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Public Holidays and Memory Days

In Armenia there are many traditional customs preserved till the present time: for example,blessing of the first harvest in August or sacrificial offering of labs during some dominical feasts.One of the traditional Armenian holidays is Vardanank (St. Vardants Day). It is celebrated onFebruary, 15 in the memory of Vardan Mamikonian who headed the Armenian army in the battlewith the Persian army on the Avarayr Field. In this war Persians were planning to makeArmenians adopt paganism by force. However, after the victory with numerous losses, theyrefused their intention. Armenians defended their religion with weapons in their arms andpreserved Christianity.

Nowadays the following public holidays and memory days are officially celebrated in theRepublic of Armenia:

January, 1-2 – New Year
January, 6 - Christmas (Nativity of Jesus Christ)
February, 23 - Army Day
March, 8 - Women’s Day
April, 7 - Motherhood and Beauty Day
April, 24 - Genocide Memorial Day
May, 1- Labor Day
May, 9 - Victory and Peace Day
May, 28 - First Republic Day
June, 1 – Children’s Day
July, 5 - Constitution Day
September, 21 - Independence Day
December, 7 - Earthquake Memorial Day
December, 31 – New Year’s Eve

Dominical feasts

January, 6 - Epiphany (Nativity of Jesus Christ)
April, 11 - Easter
May, 30 - Pentecost
July, 18 - Transfiguration of Jesus Christ
August, 15 - Assumption of Saint Mary
September, 12 - Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Public Holidays and Memory Days

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