24 Amordad · Ameretat 1406
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.
- Commemoration of St Mary (Assyrian) · Doukhrana d-Mart Maryam
Assyrian · Cultural
The Assyrian Church of the East's commemoration of the Virgin Mary on 15 August, which closes the 15-day Rogation of Mary.
- Parsi New Year (Navroz, Shahenshahi) · Navroz
Zoroastrian · Cultural
The New Year of the Parsis of India on the Shahenshahi calendar, which has no leap day, so it has drifted from the spring equinox to mid-August and comes a day earlier every four years.
Other events
Facts
- Day 148 of 1406
- 217 days left
- Zodiac sign: Leo · Asad