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    ALL SOULS' DAY IN ARMENIA

    news.am
    Aug 1, 2011
    Armenia

    YEREVAN. - In Armenia August 1 is marked as All Souls' Day, which
    follows the holiday of Transfiguration (Vardavar). Monday is declared
    a day off in the country.

    Transfiguration of Jesus Christ is celebrated 98 days after Easter,
    in period from June 28 to August 1.

    All Souls' Day (Merelots) follows each of the five major feasts of
    Armenian Apostolic Church -Christmas and Epiphany, Holy Resurrection,
    Transfiguration of Jesus Christ (Vardavar), Assumption of the Blessed
    Virgin Mary, and Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

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