Date Event
January 6 Christmas and Epiphany
January 7 Second Day of Nativity
January 8 Third Day of Nativity
January 9 Fourth Day of Nativity
January 10 Fifth Day of Nativity
January 12 Seventh Day of Nativity
January 13 Eighth Day of Nativity—Naming of our Lord Jesus Christ
January 14 Birth of St. John the Forerunner
January 15 Fast
January 16 Sts. Peter the Patriarch, Bishop Blaise and Deacon Absolom
January 17 Fast
January 18 St. Anthony, and the Hermits Tryphon, Barsama, and Onouphrius
January 19 First Sunday after Nativity
January 20 Sts. Theodosius the King and the Holy Children of Ephesus
January 21 Giragos and his mother Julita, and the Martyrs Gordius, Polyeuctus, and Grigoris
January 22 Fast
January 23 St. Vahan of Koghtûn, and Eugenia the Virgin, and her Father Philip and Mother Claudia, and her Brothers Sergius and Apito, and the two Eunuchs
January 24 Fast
January 25 Sts. Athanasius and Cyril
January 26 Second Sunday after Nativity
January 27 Sts. Eugenius, Macarius, Valerius, Canditus and Aquila
January 28 Sts. Andrew the Commander and his Soldiers, and Callinicus and Diometes the Martyrs
January 29 Fast
January 30 Sts. Andrian and his wife Natalia, and Theodorus and Eleutherius the Martyrs
January 31 Fast
February 1 St. Gregory the Theologian
February 2 Third Sunday after Nativity
Date Event
February 3 The Holy Maccabees — Eleazar the Priest, Solomonia, and his seven sons
February 4 The Twelve Holy Prophets: Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Jonah, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah, Malachi
February 5 Fast
February 6 Sts. Sophia and her three daughters — Pistis, Elpis, and Agapi
February 7 Fast
February 8 Sons and grandsons of St. Gregory our Illuminator: Sts. Aristakes, Vrtanes, Housik, Grigoris, and Daniel
February 9 Fourth Sunday after Nativity (Eve of the Fast of the Catechumens)
February 10 No Readings
February 11 No Readings
February 12 No Readings
February 13 Remembrance of the Prophet Jonah
February 14 Presentation of the Lord
February 15 Sts. Sarkis the Captain and his son Mardiros and his 14 soldiers
February 16 Fifth Sunday after Nativity
February 17 Sts. Adom and Generals, and Sts. Mark the Bishop, Plonius the Priest, Cyril and Benjamin the Deacons, and Martyrs Abdelmasih, Ormisdan, and Sayen
February 18 Sts. Sookias and Martyrs
February 19 Fast
February 20 Sts. Voski and Priests
February 21 Fast
February 22 St. Sahag Bartev
February 23 Sixth Sunday after Nativity (Isaiah 63:18-64:12; Titus 1:1-11; John 7:37-52)
February 24 Sts. Mark the Bishop, Plonius the Priest, Cyril and Benjamin the Deacons, and Martyrs Abdelmasih, Ormisdan, and Sayen
February 25 Sts. Ghevontiank
February 26 Fast
February 27 Sts. Vartanank
February 28 Fast
March 1 Holy Fathers of the Council of Constantinople
March 2 Poon Paregentan
Date Event
March 2 Poon Paregentan
March 3 First day of Lent
March 8 St. Theodore the Warrior
March 9 Second Sunday of Great Lent — Expulsion
March 15 St. Cyril of Jerusalem
March 16 Third Sunday of Great Lent — The Prodigal Son
March 22 St. John of Jerusalem, Otsoon. John of Vorodan and Gregory of Datev
March 23 Fourth Sunday of Great Lent — The Steward
March 26 Median Day of Great Lent
March 29 Forty Martyrs of Sebastia (Karasoon Manoog)
March 30 Fifth Sunday of Great Lent — The Judge
April 5 St. Gregory the Illuminator — His Passion and Descent into the Pit
April 6 Sixth Sunday of Great Lent — Advent
April 7 Annunciation of the Holy Mother of God
April 12 Remembrance of Christ’s Raising Lazarus
Date Event
April 13 Palm Sunday
April 14 Great Monday
April 15 Great Tuesday
April 16 Great Wednesday
April 17 Great Thursday
April 18 Great Friday
April 19 Great Saturday
April 20 Easter
Date Event
April 21
April 22
April 23
April 24 Commemoration of the Holy Martyrs of 1915
April 25
April 26 Beheading of St. John the Baptist
April 27 New Sunday
April 28
April 29
April 30
May 1
May 2
May 3
May 4 Green Sunday
May 5
May 6
May 7
May 8
May 9
May 10
May 11 Red Sunday
May 12
May 13
May 14
May 15
May 16
May 17
May 18 Apparition of the Holy Cross
May 19
May 20
May 21
May 22
May 23
May 24
May 25 Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 26
May 27
May 28
May 29 Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ
May 30 Fast
May 31
June 1 Second Palm Sunday
June 2
June 3
June 4 Fast
June 5
June 6 Fast
June 7
Date Event
June 8 Pentecost (Eve of the Fast of Elijah) Monday - Friday
June 9
June 10
June 11
June 12
June 13
June 14
June 15 First Sunday after Pentecost
June 16 Sts. Hripsimiank
June 17 Sts. Kayaniank
June 18 Fast
June 19 St. John the Baptist and Athenogenes the Bishop
June 20 Fast
June 21 St. Gregory the Illuminator — Deliverance from the Pit
June 22 Second Sunday after Pentecost — Feast of Holy Echmiadzin
June 23 The Holy Children of Bethlehem, Acacius the Martyr, Mucius the Priest, and Codratus the Soldier
June 24 Sts. Nooneh and Maneh the Virgins
June 25 Fast
June 26 Sts. Sahag and Hovsep the Princes and Sts. Sarkis and Pacchus the Martyrs
June 27 Fast
June 28 St. Nerses the Great and Bishop Khat
June 29 Third Sunday after Pentecost (Eve of the Fast of our Holy Father St. Gregory the Illuminator) … weeklong fast (M-F)
June 30 St. Epiphanius of Cyprus and St. Babylas the Patriarch, and his three disciples
July 1 Sts. Constantine the King and his mother Helen
July 2
July 3 Sts. Theodotus of Galatia, and Thalelaeus the Physician, and the Seven Virgins who were martyred at Ancyra
July 4
July 5 Discovery of the Relics of St. Gregory the Illuminator
July 6 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
July 7 Holy Martyrs Antonius, Theophilus, Anectus, and Photinus
July 8 Sts. Daniel the prophet and the three young men — Setrak, Misak, and Apetnakov
July 9 Fast
July 10 Our Holy Translators Sts. Sahag and Mesrob
July 11 Fast
July 12 Sts. Tiridates (Drtad) the King, Queen Ashkhen, and Khosrovitookhd
July 13 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost — Feast of the Discovery of the Box of the Theotokos
July 14 Sts. Callistratus and the 49 Martyrs, and Lucian the Priest
July 15 Prophet Zechariah
July 16 Fast
July 17 Prophet Elisha
July 18 Fast
July 19 The 12 Holy Apostles of Christ and St. Paul the 13th Apostle
July 20 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Eve of the Fast of Transfiguration) … weeklong fast (M-F)
July 21
July 22
July 23
July 24
July 25
July 26 Commemoration of the Old Ark and the Feast of the New One — the Holy Church
Date Event
July 28
July 29
July 30 Fast
July 31 Prophet Isaiah
August 1 Fast
August 2 The Holy Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) and St. Santookhd the Virgin
August 3 Second Sunday of Transfiguration
August 4 Sts. Cyprian (Gibryanos) and the 45 Martyrs, and the Virgins Justinia, Euphemia, and Christina
August 5 Sts. Athenogenes the Bishop, and the 10 Disciples, and the Five Martyrs
August 6 Fast
August 7 The Holy Forefathers: Adam, Abel, Seth, Enosh, Enoch, Noah, Melchizedek, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Eleazar, Joshua, Samuel, Samson, Jephthah, Barak, Gidon, and others
August 8 Fast
August 9 The 200 Fathers of the Holy Council of Ephesus (431 AD)
August 10 Sixth Sunday of Transfiguration (Eve of the Fast of the Assumption) … weeklong fast (M-F)
August 11
August 12
August 13
August 14
August 15
August 16 Feast of Etchmiadzin
Date Event
August 17 Assumption of the Holy Mother of God
August 18
August 19
August 20
August 21
August 22
August 23
August 24 First Sunday after the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God
August 25
August 26 Sts. Joachim and Anna – parents of the Holy Mother of God – and the oil bearing women
August 27 Fast
August 28 Prophet Jeremiah
August 29 Fast
August 30 Holy Apostles Thomas, James, and Simon
August 31 Second Sunday after the Assumption — Feast of the Discovery of the Belt of the Holy Theotokos
September 1 Sts. Stepanos Oolnya, and the Martyrs Koharinos, Radigos, Dzamitos, Dookigos
September 2 The Holy Prophets Ezekiel, Ezra, and Zachariah, the father of John the Baptist
September 3 Fast
September 4 Sts. John the Baptist and Job the Righteous
September 5 Fast
September 6 Fathers of the Council of Nicea
September 7 Third Sunday after the Assumption (Eve of the Fast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross) … weeklong fast (M-F)
September 8 Birth of the Holy Virgin Mary Mother of God
September 9
September 10
September 11
September 12
September 13 Navagadik
Date Event
September 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross
September 15
September 16
September 17 Fast
September 18
September 19 Fast
September 20
September 21 Second Sunday of the Exaltation (Eve of the Fast of the Holy Cross of Varak) … weeklong fast (M-F)
September 22 Sts. Mamas, Philomenos, and Simeon the Stylite
September 23 The Holy Virgins Febronia, Marina, and St. Shooshan, the daughter of Vartan the Great
September 24
September 25 The Holy Fathers Barlaam, Anthimus, and Irenaeus
September 26
September 27 Sts. George (Kevork) the Warrior, Adauctus, and Romanos the Melodist
September 28 Third Sunday of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross — Feast of the Holy Cross of Varak
September 29 Sts. David of Tvin, and the Martyrs Lambeos and Lambeas
September 30 Eustathius and his wife Theophistia and their two sons, the Virgins Iermonia and Catherine
October 1 Fast
October 2 Sts. Sahag and Hamazasb the Princes
October 3 Fast
October 4 The 72 Holy Disciples of Christ
October 5 Fourth Sunday of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
October 6 Sts. Phocas the Patriarch and Irenaeus of Lyons, follower of the Apostles
October 7 The Holy Virgins Thekla, Barbara, and Pelagia
October 8 Fast
October 9 Sts. Pantaleon the Physician, Hermolaus the Priest, and Eupraxia the Virgin
October 10 Fast
October 11 The Holy Translators — Mesrob, Yeghishe, Moses (Movses) the Poet, David (Tavit) the Philosopher, Gregory of Nareg, Nerses of Kla (grace-filled)
October 12 Fifth Sunday of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
October 13 Discovery of the Relics of Saint Gregory Catholicos of the Alans, and the Holy Fathers Sts. Tatool, Varos, Thomas, Anthony, Kronites the Hermits and the seven Khodajarags who were martyred at the Monastery of the Nine Springs
October 14 The Holy Apostles Ananias, Matthias, Barnabas, Philip, John, Silas and Silvanus
October 15 Fast
October 16 St. Dionysius the Areopagite and the Holy Apostles Timothy and Titus
October 17 Fast
October 18 The Holy Evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
October 19 Sixth Sunday of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
October 20 Sts. Joseph, Longinus the centurion, Joseph of Arimathea, Lazarus, Martha and Mary
October 21 Sts. Theodoret the Priest, Zenon the Soldier, Marcarius, Eudoxius and Romulus
October 22 Fast
October 23 Sts. Kharityants, the Martyrs Artemius and Christopher, and the two women Niceta and Aquilina
October 24 Fast
October 25 The Twelve Holy Teachers (Doctors) of the Church: Hierotheus of Athens, Dionysius the Areopagite, Sylvester of Rome, Athanasius of Alexandria, Cyril of Jerusalem, Ephraim the Syrian, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory the Theologian, Epiphanius of Cyprus, John Chrysostom, and Cyril of Alexandria
October 26 Seventh Sunday of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross — Discovery of the Holy Cross
October 27 Sts. Anastasius the Priest, Varus, Theodota and her sons, and those who were martyred with her
October 28 Huperichians who were martyred at Somosata, and Sts. Severianus of Sebastia, Babylas the Elders and his 84 disciples
October 29 Fast
October 30 St. John Chrysostom (Vosgeperan)
October 31 Fast
November 1 All Saints — old and new, known and unknown (Wisdom 3:1-8; Isaiah 33:5-8; Hebrews 11:32-12:2; Luke 12:4-9)
November 2 Eighth Sunday of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
November 3 Sts. Stephen Patriarch of Rome, and the Priests, and the Deacons, and the faithful
November 4 Sts. Aquiphsimeus the Bishop, Joseph the Priest, Ayethalus the Deacon, and Plato the Martyr
November 5 Fast
November 6 Sts. Metrophanes and Alexander, patriarchs, and Paul the Confessor, and the scribes Marcian and Marturius
November 7 Fast
November 8 The Holy Archangels Gabriel and Michael and all the Heavenly Hosts
November 9 Ninth Sunday of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
November 10 Meletius Bishop of Antioch, and Minas the Egyptian, and the other Meletius, and Buras the Priest, and Sennen the Deacon
November 11 Demetrius the Martyr and Basil the Priest
November 12 Fast
November 13 Gurias, Samonas, Abibas the Deacon, Romanus the monk, the confessing youth, and Hesychius the soldier
November 14 Fast
November 15 The Holy Apostles Andrew and Philip
November 16 Tenth Sunday of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Eve of the Fast of Advent)
Date Event
November 17
November 18
November 19
November 20
November 21 Presentation of the Holy Mother of God
November 22 Sts. Gregory the Wonder-workers, St. Nicholas, and Myron the Bishop
November 23 First Sunday of Advent
November 24 The Holy Virgins Juliana and Basilla
November 25 Sts. Lucian the Priest, Tarachus, Probus, Andronicus, and Onesimus and the other Disciples of Paul
November 26 Fast
November 27 Sts. Clement the Patriarch and Bagarat the Bishop of Taormina
November 28 Fast
November 29 The Holy Apostles and our First Illuminators Thaddeus and Bartholomew
November 30 Second Sunday of Advent
December 1 Sts. Gennaro the Bishop and Mercurius the Warrior, and Sts. Hagovig and Themistocles
December 2 Sts. Cornelius the Centurion, Simeon the relative of Christ, Bishop Polycarp of Smyrna, and the Martyrs who perished in the East
December 3 Fast
December 4 Paulus, Paul, Magar, Evagrius, John (Kpetsi), John the Short, Nilus, Arsenius, Siseos, Daniel, Serapion, Macarius, Poeman, and the other Holy Fathers of Egypt
December 5 Fast
December 6 St. Nicholas of Smyrna the Wonder-workers
December 7 Third Sunday of Advent (Eve of the fast of St. Hagop) … weeklong fast (M-F)
December 8 Sts. Minas, Hermogenes, Eugraphius, and John and Alexis who sworn to poverty
December 9 Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary
December 10
December 11 Sts. Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugenius, Orestes, and Martyrius
December 12
December 13 St. James of Nisibis (Hagop Medzpnatsi), Marouke the Hermit and Melitus the Bishop
December 14 Fourth Sunday of Advent
December 15 The Holy Fathers Sts. Ignatius, and Addai, and Maruthas the Bishop
December 16 Sts. Theopompas the Bishop, Theonas the Martyr, and the four Soldiers—Basus, Eusebe, Autyche, Basilides
December 17 Fast
December 18 Holy Virgins Indus and Domna, Clericus the Elder and the 20,000 Martyrs of the Church of Nicomedia who were burned by fire
December 19 Fast
December 20 King Apgar
December 21 Fifth Sunday of Advent
December 22 Sts. Abraham and Khoren, and the Unmercenary Physicians Sts. Cosmas and Damian, and Asdvadzadoor the Martyr
December 23 St. David the Prophet and Holy Apostle James
December 24 Fast
December 25 St. Stephen the Proto-Deacon and the First Martyr
December 26 Fast
December 27 The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
December 28 Sixth Sunday of Advent
December 29 The Holy Apostle James and John the Evangelist, Sons of Thunder (Eve of the Fast of the Nativity)