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Days of observance - 2007

January

1 Third Day of the Fast of the Nativity
Nativity Fast

The Nativity Fast, is a period abstinence and penance practiced by the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches, in preparation for the Nativity of Christ, ....
2 Fourth Day of the Fast of the Nativity
3 Fifth Day of the Fast of the Nativity
4 Sixth Day of the Fast of the Nativity
5 Eve of the Nativity and Theophany of our Lord Jesus Christ
6 Feast of the Nativity
Nativity of Jesus

The Nativity of Jesus, or simply The Nativity, refers to the accounts of the Childbirth of Jesus in the Gospels and in various New Testament apocrypha texts that serve as key elements of Christian mythology....
and Theophany
Theophany

Theophany, from the Greek language, theophaneia , refers to the appearance of a deity to a human, or to a divine disclosure. This term has been used to refer to appearances of the gods in the ancient Greek and Near Eastern religions....
of our Lord Jesus Christ
Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth , also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity and is revered by most Christian churches as the Son of God and the Incarnation ....
7 Second Day of Nativity, Day of the Remembrance of the Dead
8 Third Day of Nativity
9 Fourth Day of Nativity
10 Fifth Day of Nativity
11 Sixth Day of Nativity
12 Seventh Day of Nativity
13 Eighth Day of Nativity, Feast of the Naming of our Lord Jesus Christ
Circumcision of Christ

The Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord is a Christian celebration of the circumcision of Jesus, eight days after his birth of Jesus, the occasion too on which the child was formally given his name, Jesus, a name derived from Hebrew language meaning "salvation" or "saviour"....
14 First Sunday after Nativity
15 Birth of Saint John the Forerunner
16 Saints Peter the Patriarch, Blaise the Bishop
Saint Blaise

Saint Blaise was a physician, and bishop of Sebastea, Armenia . According to his Acta Sanctorum, he was martyred by being beaten, carding , and beheaded....
and Absolom the Deacon
17 Fast Day
18 The Hermits Saints Anton, Triphon, Barsauma and Onouphrius
19 Fast Day
20 Saints Theodosius and the Children of Ephesus
21 Second Sunday after Nativity
22 Saints Kryiakos, Julita, Gordius, Polyeuctus and Saint Grigoris
23 Saints Vahan of Goghtn, Eugenia the Virgin, Phillip, Cladia, Sergius and Apito, and the Two Eunuchs
24 Fast Day
25 Saints Eugenius, Marcarius, Alerius, Canditus and Aquila
26 Fast Day
27 Holy Fathers Saints Athanasius
Athanasius of Alexandria

Athanasius of Alexandria , also known as St Athanasius the Great, Pope Athanasius I of Alexandria, and St Athanasius the Apostolic, was a theologian, Bishop of Alexandria, Church Father, and a noted Egyptian leader of the fourth century....
and Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria

Saint Cyril of Alexandria was the Pope of Alexandria when Alexandria was at its height of influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the later 4th, and 5th centuries....
and Gregory of Theologian
Gregory of Nazianzus

Gregory of Nazianzus was a 4th-century Archbishop of Constantinople. He is widely considered the most accomplished rhetorical stylist of the Church Fathers....
28 Third Sunday after Nativity
29 First Day of the Fast of the Catechumens
30 Second Day of the Fast of the Catechumens
31 Third Day of the Fast of the Catechumens

February

1 Fourth Day of the Fast of the Catechumens, Remembrance of the Prophet Jonah
Jonah

According to the Hebrew Bible and Arab Qur'an, Jonah was a prophet who was swallowed by a great fish....
2 Fifth Day of the Fast of the Catechumens. Remembrance of the Prophet Jonah
3 St. Sarkis the Warrior and his son Martiros and his Fourteen Soldiers
4 Fourth Sunday after Nativity
5 Saints Adom and his soldiers
6 The Holy Soukiasian Martyrs
7 Fast Day
8 The Holy Voskian Priests
9 Fast Day
10 Catholicos St. Sahak Parthev
Isaac of Armenia

Isaac of Armenia, or Sahak was Catholicos of Armenia of Armenia. He is sometimes known as "Isaac the Great," and as "????? ????? / Sahak Parthev" in Armenian language, owing to his Parthian origin....
11 Fifth Sunday after Nativity
12 Saints Mark the Bishop, Plonius the Priest, Cyril and Benjamin the Deacons, and Martyrs Abdelmseh, Ormistan and Sayen
13 St. Leontius the Priest and his Companions
14 Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Temple
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple

The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus, and falls on or around 2 February. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Presentation is the fourth Rosary#The Mysteries of the Rosary....
15 St. Vartan the Warrior
Mamikonian

Mamikonian or Mamikoneans was a noble family which dominated Armenian politics between the 4th and 8th century. They ruled the Armenian regions of Taron , Sasun, Bagrevand and others....
and his Companions
16 Fast Day
17 150 Fathers of the Holy Council of Constantinople
First Council of Constantinople

The First Council of Constantinople is believed to be the Second Ecumenical Council by the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox, the Eastern Orthodox, the Roman Catholics, the Old Catholics, and a number of other Western Christian groups....
(AD 381)
18 Great Barekendan
19 First Day of Great Lent
Great Lent

Great Lent, or the Great Fast, is the most important fasting season in the church year in Eastern Christianity, which prepares Christians for the greatest feast of the church year, Easter ....
20 Second Day of Great Lent
21 Third Day of Great Lent
22 Fourth Day of Great Lent
23 Fifth Day of Great Lent
24 Sixth Day of Great Lent,St. Theodore the Warrior
25 Second Sunday of Great Lent, Sunday of the Expulsion
26 Eighth Day of Great Lent
27 Ninth Day of Great Lent
28 Tenth Day of Great Lent

March

1 Eleventh Day of Great Lent
2 Twelfth Day of Great Lent
3 Thirteenth Day of Great Lent, Saints Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem was a distinguished theologian of the early Church . He is venerated as a saint by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as in the Anglican Communion....
, Cyril the Bishop and Anna
4 Third Sunday of Great Lent, Sunday of the Prodigal Son
5 Fifteenth Day of Great Lent
6 Sixteenth Day of Great Lent
7 Seventeenth Day of Great Lent
8 Eighteenth Day of Great Lent
9 Nineteenth Day of Great Lent
10 Twentieth Day of Great Lent, Sts. John of Jerusalem, John of Otzoon, John of Oritri and Gregory of Datev
11 Fourth Sunday of Great Lent, Sunday of the Steward
12 Twenty Second Day of Great Lent
13 Twenty Third Day of Great Lent
14 Twenty Fourth Day of Great Lent, Median day of Lent
15 Twenty Fifth Day of Great Lent
16 Twenty Sixth Day of Great Lent
17 Twenty Seventh Day of Great Lent, Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebastia
18 Fifth Sunday of Great Lent, Sunday of the Judge
19 Twenty Ninth Day of Great Lent
20 Thirtieth Day of Great Lent
21 Thirty First Day of Great Lent
22 Thirty Second Day of Great Lent
23 Thirty Third Day of Great Lent
24 Thirty Fourth Day of Great Lent, St. Gregory the Illuminator
Gregory the Illuminator

Saint Gregory the Illuminator or Saint Gregory the Enlightener , the founder and patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church was a religious leader credited with forging the Christian identity of Armenia via conversion from Armenian mythology....
- Commitment to the Pit
25 Sixth Sunday of Great Lent, Sunday of the Advent
26 Thirty Sixth Day of Great Lent
27 Thirty Seventh Day of Great Lent
28 Thirty Eighth Day of Great Lent
29 Thirty Ninth Day of Great Lent
30 Fortieth Day of Great Lent: Feast of the Annunciation
Annunciation

In Christianity, the Annunciation is the revelation to Mary, the mother of Jesus, by the angel Gabriel that she would Conception a child to be born the Son of God....
of the Holy Virgin Mary
31 Forty First Day of Great Lent: Remembrance of the Raising of Lazarus
Lazarus Saturday

Lazarus Saturday, in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, is the day before Palm Sunday, and is liturgically linked to it....
, Fast

April

1 Holy Week
Holy Week

Holy Week in Christianity is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter. It includes the religious holidays of Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, and lasts from Palm Sunday until but not including Easter Sunday, as Easter Sunday is the first day of the new season of Pentecostarion....
, Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday

Image:Meister der Palastkapelle in Palermo 002.jpg|thumb|300px|'The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem' mosaic by the Master of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo .]]...
2 Great Monday
3 Great Tuesday, Remembrance of the Ten Virgins
4 Great Wednesday
Holy Wednesday

In Christianity, Holy Wednesday is the Wednesday of the Holy Week, the week before Easter. It is followed by Maundy Thursday ....
5 Holy Thursday
Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday is the Christian feast or holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter that commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles....
, Remembrance of the Last Supper
Last Supper

In the Christian Gospels, the Last Supper was the last meal Jesus shared with his Twelve Apostles and Disciple before Crucifixion of Jesus. The Last Supper has been the subject of many paintings, perhaps The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci....
6 Holy Friday
Good Friday

Good Friday, also called Holy Friday, Great Friday or Black Friday, is the Friday preceding Easter Sunday . It commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Golgotha....
, Commemoration of the Passion
Passion (Christianity)

The Passion is the Christian theological term used for the events and suffering ? physical, spiritual, and mental ? of Jesus in the hours before and including his trial and execution by crucifixion....
, Crucifixion
Crucifixion

Crucifixion is an ancient method of execution , whereby the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead....
, and Burial of our Lord Jesus Christ
Death and Resurrection of Jesus

Within the body of Christianity beliefs, the resurrection of Jesus is a core event on which much of Christian doctrine and theology depend. According to the New Testament, Jesus was Crucifixion, died, buried in a tomb, and resurrected three days later....
7 Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday

Holy Saturday is the day after Good Friday. It is the day before Easter and the last day of Holy Week, in which Christians prepare for Easter....
: Eve of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ
8 Easter Sunday
Easter

Easter is the most important religious feast in the Christianity liturgical year.Christians believe that Jesus was Resurrection of Jesus from the dead three days after his Crucifixion of Jesus, and celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday , two days after Good Friday....
, Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ
9 Second Day of Easter, Remembrance of the Dead (Easter)
10 Third Day of Easter
11 Fourth Day of Easter
12 Fifth Day of Easter
13 Sixth Day of Easter
14 Seventh Day of Easter
15 Octave of Easter
Octave of Easter

The Octave Day of Easter, sometimes known as Low Sunday , is the Sunday after Easter Sunday. Since 1970 Low Sunday has been officially known as the Second Sunday of Easter in the Roman Catholic Church....
(New Sunday)
16 Ninth Day of Easter Tide
17 Tenth Day of Easter Tide
18 Eleventh Day of Easter Tide
19 Twelfth Day of Easter Tide
20 Thirteenth Day of Easter Tide
21 Fourteenth Day of Easter Tide
22 Third Sunday, Sunday of the World Church (Green Sunday)
23 Sixteenth Day of Easter Tide
24 Seventeenth Day of Easter Tide
25 Eighteenth Day of Easter Tide
26 Nineteenth Day of Easter Tide
27 Twentieth Day of Easter Tide
28 Twenty First Day of Easter Tide
29 Fourth Sunday, Red Sunday
30 Twenty Third Day of Easter Tide

May

1 Twenty Fourth Day of Easter Tide
2 Twenty Fifth Day of Easter Tide
3 Twenty Sixth Day of Easter Tide
4 Twenty Seventh Day of Easter Tide
5 Twenty Eighth Day of Easter Tide
6 Fifth Sunday
7 Thirtieth Day of Easter Tide
8 Thirty First Day of Easter Tide
9 Thirty Second Day of Easter Tide
10 Thirty Third Day of Easter Tide
11 Thirty Fourth Day of Easter Tide
12 Thirty Fifth Day of Easter Tide
13 Sixth Sunday of Eastertide
14 Thirty Seventh Day of Eastertide
15 Thirty Eighth Day of Eastertide
16 Thirty Ninth Day of Eastertide
17 Fortieth Day of Eastertide, Feast of the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ
18 Forty First Day of Eastertide
19 Forty Second Day of Eastertide
20 Second Palm Sunday
21 St. Helen
Helena of Constantinople

Saint Helena also known as Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople was the consort of Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus, and the mother of Emperor Constantine I....
and St. Constantine the Great
Constantine I

Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus , commonly known in English_language as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine , was Roman Emperor from 306, and the undisputed holder of that office from 324 until his death in 337....
- Equal to the Apostles
Equal-to-apostles

An equal-to-the-apostles is a special title given to some canonization Saints in Eastern Orthodoxy. It is also used by Eastern Rite Catholic Churches that are in full communion with Holy see....
22 Forth Fifth Day of Eastertide
23 Forty Sixth Day of Eastertide
24 Forty Seventh Day of Eastertide
25 Forty Eighth Day of Eastertide
26 Forty Ninth Day of Eastertide
27 Pentecost
Pentecost

Pentecost is one of the prominent feasts in the Christianity liturgical year, celebrated the 49th day after Easter Sunday?or the 50th day, inclusively, whence its name is derived from the Greek....
28 Second Day of Pentecost: Fast
29 Third Day of Pentecost: Fast
30 Fourth Day of Pentecost: Fast
31 Fifth Day of Pentecost: Fast

June

1 Sixth Day of Pentecost: Fast
2 Seventh Day of Pentecost: Fast
3 Remembrance of the Prophet Elijah
4 St. Hripsime and her Companions
5 St. Gayane and her Companions
6 Fast Day
7 Commemoration Day of St. John the Forerunner (the Baptist)
John the Baptist

John the Baptist was a mission preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River in expectation of a divine apocalypse that would restore occupied Israel....
and Bishop Atanagine
8 Fast Day
9 Feast of St. Gregory the Enlightener (Deliverance from the Pit)
10 Second Sunday after Pentecost: Feast of the Consecration "Shoghakat" of Holy Etchmiadzin
11 Commemoration Day of the Children of Bethlehem, Acacius the Witness, Movkima the Priest and Kotriatos the Soldier
12 Holy Virgins Nuneh and Maneh
13 Fast Day
14 The Holy Princes, Isaac and Joseph and Martyrs Sarkis and Bacchus
Saints Sergius and Bacchus

Saints Sergius and Bacchus , were third century Roman Empire soldiers who are commemorated as martyrs by the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy churches....
15 Fast Day
16 Commemoration Day of St. Nersess the Great
Saint Narses

Saint Nerses I the Great was an Catholicos of Armenia who lived in the fourth century. He was the father of another catholicos, Isaac of Armenia....
and Bishop Khad
17 Third Sunday after Pentecost: Barekendan of the Feast of St. Gregory the Enlightener
18 Fast: Saints Epiphanius Bishop of Cyprus
Epiphanius of Salamis

Epiphanius was bishop of Salami and Cypriot Orthodox Church at the end of the 4th century AD. He is considered a Church Father. He gained the reputation of a strong defender of orthodoxy....
, Babylas the Patriarch, and his three disciples
19 Fast: Sts. Constantine the Emperor
Constantine I

Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus , commonly known in English_language as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine , was Roman Emperor from 306, and the undisputed holder of that office from 324 until his death in 337....
and his mother Helen
Helena of Constantinople

Saint Helena also known as Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople was the consort of Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus, and the mother of Emperor Constantine I....
20 Fast Day
21 Fast: Saints Theodotus of Galatia
Theodotus of Ancyra

The name Theodotus of Ancyra may refer to either of two early Christians: one a fifth-century bishop of Ancyra ; and one a fourth-century saint, an innkeeper martyred in that city....
, and Thalelaus the Physician, and the Seven Martyred Virgins of Ancyra
22 Fast Day
23 Feast of St. Gregory the Enlightener (Discovery of His Relics)
24 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
25 Commemoration Day of martyrs St. Antoninus, St. Theophilus, St. Anicetus and St. Potinus
26 Feast Day of the Saints Prophet Daniel
Daniel

Daniel is a figure appearing in the Hebrew Bible and the central protagonist of the Book of Daniel. The name "Daniel" means "Judged by El ". "Dan" = judge and "i" = a suffix conjugating the verb such that its action applies to the speaker....
, and Companions Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
Fiery furnace

The fiery furnace is a story from the Book of Daniel in the Tanakh . The story is well-known among Jews and Christianity.In the story, Hananiah , Mishael , and Azariah , defy Nebuchadrezzar II's order that they bow down and worship a golden idolatry, a cult image of Nebuchadnezzar....
27 Fast Day
28 Holy Translators Saints Sahak
Isaac of Armenia

Isaac of Armenia, or Sahak was Catholicos of Armenia of Armenia. He is sometimes known as "Isaac the Great," and as "????? ????? / Sahak Parthev" in Armenian language, owing to his Parthian origin....
and Mesrop
Saint Mesrob

Saint Mesrop Mashtots was an Armenians monk, theology and linguistics. He is best known for having invented the Armenian alphabet, which was a fundamental step in strengthening the Armenian Orthodox Church, the government of the Kingdom of Armenia, and ultimately the bond between the Armenian Kingdom and Armenians living in the Byzantine Em...
29 Fast Day
30 Saints King Drtad, Queen Ashkhen and Princess Khosrovidookhd

July

1 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Feast of the Discovery of St. Mary’s Box
2 Commemoration Day of St. Kalistratos and his 49 companions, and Lukianos the Priest
3 Feast Day of Saint Zechariah the Prophet
4 Fast Day
5 Feast Day of Saint Elisha
Elisha

Elisha is a Biblical prophet. In Greek and Latin, he is known as Saint Eliseus; however, the standard English form of the name has been "Elisha," at least since the introduction of the King James Version of the Bible....
the Prophet
6 Fast Day
7 Feast Day of the Twelve Holy Apostles of Christ
Twelve Apostles

In Christianity, apostles were missionaries among the leaders in the Early Christianity and, in the Epistle to the Hebrews, Jesus Christ himself....
and St Paul, the Thirteenth Apostle
8 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Paregentan of the Fast of Transfiguration
Transfiguration of Jesus

The Transfiguration of Jesus is an event reported by the Synoptic Gospels in which Jesus is transfigured upon a mountain . Jesus becomes radiant, speaks with Moses and Elijah, and is called "Son" by God....
9 First Day of the Fast of the Transfiguration
10 Second Day of the Fast of the Transfiguration
11 Third Day of the Fast of the Transfiguration
12 Fourth Day of the Fast of the Transfiguration
13 Fifth Day of the Fast of the Transifiguration
14 Commemoration of the Old Ark and the Feast of the New Holy Church
15 Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord (Vartavar
Vartavar

Vartavar is a festival in Armenia where people of all ages drench each other with water. Its name is a derivative from ?vard? in Armenian, which stands for ?rose? in English language....
)
16 Second Day of Transfiguration, Remembrance of the Dead (Transfiguration)
17 Third Day of Transfiguration
18 Fast Day
19 Feast Day of Saint Isaiah
Isaiah

Isaiah is the main figure in the Biblical Book of Isaiah, and is traditionally considered to be its author. He was an 8th-century Before Christ Judean prophet who declared that all the world belonged to God and that God will destroy it....
the Prophet
20 Fast Day
21 Saints Thaddeus Apostle of Armenia and Sandoukht the Virgin
22 Second Sunday after Transfiguration
23 Saints Cyprian
Cyprian

Saint Cyprian was bishop of Carthage and an important early Christianity writer. He was born around the beginning of the 3rd century in North Africa during the Classical Period, perhaps at Carthage, where he received an excellent classical education....
, Bishop of Carthage, and the Forty-five Martyrs, and the Virgins Justinia, Euphemia, and Christina
24 Saints Athenogenes the Bishop and the Ten Disciples and Five Martyrs
25 Fast Day
26 Commemoration Day of the Holy Forefathers; Adam, Abel
Cain and Abel

Cain and Abel were the first and second sons of Adam and Eve in the religions of Christianity, Islam and Judaism.Their story is told in and the Qur'an at 5:26-32....
, Seth
Seth

Seth , in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, is the third listed son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel and is the only other son mentioned by name....
, Enos, Enoch
Enoch (ancestor of Noah)

Enoch is a name occurring twice in the generations of Adam. In one reference, Enoch is described as a great-grandson of Adam via Cain, and as having had a city named after him....
, Noah
Noah

Noah was, according to the Bible, the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs ; and a prophet according to the Qur'an. The biblical story of Noah is contained in the book of Book of Genesis, chapters 5-9, while the Qur'an has a whole sura named after and devoted to his story with other references elsewhere....
, Melchizedech
Melchizedek

Melchizedek is an enigmatic figure twice mentioned in the Tanakh, also known as the Old Testament. Melchizedek seems to be the King of Salem, and priest of the Most High, in the time of the biblical patriarch Abram....
, Abraham
Abraham

Abraham is a man featured in the Book of Genesis and an important figure in several monotheistic religions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam traditions regard him as the founding Patriarchs of the Israelites, Ishmaelites and Edomite peoples....
, Isaac
Isaac

According to the Hebrew Bible, Isaac The New Testament contains few references to Isaac. The Early Christianity views Abraham's willingness to follow God's command to Binding of Isaac as an example of faith and obedience....
, Jacob
Jacob

According to the Hebrew Bible, Jacob , also known as Israel , was the third Biblical patriarchs and the ancestor of the twelve Israelites....
, Joseph
Joseph (Hebrew Bible)

Joseph or Yosef , is a major figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible . He was Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first. He is also mentioned favourably in the Qur'an....
, Moses
Moses

Moses is a Hebrew Bible Hebrews religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, to whom the Mosaic authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbeinu in Hebrew , he is the most important prophet in Judaism, and also an important prophet of Christianity, Islam, the Bah?'? Faith, Rastafari movement, Chrislam and many ot...
, Aaron
Aaron

In the Hebrew Bible, Aaron , or Aaron the Levite , was the brother of Moses. He was the great-grandson of Levi and represented the priestly functions of his tribe, becoming the first Kohen Gadol of the Hebrews....
, Eleazar
Eleazar

Eleazar , was a son of Aaron, a Levite Kohen and Kohen Gadol. His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas. After the death of Nadab and Abihu, he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary....
, Joshua
Joshua

Joshua, Jehoshuah or Yehoshua , born in Egypt, was a biblical Israelite leader who succeeded Moses. His story is told in the Hebrew Bible, chiefly in the books Book of Exodus, Book of Numbers and Book of Joshua....
, Samuel, Samson
Samson

Samson, Shimshon or Shamshoun ????? is the third to last of the Biblical judges of the ancient Children of Israel mentioned in the Tanakh , and the Talmud....
, Jephthah
Jephtha

'Jephthah' is a character in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Judges, serving as a judge over History of ancient Israel and Judah for a period of six years ....
, Barak
Barak

Barak , Al-Buraq the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, was a military general in the Book of Judges in the Bible. He was the commander of the army of Deborah, the prophetess and heroine of the Hebrew Bible....
, Gideon, and other Holy Patriarchs
27 Fast Day
28 Sons and Grandsons of Saint Gregory the Enlightener
Gregory the Illuminator

Saint Gregory the Illuminator or Saint Gregory the Enlightener , the founder and patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church was a religious leader credited with forging the Christian identity of Armenia via conversion from Armenian mythology....
: Saints Aristakes, Vertanes, Hoosik, Grogoris and Daniel
29 Third Sunday after Transfiguration
30 Commemoration Day of the Maccabees
Maccabees

The Maccabees were a Jewish national liberation movement that fought for and won independence from Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty, who was succeeded by his infant son Antiochus V Eupator....
, Eleazar the Priest, Shamuna and Her Seven Sons
31 Commemoration Day of the 12 Minor Prophets
Minor prophet

A minor prophet is one of the writings in the Twelve Prophets section of the Hebrew Bible, also known to Christians as the Minor Prophets of the Old Testament....
-Hosea
Hosea

Hosea was the son of Beeri and a prophet in Israel in the 8th century BC. He is one of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Jewish Hebrew Bible, also known as the Minor Prophets of the Christian Old Testament....
, Joel
Joel (prophet)

Joel was a prophet of ancient Israel whose prophecies are recorded in the brief Biblical book that bears his name. His name occurs only once in the Old Testament....
, Amos
Amos (prophet)

Amos is one of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible, and putative author of the speeches reported in the Book of Amos. The only direct information about him comes from this book....
, Obadiah
Obadiah

Obadiah is a Bible Theophory in the Bible name, meaning "servant of Jehovah" It is cognate to the Arabic language name `Ubaidallah . The form of his name used in the Septuagint is Obdios; in Latin it is Abdias....
, Jonah
Jonah

According to the Hebrew Bible and Arab Qur'an, Jonah was a prophet who was swallowed by a great fish....
, Micah
Micah (prophet)

Micah the titular prophet of the Book of Micah, also called "The Morasthite". He is not the same as another prophet, Micaiah son of Imlah. He is counted among the minor prophets in the Tanakh ....
, Nahum
Nahum

Nahum was a minor prophet whose prophecy is recorded in the Hebrew Bible. His Book of Nahum comes in chronological order between Book of Micah and Habakkuk in the Bible....
, Habakkuk
Habakkuk

Habakkuk or Havakuk was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. The etymology of the name of Habakkuk is not clear. The name is possibly related to the Akkadian language khabbaququ, the name of a fragrant plant, or the Hebrew root ???, meaning "embrace"....
, Zephaniah
Zephaniah

Zephaniah or Tzfanya is the name of several people in the Bible Old Testament and Judaism Tanakh. He is also called Sophonias as in the New Catholic Encyclopaedia and in Easton's [Bible] Dictionary....
, Haggai
Haggai

Haggai was one of the twelve minor prophets and the author of the Book of Haggai. His name means "my feast". He was the first of three prophets , whose ministry belonged to the period of History of ancient Israel and Judah which began after the return from Babylonian captivity in Babylon....
, Zechariah
Zechariah

Zechariah was a person in the Hebrew Bible . He was the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets.The Zechariah is derived from ....
and Malachi
Malachi

Malachi, Malachias or Mal'achi was a prophet in the Bible, the Judaism Tanakh and Christianity Old Testament .He was the last of the minor prophets of David, and the writer of the Book of Malachi, the last book of the Names for books of Judeo-Christian scripture Old Testament canon , and is the last book of the Neviim...

August

1 Fast Day
2 Saints Sophis, Pistis, Elpis and Agape
3 Fast Day
4 200 Fathers of the Holy Council of Ephesus
Council of Ephesus

The First Council of Ephesus was held in 431 at the Church of Mary in Ephesus, Asia Minor. The council was called due to the contentious teachings of Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople....
(AD 431)
5 4th Sunday after Transfiguration
6 First Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God
7 Second Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God
8 Third Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God
9 Fourth Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God
10 Fifth Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God
11 Feast Day of the Apparition of Holy Etchmiadzin
12 Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God
13 Second Day of the Assumption, Remembrance of the Dead (Assumption)
14 Third Day of the Assumption
15 Fourth Day of the Assumption
16 Fifth Day of the Assumption
17 Sixth Day of the Assumption
18 Seventh Day of the Assumption
19 Second Sunday after the Assumption
20 Ninth Day of Assumption
21 Feast Day of Saints Joachim
Joachim

Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and therefore is ascribed the title of "forebearer of God", in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Anglican traditions....
and Anna
Saint Anne

Saint Anne of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary, according to Christianity tradition. Her name Anne is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Hannah ....
, parents of the Holy Mother of God and the Oil-bearing women
22 Fast Day
23 Saint Jeremiah
Jeremiah

Jeremiah was one of the 'greater prophet' of the Hebrew Bible. He was the son of Hilkiah, a priest of Anathoth.His writings are put together in the Book of Jeremiah and, according to tradition, the Book of Lamentations....
the Prophet
24 Fast Day
25 Saints Thomas, James and Simon
26 Third Sunday after Assumption, Feast Day of the Discovery of the Belt of the Holy Mother of God
27 Saints Stephen of Oulnia and the Martyrs Goharinus, Zamidus, Techuicus and Ratigus
28 The Holy Prophets Ezekial
Ezekiel

This article is about the main speaker in the biblical Book of Ezekiel. For a summary and analysis of the book itself, see Book of Ezekiel.According to religious texts, Ezekiel was a prophet and priest in the Hebrew Bible who prophesied for 22 years sometime in the 6th century BC in the form of visions while exiled in Babylon, as recorded...
, Ezra
Ezra

Ezra was a Jewish priestly scribe who led about 5,000 Babylonian captivity living in Babylon to their home city of Jerusalem in 459 BC. Ezra reconstituted the dispersed Jewish community on the basis of the Torah and with an emphasis on the law....
and Zachariah
29 Fast Day
30 Saints John the Forerunner
John the Baptist

John the Baptist was a mission preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River in expectation of a divine apocalypse that would restore occupied Israel....
and Job the Righteous

September

1 318 Fathers of the Holy Council of Nicaea
First Council of Nicaea

The First Council of Nicea was convened in Nicaea in Bithynia by the Roman Emperors Constantine I in 325 CE. The Council was historically significant as the first effort to attain consensus decision-making in the church through an legislature representing all of Christendom....
(AD 325)
2 Fourth Sunday after Assumption
3 Saints Andrew the Soldier and his army; Saints Callinicus and Diometes
4 Saints Adrian and Natalia, and the martyrs Saints Theordorus and Eleutheriu
5 Fast
6 Saints Abraham and Khoren, Cosmo and Damian and Theodoron the Martyr
7 Fast Day
8 Feast of the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God
9 Fifth Sunday after the Assumption
10 First day of the Fast of the Holy Cross
11 Second day of the Fast of the Holy Cross
12 Third day of the Fast of the Holy Cross
13 Fourth day of the Fast of the Holy Cross
14 Fifth day of the Fast of the Holy Cross
15 Feast of the Holy Church in view of the Holy Cross
16 Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
17 Feast of the Holy Cross, Day of the Remembrance of the dead
18 Feast of the Holy Church
19 Fast: Feast of the Holy Church
20 Feast of the Holy Church
21 Feast of the Holy Cross
22 Feast of the Holy Cross
23 Second Sunday after the Holy Cross:Paregentan of the Holy Cross of Varak
24 Fast: Saints Mamas, Philomenos and Simeon the Stylite
25 Fast: Holy Virgins Febronia, Marina and Shooshan
26 Fast
27 Fast: Day of the Holy Father Barlaam, Anthimus and Irenaeus
28 Fast
29 Saints George the Warrior, Adauctus and Romanos the Melodist
30 Third Sunday after the Holy Cross: Feast of the Holy Cross of Varak

October

1 Saints David of Dvin and the Martyrs Lambeos and Lambeas
2 Saints Eustathius, Theophistias and their two sons, the Holy Virgins Iermonia and Catherine
3 Fast
4 The Saintly Princes Sahak and Hamazasb
5 Fast
6 Seventy Two Holy Disciples of Christ
Seventy Disciples

The Seventy Disciples or Seventy-two Disciples were early Disciple of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke . According to Luke, the only gospel in which they appear, Jesus appointed them and sent them out in pairs to spread his message....
7 Fourth Sunday after the Holy Cross, Fast
8 Saints Phocas the Patriarch and Irenaeus of Lyons
Irenaeus

Saint Irenaeus , was a Catholic Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, then a part of the Roman Empire . He was an early church father and apologist, and his writings were formative in the early development of Christian theology....
, follower of the Apostles
9 Virgin Saints Thecla
Thecla

Saint Thecla was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul of Tarsus in the 1st century A.D. She is not mentioned in the New Testament, but the earliest record of her comes from the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla, probably composed in the early 2nd century....
, Barbara
Saint Barbara

Saint Barbara, known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara , was a Christianity saint and martyr. Although there is no reference to her in the authentic early Christian writings, nor in the original recension of Saint Jerome's martyrology, veneration of her was common from the seventh century....
and Pelagia
Saint Pelagia

Saint Pelagia is an Antiochene saint, a virgin of fifteen years, who chose death by a leap from the housetop rather than dishonour. She is mentioned by Ambrose , and is the subject of two sermons by Chrysostom....
10 Fast
11 Saints Pantaleon the Physician, Hermolaus the Priest and Eupraxia the Virgin
12 Fast
13 Holy Translators Mesrob
Saint Mesrob

Saint Mesrop Mashtots was an Armenians monk, theology and linguistics. He is best known for having invented the Armenian alphabet, which was a fundamental step in strengthening the Armenian Orthodox Church, the government of the Kingdom of Armenia, and ultimately the bond between the Armenian Kingdom and Armenians living in the Byzantine Em...
, Yeghishe, Moses the Poet, David the Philosopher, Gregory of Narek
Gregory of Narek

Grigor Narekatsi was an Armenian monk, poet, mystical philosopher and theologian, born into a family of writers. His father, Khosrov, was an archbishop....
and Nersess the Graceful
14 Fifth Sunday after the Holy Cross
15 Discovery of the Relic of Saint Gregory, Catholicos of the Alans, and the Holy Fathers Tatoul, Barrus, Thomas, Anthony, Chronides, and the Seven Vegetarian Hermits
16 The Holy Apostles Ananias, Matthias
Saint Matthias

Saint Matthias . In the New Testament Acts of the Apostles, the author of the Gospel of Luke records that Saint Matthias was the Twelve Apostles chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot, following Judas's betrayal of Jesus and his suicide ....
, Barnabas
Barnabas

Saint Barnabas , born Joseph, was an early Christianity convert, one of the earliest disciples in Jerusalem. Like almost all Christians at the time, Barnabas was Jewish, specifically a Levite....
, Philip
Philip the Apostle

Saint Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle who Proselytism in Greece, Syria, and Phrygia....
, John
John the Apostle

John the Apostle was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Christian tradition identifies him as the author of several New Testament works: the Gospel of John, the Epistles of John, and the Book of Revelation....
, Silas
Silas

Saint Silas or Saint Silvanus was a leading member of the early Christian community, who later accompanied Paul of Tarsus in some of his missionary journeys....
and Silvanus
17 Fast day
18 Saints Dionysius the Areopagite
Dionysius the Areopagite

Dionysius the Areopagite was the judge of the Areopagus who, as related in the Acts of the Apostles, , was converted to Christianity by the preaching of the Paul of Tarsus....
and the Apostes Timothy
Timothy

Timothy was a first-century Christianity bishop who died about AD 80. Evidence from the New Testament also has him functioning as coadjutor of Saint Paul....
and Titus
Apostle Titus

Saint Titus was a companion of Saint Paul, mentioned in several of the Pauline epistles. Titus was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch and accompanied them to the Council of Jerusalem, although his name nowhere occurs in the Acts of the Apostles....
19 Fast
20 Holy Evangelists Matthew
Matthew the Evangelist

Matthew the Evangelist , most often called Saint Matthew, is a Christian figure, and one of Jesus's Twelve Apostles. He is credited by tradition with writing the Gospel of Matthew, and is identified in that gospel as being the same person as Levi the publican ....
, Mark
Mark the Evangelist

Saint Mark the Evangelist , also known as John Mark, is traditionally believed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark and a companion of Saint Peter....
, Luke
Luke the Evangelist

Luke the Evangelist was an early Christianity leader who is said by tradition to be the author of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles....
and John
John the Evangelist

Saint John the Evangelist , or the Beloved Disciple, is traditionally the name used to refer to the author of the Gospel of John and the First Epistle of John....
21 Sixth Sunday after the Holy Cross
22 Saints Longinus the Centurion
Longinus (hagiography)

Longinus is the name given in medieval and modern Christian traditions to the Roman Empire soldier who pierced Jesus in his side with a Holy Lance while he was on the Crucifixion of Jesus....
, Joseph the Father-of-God
Saint Joseph

Joseph "of the House of David" is known from the New Testament as the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus and although according to Christian tradition he was not the biological father of Jesus, he acted as his foster-father and as head of the Holy Family....
, Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph of Arimathea

Joseph of Arimathea was, according to the Gospels, the man who donated his own prepared sepulchre for the burial of Jesus after Jesus' Crucifixion of Jesus....
and Lazarus
Lazarus

Lazarus is the name of two separate men mentioned in the New Testament. The more famous one is Lazarus of Bethany, the subject of the miracle recounted only in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus raises him from the dead....
, Martha
Martha

Saint Martha was the sister of Lazarus and Mary, sister of Lazarus, and in the Gospel of John was witness to Jesus' resurrection of her brother....
and Mary
Mary, sister of Lazarus

In the Gospel of John, Mary of Bethany , the sister of Lazarus appears in connection with the visits of Jesus to Bethany and the death and rising from the dead of her brother Lazarus ....
23 Saints Theodoret the Priest of Antioch, Zenon the soldier, Marcarius, Eudoxius and Romulus
24 Fast
25 Saints Kharityants, the Martyrs Artemius and Christopher, and Niceta and Aquilina
26 Fast
27 The Twelve Holy Doctors; Hierotheus of Athens
Hierotheos the Thesmothete

Hierotheos the Thesmothete is the reputed first head and bishop of the Christian Athenians. The title thesmothete means ruler, or junior archon, of Athens ....
, Dionysius the Areopagite
Dionysius the Areopagite

Dionysius the Areopagite was the judge of the Areopagus who, as related in the Acts of the Apostles, , was converted to Christianity by the preaching of the Paul of Tarsus....
, Silverst of Rome, Athanasius of Alexandria
Athanasius of Alexandria

Athanasius of Alexandria , also known as St Athanasius the Great, Pope Athanasius I of Alexandria, and St Athanasius the Apostolic, was a theologian, Bishop of Alexandria, Church Father, and a noted Egyptian leader of the fourth century....
, Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem was a distinguished theologian of the early Church . He is venerated as a saint by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as in the Anglican Communion....
, Ephraem the Syrian
Ephrem the Syrian

Ephrem the Syrian was a Roman Syria deacon, prolific Syriac-language hymnographer and theologian of the 4th century. He is venerated by Christianity throughout the world, and especially among Syriac Christians, as a saint....
, Vails of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory of Nyssa

Gregory of Nyssa was a Christian bishop and saint. He was a younger brother of Basil the Great and a good friend of Gregory Nazianzus. His significance has long been recognized in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Roman Catholic branches of Christianity....
, Gregory the Theologian
Gregory of Nazianzus

Gregory of Nazianzus was a 4th-century Archbishop of Constantinople. He is widely considered the most accomplished rhetorical stylist of the Church Fathers....
, Epiphanius of Cyprus
Epiphanius of Salamis

Epiphanius was bishop of Salami and Cypriot Orthodox Church at the end of the 4th century AD. He is considered a Church Father. He gained the reputation of a strong defender of orthodoxy....
, John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom

'Saint John Chrysostom' , archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in Sermon and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, the Divine Liturgy of St....
, and Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria

Saint Cyril of Alexandria was the Pope of Alexandria when Alexandria was at its height of influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the later 4th, and 5th centuries....
28 Seventh Sunday after the Holy Cross. Discovery of the Holy Cross
29 Saints Anastasius the Priest, Varus, Theodota and her sons, and those who were martyred with her
30 Saints Huperichians of Samosata
31 Fast

November

1 St. John Chrysostom
2 Fast
3 Feast of All Saints
4 Eighth Sunday after the Holy Cross
5 Saints Stephen, Patriarch of Rome and the priests deacons and faithful
6 Saints Aquiphsimeus the Bishop, Joseph the Priest, Ayethalus the Deacon, and Plato the Martyr
7 Fast
8 Saints Metrophanes and Alexander
Alexander of Constantinople

Saint Alexander of Constantinople was bishop of Byzantium and the bishop of Constantinople . He was elected as a vicar to assist the aged bishop Saint Metrophanes of Constantinople....
, Patriarchs of Constantinople, and Paul the Confessor
Paul I of Constantinople

Paul I or Paulus I or Saint Paul the Confessor , sixth bishop of Constantinople, elected AD 336 or 340. His feast day is on November 6....
, and the Scribes Marcian and Martyrius
9 Fast
10 Holy Archangel
Archangel

Archangels are members of the second choir of angels. Archangels are found in a number of religious traditions, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism....
s Gabriel
Gabriel

In Abrahamic religions, Gabriel is an angel who serves as a messenger from God. He first appears in the Book of Daniel in the Hebrew Bible. In some traditions he is regarded as one of the archangels, or as the angel of death....
and Michael
Michael (archangel)

Saint Michael is an archangel in Christian and Islamic tradition. He is viewed as the field commander of the Army of God.He is mentioned by name in the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation....
and all the heavenly hosts
11 Ninth Sunday after the Holy Cross
12 Saints Meletius
Meletius of Antioch

Saint Meletius of Antioch was the Christianity bishop, or Patriarch of Antioch, from 360 until his death. His staunch support of the First Council of Nicaea of the church led to his exile three times under Arianism emperors....
Bishop of Antioch, Menas the Egyptian, and the other Meletius, Bishop of Persia, Buras the Priest and Sennen the Deacon
13 Saints Demetrius the Martyr and Basil the Priest
14 Fast
15 Saints Gurias, Samonas, Abibas the Deacon, Romanus the Monk, Barula the Confessing Youth and Hesychius the Soldier
16 Fast
17 The Holy Apostles Andrew
Saint Andrew

Saint Andrew , called in the Eastern Orthodox Church tradition Protocletos, or the First-called, is a Christian Twelve Apostles and the younger brother of Saint Peter....
and Phillip
Philip the Apostle

Saint Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle who Proselytism in Greece, Syria, and Phrygia....
18 Tenth Sunday after the Holy Cross
19 First Day of the Fast of Advent
20 Second Day of the Fast of Advent: Presentation of the Holy Mother of God to the Temple
Presentation of Mary

The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary , or The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple , is a liturgy feast celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches....
21 Third Day of the Fast of Advent
22 Fourth Day of the Fast of Advent
23 Fifth Day of the Fast of Advent
24 Saints Gregory the Wonderworker
Gregory Thaumaturgus

Saint Gregory of Neocaesarea, also known as Gregory Thaumaturgus or Gregory the Wonderworker, was a Christian bishop of the 3rd century....
, Nicholas the Bishop and Myron the Bishop
25 First Sunday of Advent
26 The Holy Virgins Juliana and Basilla
27 Saints Lucian the Priest, Tarachus, robus, Andronicus, Onesimus, and other Disciples of Saint Paul
28 Fast
29 Saints Clement the Bishop and Bagarat the Bishop of Taormina
30 Fast

December

1 Holy Apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew, First Illuminators of Armenia
2 Second Sunday of Advent
3 Saints Gennaro
Januarius

Saint Januarius, , Bishop of Naples, is a Christian martyrs saint of both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. He died around the year 305, during the Diocletianic Persecution....
the Bishop and Mercurius the Warrios, Jacoc and Themistocles
4 Saint Abgar the Witness
5 Fast
6 The Holy Fathers of Egypt Paul, Paul the Simple, Marcarius of Alexandria, Evagrius, John, John the little, Nilus, Arsenius, Siseos, Daniel, Serapion, Marcarius the Elder, Poeman, and other Holy Fathers
7 Fast
8 Patriarch Saint Nicholas of Smyrna the Wonderworker
9 Third Sunday of Advent: Feast of the Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary
10 Fast: Saints Mennas, Hermongenes, Eugraphius and John and Alexis
11 Fast: Saints Cornelius the Centurion, Simeon the Relative of Christ, Polycarp
Polycarp

Polycarp was a second century bishop of Smyrna. He died a martyr when he was stabbed after an attempt to burn him at the stake failed. Polycarp is recognized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican, and Lutheran Churches....
the Bishop of Smyrna and the Martyrs that perished in the East
12 Fast
13 Fast: Saints Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugenius, Orestes and Martyrius
14 Fast
15 Saints James of Nisibis
Jacob of Nisibis

Jacob of Nisibis , is a Assyrian Christian saint. He was the first bishop of Nisibis, spiritual father of the renowned Syriac literature Ephrem the Syrian, and celebrated asceticism....
, Marouke the Mermit and Melitus the Bishop
16 Fourth Sunday of Advent
17 The Holy Fathers Ignatius
Ignatius of Antioch

Ignatius of Antioch was among the Apostolic Fathers, was the third Bishop and Patriarch of Antioch, and was possibly a student of John the Apostle....
Bishop of Antioch, and Addais, Maruthas the Bishop
18 Saints Theopompas the Bishop, Theonas the Martyr and the Four Soldiers, Basus, Eusebe, Eutyche and Basilides
19 Fast Day
20 The Holy Virgins Indus and Domna, Clericus the Elder and the 20,000 Martyrs of the church of Nicomedia
21 Fast
22 Saints Basil the Patriarch, Gregory of Nyssa, Silvester the Patriarch of Rome, and Ephraim of Syria
23 Fifth Sunday of Advent
24 Saints David the Prophet-King and the Holy Apostle James
25 St. Stephen the Protodeacon and First Martyr
26 Fast
27 Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
28 Fast
29 Holy Apostles, James and John, "Sons of Thunder": Paregentan of the Fast of Nativity
30 Sixth Sunday of Advent
31 First Day of the Fast of Nativity

Calendar of Saints (Armenian Apostolic Church)

Days of observance - 2007

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October

November

December

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