{"id":2342,"date":"2016-09-15T18:49:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T14:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barevarmenia.com\/travelblog\/?p=2342"},"modified":"2016-09-15T18:54:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T14:54:25","slug":"terndez-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barevarmenia.com\/travelblog\/terndez-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of Terndez Candlemas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"trndez\"<\/a>40 days after Christmas, Armenian Apostolic Church of all Armenians\u00a0celebrate \u201cTyarnyndaraj\u201d (Candlemas Day) or also\u00a0known among people as \u201cTerndez\u201d, which means\u00a0\u201cThe Lord is with you\u201d.
\nAccording to Gospel, 40 days after the birth of\u00a0Christ Mary and Joseph took the baby to Jerusalem\u00a0to present him to the Lord and consecrate to the\u00a0temple. They met an old man named Simon who\u00a0had asked God to give him such a long life to see\u00a0the son of God. Hence, the holiday was created and\u00a0named \u201cTyarnyndaraj\u201d, which means \u201cTo come to
\nmeet the Lord, the Christ\u201d.
\nThe celebrations of the holiday begin on 13th of\u00a0February in the evening as per the church calendar\u00a0the new day starts after the evening divine service\u00a0when the fields and gardens are blessed. Accordingly, a festive bonfire is made in every churchyard\u00a0for the newly married couples of the very year to\u00a0jump over it. Then they take a candle light from
\nthe church and by that light make bonfires in their\u00a0own yard as during the consecration of Christ to\u00a0the temple people came to meet him with lamps\u00a0and torches.
\nThe other day on 14th of February after the morning liturgy the ceremony of the blessing of newly\u00a0married couples takes place in all churches to rein\u00a0force their love and loyalty alliances. Traditionally\u00a0on the day of \u201cTerndez\u201d it is accepted to prepare\u00a0some presents for the newlyweds when visiting them in their homes. Family members dance
\naround the fire 3 or 7 times and jump over it. These\u00a0numbers are believed to be symbols of fertility, and\u00a0the fire represents light and purity, here the fire was\u00a0also used for telling the future: if the flames faced\u00a0south – east, the year would be plentiful and rich\u00a0and the opposite, if they faced north – west.<\/p>\n

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