Remembrance Day of the Dead in Armenia
Remembrance Day of the Dead in Armenia is held on January 7. This event in the first decade of the month January is annual. 
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This day the priests serve special Divine Liturgy that is followed by the memorial service in memory of those who have passed away. Everyone visits the graves of their relatives and friends after the end of the memorial service.
7 January is Merelots, the Remembrance Day of the Dead that is observed in the Armenian Apostolic Church. This holiday is observed five times as far as it follows five major religious holidays. As reports “Armenpress”, it follows all the major feast days, as well as Christmas, which is celebrated by the Armenian Apostolic Church on January 6.
The first Merelots is on January 7 right after Christmas and Epihany that is on January 6. The next Remembrance Days of the Dead follow Easter, Feast of the Transfiguration, Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary and the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
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