THE CHURCH YEAR y” EA S da on Da rrecti hu (T y CE eve alm S P S d ay st Fea Suiadzi ond m c h e c S y Et ay u nd ol H d f ir S o Th ay Sund Forth day Fifth Sun rekendan Sixth Sunday - Ba tion of fast of Transfigura TRANSFIGUR ATION OF F O y da y D* O da G un da y ptio n ss First Sunday - Barekendan Varak of the Fast of Holy Cross of ER TH O tS un Su n R O S S s Fir dS Second Sunday Holy Cross of Va rak M C ro LY n co ay Fourt h Sun da y Third Sunda y HO Se C m ssu rA da n E da TH th Si x Su y Dis th Su nd n co v d ay a ery y of T Fifth h e Su n Hol y d F After E x a l t a tion of Se ve n O T o f en Fa th st Su Ni of n d nt Ad ay h S Eig un ven- Ba hth da t rek y Sun en N d r n Thi n da eke ion Bar altat a y - f Ex und st o th S of Fa For O L Y m d p t an io n Af t e r Tra n IO PT H * sfig ur a t ion un d a y Sec ond Su n da y Thi rd S Si u Fo nda xt h rth y S Su of und F nd ifth Fa ay ay st Su of Ba nd As re ay su ken M X A L T A T I O N O F T H E CHRIST First S SU E AS T he H ol re Befo a t sim dven ge A a f u O inq ny or u ha fQ O eop Th S d A un N T i r st S y E F P nda n on ec *THEOPHANY - January 6 eophany Eve of Th day th Sun n e v e S y n da h Su t x i S ay u n d ay S h Fift u nd hS t r ay y u nd Fo u da d S Su n r i y d Th on da c n u Se tS ri s F ST CO AY t ntacos nd S un d ay First Sund a y Sunda y in Oc tave of Theop hany d rs S )A y a D UN r Pe Afte r of T Octa v heo ph e an y Y y DA n d a a y N u d S n IO h u NS nt S Afte nd a Se c on Ne d Su Ap pa Th w Sunnday da y Gr ird rit io Fo een SSund n urt ay u of n th Fi Redh Su day e fth S nd u a H Si oly Sun nday y xt d C h Su ros ay s n n Su Sec o Qu i Aft nqu er a Ea ge st sim er te Af e yo F of ifth fC Fa Su at st n d a Fo o a urt f Cay - B chu h S tac are m un hum gen en Thi da e n da s rd S y s n u “R e s u U N D A Y The Great Holy Week Eve of Easte r S Of a dl or d u nday f Our L Sixth nSd Coming o Seco ay Sund e Fifth st Judg y da Unju n Sun rd de an rth ewa E Fou ust St day of end n k n Unj y) Su on y rde are a a B ird lS da Th diga und m G at rs Pro nd Sn fro Greing hu co io (T y - iv z Se puls ndaod L nt Ex Su o na st o f G rta Fir ay y D Va da id M da A L M y P t Len Of Su n TER * of The Armenian Apostolic Church y C ro ss * The Church year goes from Theophany to the Eve of Theophany. This calendar shows all possible Sundays in a Church year. * the Five Major Feast Days of the Church This cycle should be used in conjunction with the section entitiled “Calendar and Lections of Jashou for Sundays and Feast Days” of the Divine Liturgy as translated by Archbishop Tiran Nersoyan Originally prepared by: Sirvart Mezian March 1956