Memorial Day in Armenia today after Feast of Assumption of Saint Mary
A Memorial Day is in Armenia today, on August 17, following the Feast of the Assumption of St. Mary celebrated on Sunday, August 16. On the following Monday of the Cardinal Feasts of the Armenian Apostolic Church, repose of souls services are offered in churches and people usually go to the cemetery to honor the memory of their departed ones.
On Sunday, August 16 the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrated the Assumption of Saint Mary – the fourth one of the five Cardinal Feasts. On the Feast of the Assumption of St. Mary, Divine Liturgies are celebrated in all the churches, and then the Ceremony of the Blessing of the Grapes is conducted, and the harvest for the entire year is blessed on that day.