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2009
Major Feasts and Commemoration Days
Major Feasts and Commemoration Days of the Armenian Church
Year 2009
Tabernacle Feast Days listed in BOLD and Italics
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listing for that month
January
6 Holy Nativity and Theophany of Our Lord Jesus Christ
13 Naming Day of Our Lord
15 Birth of St. John the Forerunner (the Baptist)
February
2 Eve of the Great Fast of Lent (Great Paregentan)
7 Commemoration Day of St. Sergius (Sargis)
13 Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Temple (Diarntarach)
17 Commemoration Day of Sts. Leontius (Ghevondiants)
19 Commemoration Day of Sts. Vartanants
22 Eve of the Great Fast of Lent (Great Barekendan)
March
28 Commitment of St. Gregory the Illuminator to the Pit
April
4 Commemoration Day of the Resurrection of Lazarus
5 Palm Sunday
12 Easter Sunday (The Glorious Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ)
May
10 Appearance of the Holy Cross
21 Ascension Day (Hambardzum)
31 Pentecost (Hogegalust)
June
8 Commemoration Day of St. Hripsime
9 Commemoration Day of St. Gayane
13 Deliverance of St. Gregory the Illuminator from the Pit
14 Feast of Holy Etchmiadzin
27 Discovery of the Relics of St. Gregory the Illuminator
July
2 Commemoration Day of St. Sahak and St. Mesrop
19 Transfiguration of Our Lord (Vardavar)
August
15 Feast of Holy "Shoghakat"
16 Assumption of the Holy Mother of God (Verapokhum)
25 Commemoration Day of Sts Joachim and Anna
September
13 Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Khatchverats)
26 Commemoration Day of St. George (Gevork)
27 Feast of the Holy Cross of Varag
October
10 Feast of the Holy Translators
25 Discovery of the Holy Cross
November
7 Commemoration Day of the Holy Archangels
28 Commemoration Day of Sts. Thaddeus and Bartholomew
December
12 Commemoration Day of St. James (Hakob)
24 Commemoration Day of St. David the Prophet
26 Commemoration Day of St. Stephen the Protomartyr
28 Commemoration Day of Sts. Peter and Paul
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