Dominical feasts are divided into the following three groups.

1) Feasts of Christ

Theophany
Nativity (Christmas) and Baptism, January 6
Naming of our Lord (8th Day of Nativity), January 13
Presentation of the Lord to the Temple (40th Day), February 14

Resurrection (Easter): April 16
Celebrations related to the resurrection of Christ include:

• Remembrance of Christ’s Raising Lazarus—April 8
  
• Palm Sunday and Holy Week—April 9-15
  
• The 40-day period from Easter to Ascension—May 25
  
• Pentecost (7 Sundays after Easter)—June 4

Transfiguration: July 23

2) Feasts of the Holy Mother of God (“Sourp Asdvadzadzin,” “Theotokos”)

Annunciation – April 7 (fixed)
Discovery of the Box (Fifth Sunday after Pentecost) – July 9
Assumption (observed on the Sunday closest to August 15) – August 13
Discovery of the Belt (Second Sunday after the Assumption) – August 27
Birth of the Holy Virgin Mary – September 8 (fixed)
Presentation to the Temple – November 21 (fixed)
Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary by Anna – December 9 (fixed)

3) Feasts of the Holy Cross & Feasts of the Holy Church

A. Feasts of the Holy Cross
Apparition of the Holy Cross (Fourth Sunday of Easter) – April 14
Exaltation of the Holy Cross (observed on the Sunday closest to September 14) – September 17
Holy Cross of Varak (Third Sunday of the Exaltation) – October 1
Discovery of the Cross (Seventh Sunday of the Exaltation) – October 29

B. Feasts of the Holy Church
New Sunday (Second Sunday of Easter) – April 23
Green Sunday (Third Sunday of Easter) – April 30
Red Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Easter) – May 7
Holy Echmiadzin (Second Sunday after Pentecost) – June 18
Commemoration of the Old Ark of the Covenant and the Feast of the New One - the Holy Church (Saturday preceding Transfiguration, “Vartavar”) – July 22
Shoghagat - Feast of Echmiadzin (the Saturday preceding Assumption) – August 12

C. Fixed feast days in the Armenian Church Calendar:
Nativity (Christmas) and Theophany – January 6
Presentation of the Lord to the Temple – February 14
Annunciation – April 7
The Birth of St. Mary the Theotokos – September 8
Presentation of the Holy Mother of God – November 21
Conception of the Virgin Mary – December 9