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the armenian church year, on the ring of your own.

the tonatsuyts, the calendar of feasts, in one quiet layer of your sky, each feast explained in the church's own words.

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apostolic (armenia) is one of the holiday almanacs that come with zenith calendar. it holds the tonatsuyts, the calendar of feasts of the armenian apostolic holy church. christmas and theophany are kept together on 6 january; most other feasts hang from easter or fall on a set weekday.

its dates are copied from the church's published calendar, not worked out on your phone. the patriarchate of jerusalem keeps the old calendar and is not followed here. tap a feast and read three short paragraphs: what it is, where it comes from, and how it is kept.

gregorian · the tonatsuyts, with most feasts hung from easter

a few of its days

surb tsnund ev astvatsahaytnutyun

the holy nativity and theophany · armenian christmas

6 january

what it is

the holy nativity and theophany of our lord jesus christ: his birth in bethlehem and his baptism in the jordan, kept together on the one day, as the early church kept them.

how it is kept

after the divine liturgy comes the blessing of water: the priest dips the cross into the water and pours in drops of holy chrism, and the faithful take the blessed water home. people greet each other "kristos tsnav yev haytnetsav" (christ is born and revealed).

surb zatik

easter

a sunday, as the church publishes it

what it is

the glorious resurrection of jesus christ, the greatest feast of the church.

how it is kept

families dye eggs red, which the church explains as the salvation of the world by the blood of christ, and gather for the easter meal. the easter greeting is used for the fifty days that follow.

vardavar

the transfiguration · paytsarakerputyun

ninety-eight days after easter

what it is

the transfiguration of christ on the mountain, when his face shone like the sun. armenians know it best as the day everyone splashes everyone with water.

how it is kept

a week of fasting goes before the feast. on the day the divine liturgy is offered, and then, by old armenian custom, people of every age pour and throw water on one another in the streets and yards.

astvatsatsni verapokhum

the assumption of the holy mother of god

the sunday closest to 15 august

what it is

the assumption of the holy mother of god, the oldest feast of st mary.

how it is kept

a week of fasting goes before the feast. after the liturgy comes the blessing of the grapes, khaghoghorhnek, and the blessed grapes are shared; by old custom many wait for this day before eating the new grapes.

in the app

the film

the apostolic (armenia) almanac in zenith calendar
apostolic (armenia) on zenith calendar: feasts on the ring of the year, each one opening to its story.

✦ zenith calendar · the sky around it

and the sky those days live in is worth staying for.

apostolic (armenia) is a single layer. beneath it is a whole calendar drawn as the sky, your year an orbit round the sun, and every part of it answers your touch.

your year, an orbit

the sun stands at the centre and the year rings round it, with today's earth riding at today's place, its small moon beside it. tap the ring anywhere else and a faint ghost earth waits on that day.

run a finger round the year

drag along the ring and the days pass under your finger, the big date and the day's list following as you go. lift, and the day you stopped on stays picked.

a week under its moon

tap the small moon beside today's earth and you dive into the week. the moon above shows its phase, named underneath; swipe the dates and each week brings its own.

the sun and the moon are doors

tap the sun and the ring tips on its edge into a ladder of years. in the week, pull the moon firmly down and the month opens, the moon resting half off its foot.

it keeps to itself

zenith calendar has no server of its own. tap the gear and switch on "nothing comes in" or "nothing leaves this phone"; lift them, and every almanac is back exactly as it was.

apostolic (armenia) is waiting in the app, and the rest of the sky comes with it.

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apostolic (armenia) · the armenian apostolic church ·

how to get it

  1. on a new install, the first page is "your starting sky": which almanacs start lit.
  2. under "faiths", tap "christian churches" to open that line.
  3. switch on "apostolic (armenia)" (its mark is ֎) and tap "· begin ·". it is lit from the start.
  4. already past the first page? apostolic (armenia) waits, whole, in the archive. on the sky, hold the "almanacs" book in the bottom-right corner to open the binder.
  5. tap "▣" in the binder's bottom-left corner to turn to the archive, and tap "apostolic (armenia)" once to choose it.
  6. tap "unlock" (the padlock) at the foot, then "▥ put back".
  7. it comes back eclipsed: tap the "almanacs" book on the sky and tap the "apostolic (armenia)" chip, or choose it in the binder and tap "● shine". you can lock it again whenever you like.

sibling almanacs

  • orthodoxpascha and the great feasts by the julian reckoning
  • copticthe coptic orthodox church of alexandria's church year

questions

When is Armenian Christmas 2027?

The Armenian Apostolic Church keeps the Holy Nativity and Theophany together on 6 January, so Armenian Christmas falls on 6 January 2027. The Patriarchate of Jerusalem keeps the old calendar and is not followed in this almanac.

Why do Armenians celebrate Christmas on 6 January?

The Armenian Church holds to the practice of the early church, which kept the birth and the baptism of the Lord as one feast of God made manifest.

When is Armenian Easter (Surb Zatik) 2027?

Surb Zatik falls on 28 March 2027. In Zenith Calendar it sits on the ring of your year in the apostolic (armenia) almanac.

When is Vardavar 2027?

Vardavar, the Transfiguration, is kept ninety-eight days after Easter, and falls on 4 July 2027.

Is there a calendar app with the Armenian Apostolic Church's feasts?

Zenith Calendar for Android comes with an almanac called apostolic (armenia): the tonatsuyts, the church's calendar of feasts, drawn on the ring of your year beside your own days. Turning it on costs nothing.

Where do the apostolic (armenia) almanac's dates come from?

They are copied from the church's published calendar, not worked out on your phone. The days kept on a fixed date or weekday repeat every year.