Living the Armenian Church Year

Click calendar or scroll below for readings, reflections & lessons for each Sunday of the season, along with Saints days & hymns to more fully live the Armenian Church sacred year

Jan-Feb

Աստուածայայտնութիւն

Theophany

A season of gifts; God's first gift of creation, then recreation by His Son-so that we'd know the love of the Father

Sundays of Theophany

Feb-March

Մեծ Պահք

Great Lent

‘The soul grows not by addition but subtraction’ thus we repent & refocus our priorities on God & others

Sundays of Great Lent

March-May

Յարութիւն

Easter

As the buried seeds of Winter rise to new life in Spring, the self-giving love of Jesus raises us from sin & death unto new life

Sundays of Easter

May-July

Հոգեգալուստ

Pentecost

Returning to His Father, Jesus sends his Spirit, to dwell in the sacramental life of the church and the hearts of its faithful

Sundays of Pentecost

July-August

Այլակերպութիւն

Transfig.

Jesus is revealed as the light of the world, we are to reflect his transforming light, in worship and in our daily lives

Sundays of Transfiguration

Aug-Sept

Վերափոխում

Assumption

A season of gratitude to God for the gifts of the harvest and all life; offering our best to God in return

Sundays of Assumption

Sept-Nov

Խաչվերաց

Exaltation

A time where we look up from the ways of the world,  lifting the cross and God’s merciful love over all things

Sundays of Exaltation

Nov-Jan

Յիսնակ

Advent

As the season grows dark & still, we repent & ready ourselves for the light of the world

Sundays of Advent

Armenian Church Saints

In the modules below are Saints of the Armenian Church, whose feasts days occur between Sundays. Click below for summary and depth accounts of saints' lives, lessons and sermons.

St. Shoushanik

September 22, 2026

On the Tuesday after the 2nd Sunday of the Cross, the Armenian Church remembers Febronia, Mariana and Shoushan. All three were martyred for refusing to renounce their belief in Christ. […] more

St. George

September 26, 2026

The Armenian Church celebrates the feast of Saint George on the Saturday before the third Sunday in the Season of the Cross. George is a great saint and martyr of […] more

Seventy-Two Disciples of Christ

October 03, 2026

The Armenian Apostolic Church commemorates the Feast of the Seventy-Two Disciples on the Saturday before the 4th Sunday of the cross to honor those faithful followers whom Jesus appointed and […] more

Holy Translators

October 10, 2026

On the Saturday after the 4th Sunday of the Cross, the Armenian Church celebrates the Holy Translators. Included on this feast day are the inventors of the Armenian alphabet, Mesrob […] more

All Saints

October 31, 2026

While All Saints Day is a fixed feast day in the Western church (Nov. 1st) the Armenian Church celebrates All Saints Day on the Saturday after the 7th Sunday of […] more

Archangels Gabriel & Michael

November 07, 2026

The Armenian Church celebrates the Feast of the Angels on the Saturday following the Eighth Sunday of the Holy Cross, honoring Archangels Gabriel and Michael and all the heavenly hosts. […] more

St. James of Nisibis

December 12, 2026

The Armenian Church commemorates the feast of St. James of Nisibis on the Saturday following the Third Sunday of Advent. A fourth-century bishop, ascetic, and participant in the 1st Ecumenical […] more

King Abgar

December 19, 2026

The Armenian Church remembers St. Abgar the King on the Saturday before the 5th Sunday of Advent. King Abgar is remembered as one of the first rulers to embrace faith […] more