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Saints Days<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Saints are inspirational examples for our lives:<\/span><\/p>\n

Why were the saints, saints?\nBecause they were cheerful when it was difficult to be cheerful,\nPatient when it was difficult to be patient;\nAnd because the pushed on when they wanted to stand still\nAnd kept silent when they wanted to talk;\nThat was all. It was quite simple and always will be.\n<\/i><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Author Unknown.<\/span><\/p>\n

(quoted from Saints for Children: from the Tradition of the Armenian Church, by Louise Kalemkerian and Barbara Hovsepian, Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, New York, 1983).<\/p>\n \n

The Armenian Church celebrates over 100 saints' days each year. Saints' days are observed on weekdays: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Sundays are dominical days and are dedicated to the Resurrection. Wednesdays and Fridays are fasting days. Eighty-nine saints are derived from the Bible and are known as Biblical Saints. The rest are from the first five centuries of Christianity. They represent the Apostolic Fathers of the second century and the church Fathers of the three ecumenical councils to the end of the fifth century. The Armenian Church added more saints through the fifth and fourteenth centuries, mainly from Fathers of the Armenian Church.<\/p>\n

Some of the main Saints Days of the Armenian Church are:<\/p>\nSt. Stephen<\/span>\nSts. Thaddeus and Bartholomew<\/span>\nSt. Sandukht<\/span>\nSt. Abgar <\/span>\nSt. Sargis<\/span>\nSt. Hripsim\u0117<\/span>\nSt. Gayan\u0117 <\/span>\nSts. Nun\u0117 and Man\u0117 <\/span>\nSt. Gregory the Illuminator <\/span>\nSts. Sahak and Mesrop<\/span>\nHoly Translators <\/span>\nSts. Vardan and Ghevond <\/span>\nSt. Nersess the Great <\/span>\nSt. John of Odzun <\/span>\nSt. Nersess Shnorhali <\/span>\nSt. Gregory of Narek <\/span>\nSt. Gregory of Tatev <\/span>\n

The saints of the Armenian Church by century:<\/p>\n

1st Century<\/b>\nSandoukht\nPatriarch Adde\nKing Abgar<\/p>\n

2nd Century <\/b>\nOskian Priests\nSoukiasiants<\/p>\n

3rd Century<\/b>\nGregory the Illuminator\nHripsim\u0117<\/span> and Gayan\u0117\n<\/span>Nun\u0117<\/span> and Man\u0117\n<\/span>Patriarch Aristakes\nPatriarch Vrtanes\nGrigoris Bishop of the Caucasian Albanians\nTaniel Bishop of the Syrians\nNersess the Great\nKing Trdat\nQueen Ashkhen\nKhosrovidukht, Sister of King Trdat\nThe Anchorites Anton and Kronides\nStephen Ulnetsi and his companions<\/p>\n

5th Century<\/b>\nMesrop Mashtots\nPatriarch Sahak Partev\nHovsep Catholicos\nBishop Sahak Bishop\nTatik\nGhevond the Elder\nMushe the Elder\nArshen the Elder\nSamuel the Priest\nAbraham the Priest\nKhoren the Priest\nKajaj the Deacon\nAbraham the Deacon\nEghishe Vardapet\nMovses Khorenatsi\nDavid the Invincible\nSts. Vartanants\nThe Anchorites Tatul, Varos and Tomas\nShushanik General Atom\nGeneral Manachirh<\/p>\n

6th Century<\/b>\nGrigoris Razhik, Astvatsatur\nMakhozh<\/p>\n

7th Century <\/b>\nThe Seven Ascetics<\/p>\n

8th Century <\/b>\nDavid of Dvin\nVahan of Goghtn\nPrince Sahak and Hamazasp Artstruni\nHovhan of Odzun<\/p>\n

9th Century<\/b>\nSahak and Hovsep Karnetsi<\/p>\n

10th Century<\/b>\nGregory of Narek<\/p>\n

11th Century<\/b>\nNerses Shnorhali\nGoharinian Martyrs<\/p>\n

13th Century<\/b>\nHovhan of Orotn<\/p>\n

15th Century<\/b>\nGregory of Tatev<\/p>\n \n

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Saints Days Back Saints are inspirational examples for our lives: Why were the saints, saints? Because they were cheerful when it was difficult to be cheerful, Patient when it was difficult to be patient; And because the pushed on when they wanted to stand still And kept silent when they wanted to talk; That was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-no-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-88","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arak29.org\/sharakan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arak29.org\/sharakan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arak29.org\/sharakan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arak29.org\/sharakan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arak29.org\/sharakan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/arak29.org\/sharakan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232,"href":"https:\/\/arak29.org\/sharakan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions\/232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arak29.org\/sharakan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}