Public holidays in Armenia
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On the fourth Sunday preceding Dormition (15 August), a special celebration called Vardevar (Վարդևար) takes place, where anyone is free to soak others with water from spray guns, hoses or even buckets.
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in Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
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| Date | English Name | Local Name | Transliteration | Remarks |
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| 1 January | New Year Day New Year The New Year is the day that marks the time of the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner.... | Ամանոր | Amanor | Tradition Tradition A tradition is a ritual, belief or object passed down within a society, still maintained in the present, with origins in the past. Common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes , but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings... |
| 6 January | Christmas Day | Սուրբ Ծնունդ | Surb Tsnund | Religious Armenian Apostolic Church The Armenian Apostolic Church is the world's oldest National Church, is part of Oriental Orthodoxy, and is one of the most ancient Christian communities. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion in 301 AD, in establishing this church... |
| 28 January | Army Day | Բանակի օր | Banaki or | In celebration of Armenian Army formation on that day in 1992 |
| 24 April | Genocide Remembrance Day Genocide Remembrance Day Genocide Remembrance Day is a national holiday in Armenia and is observed by Armenians in dispersed communities around the world on April 24. It is held annually to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide from 1915 to 1923... | Եղեռնի զոհերի հիշատակի օր | Yegher'ni zoheri hishataki or | Armenian Genocide Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide—also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, as the Great Crime—refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I... in 1915 |
| 9 May | Victory and Peace Day Victory Day (Eastern Europe) Victory Day or 9 May marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War... | Հաղթանակի եւ Խաղաղության տոն | Haght'anaki yev Khaghaghut'yan ton | Victory Day (World War II) was a holiday throughout the USSR and is still an official holiday in Armenia. |
| 28 May | Republic Day Republic Day Republic Day is the name of a holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they became republics.-1 January in the Republic of Slovakia:This was the day of creation of the Republic of Slovakia. A national holiday since 1993... | Հանրապետության օր | Hanrapetut'yan or | Establishment of the Democratic Republic of Armenia Democratic Republic of Armenia The Democratic Republic of Armenia was the first modern establishment of an Armenian state... |
| 5 July | Constitution Day Constitution Day Constitution Day is a holiday to honor the constitution of a country. Constitution Day is often celebrated on the anniversary of the signing, promulgation or adoption of the constitution, or in some cases, to commemorate the change to constitutional monarchy:... | Սահմանադրության օր | Sahmanadrut'yan or | Adopted Politics of Armenia Politics of Armenia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the head of government, and of a platform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government... in 1995 |
| 21 September | Independence Day Independence Day An Independence Day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony or part of another nation or state, and more rarely after the end of a military occupation... | Անկախության օր | Ankakhut'yan or | From the Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... in 1991 |
| 7 December | Spitak Remembrance Day | Երկրաշարժի զոհերի հիշատակի օր | Yerkrasharzhi zoheri hishataki or | A devastating earthquake in 1988 killed thousands of people and destroyed most of the Republic’s infrastructure. |
On the fourth Sunday preceding Dormition (15 August), a special celebration called Vardevar (Վարդևար) takes place, where anyone is free to soak others with water from spray guns, hoses or even buckets.