The Sundays of Great Lent
The eight Sundays of Great Lent in the Armenian Church – from Paregentan to the Resurrection – each with its Gospel reading and its spiritual meaning.
Upcoming Events
Diarnuntarach – the Armenian Feast of the Presentation
Diarnuntarach, forty days after the Nativity: Christ in the Temple, the Andastan service, the bonfires and the light carried home from the church.
Surp Vartanants – the Defence of Faith and Freedom
The battle of Avarayr in 451: Vartan Mamikonian, the 1,036 companions and the moral victory that preserved Armenian Christianity.
The Nativity and Theophany in the Armenian Apostolic Church
Why Armenians celebrate Christmas on 6 January: the Nativity and the Baptism of Christ together, Jrakalouyts, the Christmas Eve table and the feast of Dznunt.
Surp Bedros and Surp Boghos in the Armenian Canon
Saints Peter and Paul in the Armenian tradition: the rock of the Church and the apostle to the nations, commemorated on the last Saturday of December.
Surp Stepanos – the Protomartyr of the Christian Faith
Saint Stepanos, one of the seven deacons of the first Church and the first martyr for Christ – his witness, his martyrdom and his veneration among Armenians.
Surp Hagop Mdzpna – Saint James of Nisibis
Saint James of Nisibis: fellow student of Saint Gregory the Illuminator, defender of his city, father of the Council of Nicaea and the first to ascend Ararat.