Armenian Christmas

[HyeJinx1984]

call me crazy, but Epiphany sounds like an English word. What do they call the holiday in Armenia?

[IAmMadAtAC]

As well as because the Pagan celebration for the Sun god (I think that's the one) was on December 25th. In order to wean people off pagan holidays they decided December 25th would be celebrated as Christmas instead.

Yes that is the same holiday I was speaking of. It was in honor of the god Saturn.

And HyeJinx, they call Jan. 6 Tznoont, Christmas.

[Emil]

We call it giroshnek, sound it out, I don't know how to spell it correctly.

[IAmMadAtAC]

We call it giroshnek, sound it out, I don't know how to spell it correctly.

Are you sure? Perhaps in certaint Armenian groups, but I have never heard "giroshnek" and have always called it Dznoont.

[Emil]

Are you sure? Perhaps in certaint Armenian groups, but I have never heard "giroshnek" and have always called it Dznoont.

Yep, always called it giroshnek. I'll ask my mother later why we call it that.

[xBaron Dants]

Surp Dznunt is what it's called.

[HyeJinx1984]

Surp Dznunt is what it's called.

But that's what we said on the 25th This is so confusing...