23 Amordad · Ameretat 1390

Events on this day

• Assumption of the Holy Mother of God (Blessing of the Grapes) · Verapokhum Surb Astvatsatsni

  Armenian · Cultural

  The fourth of the Armenian Church's five great feasts, on the Sunday nearest 15 August, with the blessing of the first grapes.

• Ullambana (Ghost Festival) · Yulanpen

  Buddhist · Cultural

  Offerings for the dead on the 15th of the 7th Chinese lunar month, from the story of the Buddha's disciple Maudgalyayana (Mulian), who saved his mother from among the hungry ghosts.

Other events

• Dormition Fast · Day 1
• Dormition Fast (new calendar) · Day 14
• Rogation of Mary (Fast of Mary) · Baouta d-Mart Maryam · Day 14
• Muktad (Parsi Farvardigan) · Muktad · Day 6

Facts

• Day 147 of 1390
• 218 days left
• Zodiac sign: Leo · Asad