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

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The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Christmas on January 6, combining the Nativity and Epiphany into a single feast called Theophany. This date reflects a liturgical tradition that predates the fourth-century adoption of December 25 in the Roman church; the Armenian church retained January 6 as a deliberate calendrical and theological choice.

The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Christmas on January 6, combining the Nativity and Epiphany into a single feast called Theophany. This date reflects a liturgical tradition that predates the fourth-century adoption of December 25 in the Roman church; the Armenian church retained January 6 as a deliberate calendrical and theological choice.

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