What does Ghapama mean in Armenian?
Armenian stuffed pumpkin dish
Ghapama (Armenian: ղափամա) is an Armenian stuffed pumpkin dish, often prepared during the Christmas season.
What are Armenian Christmas traditions?
On Christmas Eve, January 5, Armenians light their homes and churches with candles to illuminate the end of dark days and long nights. Christmas Day is known to Armenians as Water Blessing Day to commemorate Christ’s baptism; holy water, blessed by the head priest, is shared with families in the community.
Which is the main ingredient of Ghapama an Armenian holiday dish?
A wonderful, baked pumpkin dish full of buttery, honey-sweetened rice, dried fruit, diced apples and chopped nuts.
What do Armenians eat on Christmas?
The Armenians normally fast six days before Christmas Day and abstain from meat during this time. But on Christmas, they consume rice and fish dishes, barley soups and walnuts glazed in jelly.
Why do Armenians celebrate Christmas January 6?
Armenian Christmas is a culmination of celebrations of events related to the birth and baptism of Christ. The reason for the different date is that until the fourth century, Christ’s birth was celebrated by all Christian churches celebrated Christ’s birth on January 6th.
How is Christmas different in Armenia?
The Armenian Apostolic Church still uses the old ‘Julian’ Calendar and so Christmas is celebrated on January 6th. The Christmas holiday season starts on New Year’s Eve (December 31st) and continues until the old Julian calendar’s New Year’s Eve on January 13th.
Do Armenians have Christmas trees?
It is where the Christmas tree — called in Armenian “Donadzar” (Holiday Tree) makes its appearance. New Year’s Eve in traditional Armenian culture is pretty similar to the secular version of American and Western Christmas. Armenian Christmas, on the other hand, is for most, a different kind of holiday.
Why Armenians celebrate Christmas on January 6th?
How do Armenians say Merry Christmas?
In Armenian Happy/Merry Christmas is Shnorhavor Amanor yev Surb Tznund (Շնորհավոր Ամանոր և Սուրբ Ծնունդ) (which means ‘Congratulations for the Holy Birth’).
What is Armenian Christmas called?
“Armenian Christmas,” as it is popularly called, is a culmination of celebrations of events related to Christ’s Incarnation. Theophany or Epiphany (or Astvadz-a-haytnootyoon in Armenian) means “revelation of God,” which is the central theme of the Christmas Season in the Armenian Church.