Armenia's festival list is providing on the below list. To celebrate the religious festivals they usually follow the Julian calendar. As we know the dates are pre-dates in Julian's calendar than the Gregorian calendar. So the dates of many festivals vary from other countries to Armenia. They are the first nation who adopt Christian as a state religion. They are mainly Orthodox Christians. According to their calendar here we have listed all the festivals, holidays, and observance.
List of Festivals in Armenia
Holiday Name | Date | Type | Day Remains |
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New Year's Day | Jan 01 | Holiday | 0 minutes |
World Braille Day | Jan 04 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Christmas Eve | Jan 05 | Holiday | 0 minutes |
Armenian Christmas Eve | Jan 05 | Holiday | 0 minutes |
Christmas Day | Jan 06 | Holiday | 0 minutes |
Armenian Christmas Day | Jan 06 | Holiday | 0 minutes |
Epiphany | Jan 06 | Holiday | 0 minutes |
International Programmers' Day | Jan 07 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Christmas Remembrance Day | Jan 07 | Holiday | 0 minutes |
World Religion Day | Jan 17 | Observance | 0 minutes |
International Customs Day | Jan 26 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Tu Bishvat/Tu B'Shevat | Jan 28 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Army Day | Jan 28 | Holiday | 0 minutes |
World Leprosy Day | Jan 31 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World Wetlands Day | Feb 02 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World Day of the Sick | Feb 11 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Valentine's Day | Feb 14 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Self-Injury Awareness Day | Mar 01 | Observance | 0 minutes |
International Women's Day | Mar 08 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World Kidney Day | Mar 11 | Observance | 0 minutes |
March Equinox/ Vernal Equinox Day | Mar 20 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Earth Hour | Mar 27 | Observance | 0 minutes |
April Fool's Day | Apr 01 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Mother's Day | Apr 07 | Observance | 0 minutes |
International Day for Monuments and Sites | Apr 18 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Genocide Remembrance Day | Apr 24 | Holiday | 0 minutes |
Labour Day | May 01 | Observance | 0 minutes |
International Workers' Day/May Day | May 01 | Holiday | 0 minutes |
World Ovarian Cancer Day | May 08 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Mother's Day | May 09 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Victory and Peace Day | May 09 | Holiday | 0 minutes |
International Nurses Day | May 12 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World Autoimmune day | May 20 | Observance | 0 minutes |
African Liberation Day | May 25 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Republic Day of Armenia | May 28 | Holiday | 0 minutes |
International Parents' Day | Jun 01 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Father's Day | Jun 20 | Observance | 0 minutes |
International Friendship Day | Jul 30 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Friday the 13th | Aug 13 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Ashura/10th of Muharram | Aug 19 | Observance | 0 minutes |
International Overdose Awareness Day | Aug 31 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World Sexual Health Day | Sep 04 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Still's Disease Awareness Day | Sep 17 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Armenian Independence Day | Sep 21 | Holiday | 0 minutes |
International Celebrate Bisexuality Day | Sep 23 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World Heart Day | Sep 29 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World Vegetarian Day | Oct 01 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World Teacher's Day | Oct 05 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World Cerebral Palsy Day | Oct 06 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World Sight Day | Oct 14 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World Stroke Day | Oct 29 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Halloween | Oct 31 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World Vegan Day | Nov 01 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World Pneumonia Day | Nov 12 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World Prematurity Day | Nov 17 | Observance | 0 minutes |
International Men's Day | Nov 19 | Observance | 0 minutes |
World AIDS Day | Dec 01 | Observance | 0 minutes |
Holiday Notes
- International Programmers' Day usually held on 7th January or 12th or 13th September every year.
- World Religion Day celebrates on the third Sunday of January.
- Tu Bishvat/Tu B'Shevat is celebrated by the Jewish occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat
- World Leprosy Day celebrates on the last Sunday of January.
- World Kidney Day celebrates on the second Thursday of March.
- March Equinox is the day when the duration of night & day are nearly equal.
- Earth Hour usually celebrates on the last Saturday of March.
- Mother's Day is observed on the first Wednesday of April.
- Mother's Day mainly occurs on the second Sunday of the month of May.
- Mainly Father's Day celebrates on the third Sunday of June. On this sequence this year it is on 20th June.
- International Friendship Day worldwide celebrates on July 30. In many countries, people celebrate on the first Sunday of August.
- World Sight Day celebrates on the second Thursday of the month of October.
- Halloween celebrates on the day after All Saints.