Nativity of the Holy Mother of God · Surb Astvatsatsni Tsnunde

Culture of origin: Christian · Cultural

Holiday sources: Armenian · Eastern Orthodox (new calendar)

On 8 September the Armenian Church keeps the birth of Mary, daughter of Joachim and Anna, one of its feasts kept on a fixed date. The Catholic Church keeps the same feast on the same day. The Orthodox churches on the new calendar keep it on the same day, the first of their Twelve Great Feasts; those on the old calendar keep it on 21 September.