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    Valley Sun , CA
    Jan 5 2012


    Religious leaders visit local hospitals ahead of Armenian Christmas


    January 5, 2012 | 3:13 p.m.
    Armenian religious leaders made their rounds to local hospitals on
    Thursday to mark Christmas according the Julian calendar - Jan. 6.

    His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, and His
    Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western diocese
    of North America, toured Glendale Memorial Hospital and Glendale
    Adventist Medical Center, respectively, on Thursday, visiting patients
    and blessing traditional bread to mark the occasion.

    Many Armenian Americans celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and his
    baptism in the Jordan River according to the original Julian calendar
    instead of the standard Western or Gregorian calendar. Known simply as
    Armenian Christmas, Christians in ancient Armenia stuck to the
    original Jan. 6 date when others began celebrating Christmas on Dec.
    25, as dictated by the Romans.

    -- Jason Wells, Times Community News

    http://www.lacanadaonline.com/tn-818-0105-armenians-celebrate-christmas-throughout,0,6682885.story

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