Fasting, feast, and sacred calendar

What it is: The church organizes spiritual life through a liturgical calendar with fasts, feasts, and sacred memories.

How the tradition understands it: The rhythm of time is seen as a means of sanctification, remembrance of the history of salvation, and formation of community.

Basis and context: Liturgy, discipline, and local tradition sustain this calendar.

Debates and variations: Concrete practices may vary between regions and diasporas, but the ritual structure of time remains important.

Supportive

Armenian Catechisms and Liturgical Manuals

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A pastoral synthesis of doctrine and sacramental practice.

Reference: Catechisms and pastoral manuals used in Armenian tradition.
Content: The material summarizes sacraments, the calendar, morality, prayers, and ecclesial identity for the formation of the faithful.
Use in debate: It is a useful source for sacramentality and the liturgical calendar.

Liturgy of Saint Gregory the Illuminator

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A normative expression of Armenian faith and worship.

Reference: Armenian liturgy attributed to Saint Gregory the Illuminator in its traditional reception.
Content: The liturgical text organizes the community's prayer, anaphora, sacramentality, and theological language.
Use in debate: It is a decisive source for Armenian liturgy as a normative tradition.