Trndez

Trndez

Trndez (also "Tyarndarach" and "Candlemas Day") is a feast of purification in the Armenian Apostolic Church and Armenian Catholic Churches, celebrated 40 days after Jesus's birth. [Marshall, Bonnie C.: Tashjian, Virginia A,m "The Flower of Paradise and Other Armenian Tales" Libraries Unlimited 2007 page xxii] The two churches celebrate this on different days, the 14th (with celebrations on the eve of the 14th) and the 2nd of February . [http://www.cnewa.org/mag-article-bodypg-us.aspx?articleID=3206] The celebration of the Trndez is pagan in origin and is originally connected with sun/fire worship in ancient pre-Christian Armenia, symbolizing the coming of spring and fertility.

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* Chaharshanbe Suri

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