40 days after Christmas, Armenian Apostolic Church of all Armenians celebrate “Tyarnyndaraj” (Candlemas Day) or also known among people as “Terndez”, which means “The Lord is with you”. According to Gospel, 40 days after the birth of Christ Mary and Joseph took the baby to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord and consecrate to the temple. They met an old […]
Armenian New Year
The world follows the Gregorian calendar, therefore at the stroke of midnight on the last day of the year the old year paves the way for the New Year. With the arrival of the New Year, all the old regrets are tossed out, old heartburns swept aside the whole world gets busy with new resolutions, […]
The Celebration of Christmas in Armenia
Christmas is a time when the “Box of Miracles” opens to grant everyone with love, kindness and realization of dreams. Our souls are filled with cherished feelings, strong belief and happy mood. And today, on this festive evening all Christians with their children and even small babies in their arms along with all who await the Savior hurry to the manger […]
Vardavar: Water Festival
Vardavar is one of the Armenian national-religious holidays, reborn with Christian faith, which has its deep roots in pagan era. It is celebrated on the 14th Sunday after Easter celebration during the period from 28 June to 1 October. This year we celebrate this great water festival on July 15. In the pagan era this holiday was associated […]
May 28 – The Day of Independence in Armenia
Article from TourInfo Magazine The Heroic Battles and the Victories May is a month of victories for the Armenians. The history shows that the Armenian people erected all the most important victories in May. And now continuing the tradition of spring holidays, on May 28 we celebrate the independence of the First Republic of Armenia. Armenia lost its […]
30 Well-known Museums in Yerevan
Article from TourInfo Magazine International Day of Museums The International Museum Day is a celebration that is held on May 18. On that day all the museums are open to welcome visitors and present new exhibitions and programs. The idea of this festival belongs to the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. The festival was formerly known […]
Annunciation of Holy Virgin, St. Resurrection
Mothers’ Day and Holy Easter Spring continues to fill our hearts and souls with happy festive mood. It has become a beautiful tradition to celebrate the festive month from March 8 to April 7 devoted to the holiday of women in Armenia.
Armenian New Year
Tradition of celebrating New Year as beginning of coming year on January 1 became popular among Armenians relatively not long ago. Till the beginning of our century in regions celebrating Navasard, celebrations of New Year on January 1 was limited by just congratulating each other. Among Western Armenians, Armenians of Kilikia Region, particularly among many […]
The 8th of March in Armenia – International Women’s Day
Spring by its colors and freshness fills our hearts and souls with new hopes, warmth and great expectations of life. Spring makes us feel happy also with its holidays and victories. One of the most beautiful holidays is one which is celebrated in March, the international day of women. This day is especially expected by […]
The Great Lent Purification of Body and Soul
According to the church calendar we have festive and fasting days in the year. There are 158 fasting days the part of which are lent days and the others are long lasting fasts. One of the fasts, the most popular with people, is the Great Lent. It lasts 48 days from Bun Barekendan (Fat Tuesday) to […]