Holy Church
11	Feast of Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ
15	Commemoration of the Prophet Isaiah
17	Commemoration of the Apostle Thaddeus and the Virgin Sandoukht
19	Commemoration of Sts. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, and the 45 Martyrs, and the Virgins Justinia, Euphemia, and Christina
20	Commemoration of Martyrdom of Sts. Antiochus the Bishop and his ten disciples and five martyrs
22	Commemoration of the Holy Forefather
24	Commemoration of St. Gregory the Illuminator’s Sons and Grandsons – Sts. Aristakes, Vrtanes, Housik, Grigoris and Daniel
26	Commemoration of the Maccabees, Sts. Eleazar the Priest, Shamuna and her seven Sons
27	Commemoration of the 12 Minor Prophets – Sts. Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi
29	Commemoration of Sts. Sophia and her three daughters - Pistos, Yelpis and Agapie
31	Commemoration of St. Gregory the Theologian

August

2	Commemoration of St. Vahan of Goghten
2	Commemoration of Sts. Martyrs Gordios, Poghiktos and Grigoris
3	Commemoration of the Virgin Eugine, her father - Philippus, her mother Klothia and her two servants
5	Commemoration of Martyrs Sts. Eugenios, Makarios, Valerios, Canditos and Akyoughas
7	Commemoration Day of 200 Pontiffs participating in the Ecumenical Council of Ephesus
8	Eve of the Fast of St. Mary, Holy Godmother
14	Feast of the Apparition (“Shoghakat”) of Holy Etchmiadzin
15	Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God
24	Commemoration of Sts. Joachim and Anna, Parents of the Holy Mother of God, and Oil-Bringing Women
26	Commemoration of the Prophet Jeremiah
28	Commemoration of St. Thomas
28	Commemoration of Sts. James and Simon Apostles
29	Feast of the Discovery of St. Mary’s Box
30	Commemoration of Sts. Stepanos of Ulnia, Martyrs Goharine, Tsamides, Tyoukikos and Ratikos
31	Commemoration of the Prophets Ezekiel, Ezra and Zechariah - St. John the Baptist’s Father

September

2	Commemoration of Sts. John the Baptist and Job the Righteous
4	Commemoration of 318 Pontiffs participating in the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea
5	Eve of the Fast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross
8	Birth of St. Mary from Anna
11	Eve of the Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross
12	Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross
19	Eve of the Fast of the Holy Cross of Varague
20	Commemoration of Sts. Mamas, Piliktimon and Simeon Stylite
21	Commemoration of Sts. Peprone, Mariane and Shoushan, daughter of Vartan the Great
23	Commemoration of Sts. Pontiffs Baragham, Antimos and Yeranos
25	Commemoration of Sts. Gevorg the Captain, Adoktos and Romanos the Singer
26	Feast of the Holy Cross of Varague
27	Commemoration of St. Davit of Dvin and Saint Martyrs Dambeos and Dambeuhie
28	Commemoration of St. Eustatheos, his Wife Theophista and their two sons, and the Virgins Yermone and Nektarine
30	Commemoration of Princes St. Sahak and Hamazasp Artsrounie

October

2	Commemoration of Christ’s seventy-two Disciples
4	Commemoration of Pontiff St. Pokas and St. Yeranos
5	Commemoration of the Virgins St. Tekegh, St Varvara and St. Peghigea
7	Commemoration of Sts. Pandaleon the Physician, Yermoghayos the Priest and the Virgin Eupraxia
9	Feast of the Holy Translators - Sts. Mesrob, Yeghishe, Moses of Khoronk, philosopher Davit Anhaght, Gregory of Narek and Nerses the Gracious (Nerses of Kla)
11	Feast of Discovery of Relics of Catholicos St. Grigoris of Aghvank, Commemoration of St. Fathers Tatoul, Varos, Toumas, Anton, Kronides and the Seven Herbivorous Hermits Martyred in the Innaknya Monastery
12	Commemoration of the Apostles Anania, Matthias, Barnabas, Philip, John and Silas
14	Commemoration of St. Dionysius of Areopagus, the Apostles Timothy and Titus
16	Feast of the Evangelists Sts. Mathew, Mark, Luke and John
18	Feast of Sts. Captain Lukianos, who believed in Christ’s Crucifixion, Joseph - the Godfather, Joseph of Arimathea, and Friends of Christ – Lazarus and his two sisters – Martha and Mary
19	Feast of the Priest St. Theoditon, Sts. Soldiers Zenon, Makar, Eudoxios and Ramelas
21	Commemoration of St. Aret and His Companions, Holy Martyrs Artemeos, Sts. Christopher and the Two Women – Kalinike and Akyouline
23	Commemoration of the Twelve Archimandrites – Sts. Retheos, Dionisios, Selbestros, Athanas, Cyril of Jerusalem, Ephrem Khourie Assyrian, Vasil (Barsegh) of Caesaria, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory the Theoloegian, Epiphan of Cyprus, John Chrysostom and Cyril
24	Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
25	Commemoration of the Priest St. Anastas, Sts. Varos, Theoditeh and her Sons
26	Commemoration of Sts. Hipirikians, Martyred in Samosat
28	Commemoration of Sts. Severianos (Severianus) of Sebastia and the old man Babelas
30	Commemoration of the Pontiff St. John the Chrysostom

November

1	Commemoration of Sts. Pontiff of Rome St. Stepannos, the Priests, the Deacons and the people
2	Commemoration of Sts. Bishop Akipsimos, Priest Hovsep (Joseph), Deacon Ayitala and Martyr Platon
4	Commemoration of Sts. Pontiffs Metropanos, Alexandros and Paul the Confessor, and the Scribes Markianos and Martyron
6	Commemoration of Archangels Gabriel and Michael and the Entire Heavenly Class
8	Commemoration of Sts. Pontiff Melitos of Antioch, Minas of Egypt and the other Bishop Melitos, Priest Bouras and Deacon Shinou
9	Commemoration of St. Martyr Demetrios and the Priest St. Basilikos
11	Commemoration of Sts. Gurias, Samunas, Deacon Abib, Romanos the Hermit, Child the Confessor and Soldier Husikos
13	Commemoration of the Apostles Andrew and Phillip
15	Commemoration of Sts. Captain Andre and his army, Martyrs Kalinikos and Dometios
16	Commemoration of Sts. Adrianos and his wife - Anatolia, Martyrs Theodoros and Elevturos
18	Commemoration of the Martyr St. Astvatsatoor
18	Commemoration of Sts. Abraham and Khoren, Kozma and Damianos
20	Feast of All Saints - the old and the new, the known and the unknown
21	Eve of the Fast of Advent
21	Presentation of Three-Year-Old St. Mary to the Church
27	Commemoration of Sts. Gregory the Thaumaturge, Pontiff Nikoghayos and Bishop Muron
29	Commemoration of the Virgins Sts. Indos, Domna, Prist Glerikus and twenty thousand martyrs martyred in the Church of Nicomidia
29	Commemoration of Sts. Juliane and Vasilouhie
30	Commemoration of Priest St. Lukianos, Sts. Martyrs Taragros, Probos and Andronikos, and Vonesimos, the Disciple of the Apostle St. Paul

December

2	Commemoration of the Pontiff St. Klemes and Bishop St. Bagrat of Toromena
4	Commemoration of the Apostles St. Thaddeus and St. Bartholomew, the first preachers of Christianity in Armenia
6	Commemoration of Bishop St. Genarius, Soldier St. Merkerius
6	Commemoration of St. Hakob (Jacob) the Orthodox
7	Commemoration of the Hermits (Egyptian Fathers)
9	Conception of St. Mary by Anna
11	Commemoration of Pontiff St. Nikoghayos
12	Eve of the Fast of St. James
13	Commemoration of Sts. Minas, Yermogines, Grabus, voluntary poor Hovhannes and Alexius
14	Commemoration of Sts. Captain St. Kornelius, St. Shmavon, Christ’s Relative, martyred in Jerusalem, and Bishop St. Policarpus of Smyrna and the holy martyrs of the East
16	Commemoration of Sts. Eustratius, Ogsentius, Eugenius, Ovrestes and Mardarius
18	Commemoration of the Pontiff St. James of Nisibis, hermit St. Maruge and Bishop St. Melitus
20	Commemoration of Bishop St. Theopompus, martyr St. Theovna and soldiers Sts. Basos, Eusebius, Eutikus and Basilides
20	Commemoration of the Pontiffs Sts. Ignatius, Adde and Bishop Maruta
21	Commemoration of St. Abgar, First Martyr of the Church and our first king believing in Christ
23	Commemoration of the Prophet St. David and Apostle St. James, brother of Jesus
25	Commemoration of St. Stephen the Protomartyr and the first martyr
27	Commemoration of the Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul
28	Commemoration of the Apostle St. James and Evangelist St. John
29	Eve of the Fast of Holy Nativity and Theophany of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Fast of Christmas)