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
