ARMENIANS OF JERUSALEM PLANNING REUNION IN HOLY LAND TO CELEBRATE EASTER CEREMMONIES BY ANCIENT CALENDAR
Noyan Tapan
March 26, 2008
Armenians in the diaspora, who originally came from Jerusalem,
are planning a reunion in the city of their birth over the course
of this year and the next, seeking to relive for a brief spell,
their youth in the hallowed confines of the sacred Old City. They
will be travelling mainly from North America and Australia, in time
to attend the Armenian Easter ceremonies (by an ancient calendar)
in the Holy Land which will be held towards the end of April.
It should be mentioned that the Armenian church in Jerusalem follows
an ancient calendar, the "hin domar," which postdates Christmas and
Easter several weeks after Western churches.