Mount Ararat with the historic Khor Virap monastery visible at center-left

Mythology

Trndez, observed on February 13–14—forty days after Christmas—combines pre-Christian fire veneration with the Armenian Apostolic Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Celebrants jump over bonfires for purification and fertility; the custom is practiced in Armenia and diaspora communities in France, Lebanon, and the United States.

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Armenia

Trndez, observed on February 13–14—forty days after Christmas—combines pre-Christian fire veneration with the Armenian Apostolic Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Celebrants jump over bonfires for purification and fertility; the custom is practiced in Armenia and diaspora communities in France, Lebanon, and the United States. 

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