he Greek Church by condemning the acts of the council of Chalcedon; and
it corresponds to Tuesday, the 9th of July of the year 552 of the
Incarnation. In their civil affairs the Armenians follow the ancient
vague year of the Egyptians; but their ecclesiastical year, which begins
on the 11th of August, is regulated in the same manner as the Julian
year, every fourth year consisting of 366 days, so that Easter and the
other festivals are retained at the same place in the seasons as well as
in the civil year. The Armenians also make use of the mundane era of
Constantinople, and sometimes conjoin both methods of computation in the
same documents. In their correspondence and transactions with Europeans,
they generally follow the era of the Incarnation, and adopt the Julian
year.

To reduce the civil dates of the Armenians to the Christian era, proceed
as follows. Since the epoch is the 9th of July, there were 176 days from
the beginning of the Armenian era to the end of the year 552 of our era;
and since 552 was a leap year, the year 553 began a Julian intercalary
period. Multiply, therefore, the number of Armenian years elapsed by
365; add the number of days from the commencement of the current year to
the given date; subtract 176 from the sum, and the remainder will be the
number of days from the 1st of January 553 to the given date. This
number of days being reduced to Julian years, add the result to 552, and
the sum gives the day in the Julian year, or old style.

In the ecclesiastical reckoning the year begins on the 11th of August.
To reduce a date expressed in this reckoning to the Julian date, add 551
years, and the days elapsed from the 1st of January to the 10th of
August, both inclusive, of the year 552--that is to say (since 552 is a
leap year), 223 days. In leap years one day must be subtracted if the
date falls between the 1st of March and 10th of August.

The following are the Armenian ecclesiastical months with their
correspondence with those of the Julian calendar:--

1. Navazardi begins 11th August.
2. Hori 10th September.
3. Sahmi 10th October.
4. Dre Thari 9th November.
5. Kagoths 9th December.
6. Aracz 8th January.
7. Maleg 7th February.
8. Arcki 9th March.
9. Angi 8th April.
10. Mariri 8th May.
11. Marcacz