24 Amordad · Ameretat 1395

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.

• Tisha B'Av

  Jewish · Cultural

  The fast for the destruction of the Temples. Begins at sunset the evening before.

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 8

Facts

• Day 148 of 1395
• 218 days left
• Zodiac sign: Leo · Asad