The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Christmas on January 6th as a major Christian religious holiday, together with the Epiphany (baptism) and attend church services in their neighborhoods. Part of the ritual is the “Blessing of Water, when water is blessed with the holy chrism symbolic of Christ’s baptism.
May be it will seem strange for people who celebrate it on 25 December, but it’s in this wayJ.
In the evening on 5 January we
bring light from the church to our
houses through the candles, cover the table with special foods.
