The Armenian Church calendar occasionally gives us an unlikely pairing of saints on a single feast day: an “odd couple” who don’t quite fit together. That’s the case with the day dedicated to St. John the Forerunner and Job the Righteous—observed this year on August 31.
Feasts venerating the Virgin Mary occupy an entire season in the church calendar, with a special day reserved to honor her parents.
In a message to Diocesan leaders, Primate Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan directed the faithful to hold a day of prayer and fasting on Wednesday, August 23, in solidarity with the Armenians of Artsakh.
This year the Armenian Church liturgical calendar designates August 24 as the feast of St. Jeremiah: one of the major prophets of the Bible.
A single feast day in our liturgical calendar illustrates the connection between the life in Christ and the abiding concerns of human existence.
