The Gandzasar daily program introduces spiritual readings according to the annual calendar of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It consists of two sections. The first section consists of the readings from the Armenian Church Lectionary for that particular day. The second section includes readings from the Church Fathers’ writings appropriate to the Bible’s message of that day. As a result of this project, we have a full annual cycle of readings according to the Church calendar.

Fast
Eph. 1:15-2:3, Lk. 8:22-25
St. John Chrysostom, A Useful Word on Faith, on the Law of Nature and on the Holy Spirit (Part I)



Sts. Acepsimas the Bishop, Joseph the Priest, Aeithalas the Deacon and Plato the Martyr
Prov. 8:12-21, Nah. 2:1-7, 1 Tim. 5:17-21, Lk. 9:23-27
St. John Chrysostom, On Prayer (Part I)



St. Stephen the Pope of Rome and the Priests, Deacons and the Faithful
Wis. 5:1-8, Am. 3:12-15, Eph. 3:1-10, Jn. 10:11-16
St. Cyril of Alexandria, From the Commentary on the Gospel according to John



Eighth Sunday after the Feast of the Holy Cross
Isa. 22:15-25, Eph. 1:1-14, Lk. 8:17-21
St. John Chrysostom, Eulogy to All Saints Who Have Suffered in the Entire World



Feast of All Saints
Wis. 3:1-8, Isa. 33:5-8, Heb. 11:32-12:2, Lk. 12:4-9
St. Gregory the Wonderworker, Discourse on All Saints



Fast
Gal. 6:1-13, Lk. 8:4-16
St. Ephrem the Syrian, On Patience



St. John Chrysostom
Isa. 49:1-6, Acts 20:25-38, Jn. 15:17-25
St. John Chrysostom, On Prayer (continued)



Fast
Gal. 5:16-26, Lk. 7:36-48
St. Ephrem the Syrian, On the Vanity of Life and on Repentance



St. Hipparchus and those martyred with him in Samosata
Prov. 12:8-13, Isa. 49:8-11, 2 Cor. 4:6-14, Lk. 10:21-24
Clement of Alexandria, Praise of Martyrdom



Sts. Anastasius the Priest, Varus, Theodota, her sons and those martyred with her
Prov. 3:1-6, Jer. 17:7-8, 2 Tim. 2:3-14, Mt. 19:27-29
St. Basil of Caesarea, On the Judgement of God (continued)



Seventh Sunday after the Holy Cross
Wis. 14:1-8, Isa. 33:22-34:1, 1 Cor. 1:18-24, Mt. 24:27-36
St. Basil of Caesarea, On the Judgement of God



Holy Teachers of the Church: Hierotheus of Athens, Dionysius the Areopagite, Sylvester of Rome, Athanasius of Alexandria, Cyril of Jerusalem, Ephrem the Syrian, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory the Theologian, Epiphanius of Cyprus, John Chrysostom and Cyril of Alexandria
Prov. 11:2-11, Isa. 31:3-7, Heb. 13:7-9, Jn. 16:33-17:8
St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Occasion of the Priestly Ordination



Fast
Gal. 5:2-15, Lk. 5:17-26
St. John Chrysostom, On Fast and Prayer



Sts. Arethas and those martyred with him; Martyrs Artemius and Christopher, the holy women Callinice and Aquilina
Wis. 3:11-17, Isa. 51:22-52:3, 1 Thess. 2:13-16, Jn. 15:11-16
St. Cyprian of Carthage, To the People of Thibaris



Fast
Gal. 4:19-5:1, Lk. 4:31-40
St. John Chrysostom, On Priesthood



Sts. Theodotius the Priest, Martyrs Macarius, Zeno, Eudoxius, Romulus
Wis. 1:11-15, Lam. 3:22-56, 1 Tim. 5:17-21, Mt. 10:26-33
St. Cyprian of Carthage, To Martyrs



Sts. Longinus the Centurion, Joseph the father of our Lord, Joseph of Arimaphea, Lazarus and his sisters Martha and Mary
Prov. 15:27-32, Joel 2:12-13, 1 Tim. 1:12-17, Mt. 27:50-61
St. Irenaeus, The true Lord and only God is proclaimed by the Law and is revealed through Christ His Son in the Gospel (continued)



Sixth Sunday after the Holy Cross
Isa. 20:2-21:6, Gal. 4:3-18, Lk. 4:14-23
St. Irenaeus, The true Lord and only God is proclaimed by the Law and is revealed through Christ His Son in the Gospel



Holy Evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
Wis. 9:13-10:2, Ezek. 1:3-11, Zech. 6:1-8, Eph. 4:7-13, Lk. 6:13-19
Clement of Alexandria, Whose tradition is older — of the Church or of the heretics?



Fast
Gal. 2:20-3:12, Mk. 13:24-37
St. Irenaeus, On Antichrist's Name Number, His Kingdom and End



St. Dionysius the Areopagite and Holy Apostles Timothy and Titus
Isa. 33:2-6, Acts. 17:16-34, 2 Thess. 1:1-12, Lk.10:1-7
St. Dionysius the Areopagite, On Divine Names



Fast
Gal. 2:11-20, Mk. 13:14-23
St. Cyprian of Carthage, Book on Vanity of Idols



Holy Apostles Ananias, Matathias, Barnabas, Philip, John, Silas, and Siluanus
Zech. 8:1-3, Acts 9:1-22, Lk. 9:1-6
St. John Chrysostom, On Prayer (continued)



Discovery of the relics of St. Gregory the Catholicos of Aluank, and commemoration of the holy fathers Anton, Kronides, Tatul, Varos, Thumas and seven herbivorous hermits who were martyred in the Monastery of St. John the Baptist
Jer. 33:14-22, Isa. 18:7, Heb. 10:32-36, Lk. 10:21-24
St. Cyprian of Carthage, To Donatus, on the Grace of God (Part II)

