Introduction xi
The Yaysmawurkʿ of the Armenian Church xi
The Versions xvii
A Note on the Calendar xix
A Note on the Translation xxi
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January 1 3
Basil of Caesarea
January 2 25
Sylvester—Constantine—Grigor the Persian
January 3 37
Gordios—Malachi—Stepʿannos the teacher
January 4 45
Zosimos and Athanasius—The seventy-two disciples—Vardan
the Neomartyr
January 5 53
Vigil of the Epiphany and the Baptism of Christ
January 6 67
Feast of the Epiphany and the Baptism of Christ—Feast of the
Nativity and the Baptism—The miracle of the Holy Cross
January 7 77
Feast of the Epiphany—John the Baptist—Stephen the Protomartyr
January 8 91
Feast of the Nativity and the Epiphany—Children of Bethlehem—
First miracle of Christ at Cana—Theophilos the deacon and Helladios
January 9 99
Feast of the Epiphany and martyrdom of Polyeuctes—Feast of the
Nativity and the Epiphany
January 10 105
Gregory of Nyssa—Feast of the Nativity and the Epiphany—
Mar Behnam and his sister Sarah—Conversion of Paul
January 11 111
Feast of the Epiphany—Peter of Alexandria and Absalom the deacon—
Theodosius the anchorite—Feast of the Nativity and the Epiphany
January 12 119
Feast of the Epiphany—Meortios—Tatiana
January 13 123
Feast of the Circumcision of Christ—Martyrdoms of Hermylos and
Stratonikos—Jacob of Nisibis
January 14 135
Monks of Mount Sinai and Mount Raïthou—Basil of Ancyra—
Philictemon and Stephen
January 15 139
John the voluntary poor man—Theogenes of Pareia—Emperor
Gordian and his family—Cosmas
January 16 147
Eugenia—The Venerable Chains of the Apostle Peter
January 17 153
Antony the first hermit—Feast of the Patriarchs
January 18 165
Athanasius and Cyril
January 19 169
Theodosius the Great—Euphrasia—Theopompos and Theonas—
Monks of Egypt—Germanicus
January 20 175
Basos, Eusebius, Eutychius, Basil, and others—Euthymius
January 21 179
Apostle Timothy
January 22 181
Sahak and Hovsēpʿ of Karin—Anastasius the Persian—Pansophos—
Queen Zabel
January 23 189
Clement of Ancyra and Agathangelos—Andronicus and Athanasia—
Corterius—Tʿoros
January 24 205
Paul, Pauserius, and Theodotion—Danachtos
January 25 209
Gregory the Theologian
January 26 217
Xenophon and family—Spensippos, Elasippos, Melasippos, and
Neonilla—Earthquake in Constantinople
January 27 223
Return of the venerable body of John Chrysostom
January 28 229
Ephrem the Syrian—Martyrs of Trebizond
January 29 237
Neophytos—Return of the relics of Ignatius of Antioch—Vanakan
Vardapet—Martyrdom of Papius, Maurice, Valerius, Sapinia, and Suber
January 30 245
Theophilos the Neomartyr—Theodoula—Hippolytus
January 31 249
Sarkis and Martyrios—Kyriakos and John—Anania and his eight
companions
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Bibliography 259
Index of Scripture Citations 263
Index of Names 265