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of The Armenian Apostolic Church
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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