LONGER HOLIDAY SEASON ARMENIANS MARK TRADITIONAL DATE OF CHRIST'S BIRTH.Byline: Nicholas Grudin Staff Writer GLENDALE - Although Christmas trees are already on curbs and the holiday shopping frenzy has waned, Christmas for many Armenian residents in Glendale is still a week away. The Armenian Apostolic celebration of Christmas - Dznoont - is not observed until Jan. 6, allowing them to leisurely complete their gift-getting and spend an extra week enjoying their holiday decor. ``Shopping for us is great - you hit all the sales and everything is 50 percent off. You also get to keep Christmas decorations for another week,'' said Helena Gregorian as she strolled through Old Town Pasadena Built on the foundation of one of the oldest, most beautiful and most prosperous cities in California, Old Pasadena arose from the ashes of a decaying bowery that had a well deserved patina of homeless and hippie. on Thursday looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. post-Christmas deals. In the Armenian tradition, Christmas gifts are exchanged on New Year's Eve and the birth of Christ is celebrated in church on Jan. 6, coinciding with the anniversary of Christ's actual birth, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ardashes Kassakhian, executive director of the Western Regional Armenian National Committee in Glendale. ``All of the churches used to celebrate Christmas on Jan. 6, but in 460 A.D. it was changed by the pope to Dec. 25,'' said Rev. Father Hrant Yeretsian of Montebello's Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Church The Armenian Apostolic Church (Armenian: Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցի, Hay Arakelagan Yegeghetzi), sometimes called the Armenian Orthodox Church or the . ``We follow according to the tradition of our first church.'' What all this means for Armenian Americans This is a list of prominent Armenian-Americans. Armenian-Americans are people who are born, raised or live in the United States who are of Armenian origin. There has been sporadic emigration from Armenia to the US since the late 19th century, with the biggest influx today is one extra week of holiday cheer, said Gregorian, who came to California from Armenia as a toddler in 1975. ``Ever since I was a child growing up here, I have never gone without celebrating American Christmas and then celebrating on New Year's Eve with family and then on Jan. 6 with traditional Armenian foods,'' Gregorian said. About 80 percent of Glendale and Burbank's more than 75,000 Armenians will celebrate the Jan. 6 orthodox holiday, according to Garen Yeghbarian, a member of Burbank's Armenian National Committee. St. Mary's Apostolic Church the Christian church; - so called on account of its apostolic foundation, doctrine, and order. The churches of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem were called apostolic churches. See under Apostolic. See also: Apostolic Church in Glendale will host more than 2,000 worshippers Jan. 6, and Holy Cross expects more than 1,000 visitors, Yeretsian said. There are more than 20 Armenian Apostolic Churches in the Los Angeles area. ``It's one of those days when Glendale P.D. will have to be out at St. Mary's church St. Mary's Church, or St. Mary the Virgin's Church, or other variations on the name, may refer to: Azerbaijan
Many Armenian Americans also celebrate Dec. 25 Christmas as well, according to Gregorian. ``I want to respect and celebrate the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. of this country, but we have to keep our own cultural festivities so that we don't forget,'' Gregorian said. ``My parents have always been very adamant about that.'' Christmas trees will be on sale in Glendale through Jan. 6. |
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