Week-long fast begins on eve of Assumption of Holy Mother of God

A week-long fast begins in Armenia on the eve of the Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God. It lasts from Monday to Friday.

The Assumption of St. Mary, the Holy Mother of God, is the fourth of the five major feasts of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the oldest of the seven feasts dedicated to the Mother of God.

This year, it is celebrated on August 18.