You might think it’s a misprint. Everyone knows that Jesus had exactly twelve disciples—so why does the Armenian Church calendar reserve a feast day for the Seventy-two Disciples of Christ? (We’ll observe it this Saturday, October 3.)
Season of the Cross
In the Armenian liturgical calendar, autumn is the Season of the Holy Cross. The months of September and October are punctuated with celebrations and fasts dedicated to the Cross of Jesus Christ, and its mysterious power.
A Miracle Named Mary
On September 8, the worldwide Armenian Church celebrates the Feast of the Nativity of the Holy Mother-of-God.
Accuser and Accused
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 September 3.
Jeremiah: The Prophet of Sorrow—and Hope
This year the Armenian Church liturgical calendar designates August 27 as the Feast of St. Jeremiah: one of the major prophets of the Bible.