Saint Sargis Feast is celebrated on January 29. Armenian Patriarch Karekin II declared the feast as Youth Blessing Day.

A procession will walk from Avlabari Saint Etchmiadzin Church to Saint Sargis Cathedral from 3 pm on January 29. The ritual of youth blessing and distribution of salty biscuits will take place.

St. Sargis (Surb Sargis) is the Armenian Patron of Youth and Love. On the night preceding his feast day, faithful people place a tray full of flour or porridge in front of their door, believing that while passing by their door at dawn, Sargis will leave the footprint of his horse in the flour as a symbol of their dreams come true.

On the eve of the feast, young people eat salty biscuits but stay thirsty. According to the belief, future bride or bridegroom would appear in their dreams, bringing them water. These salty biscuits are named St Sargis Aghablit.

Armenian communities eat Saint Sargis Halva, a sweet pastry stuffed with fruit and nuts on the feast day to symbolize the saint’s blessings.