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 today, September 2.
New York’s St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral will hold a special service on the evening of Sunday, September 12, to honor the major feast day known as Khatchveratz, or the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
Feasts venerating the Virgin Mary occupy an entire season in the church calendar, with a special day reserved to honor her parents.
On Sunday, August 15, 2021, Armenian Churches throughout the Eastern Diocese observed the Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother-of-God.
This year the Armenian Church liturgical calendar designates August 26 as the feast of St. Jeremiah: one of the major prophets of the Bible.
