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2012
Note: 1. * Holy days usually begin at sundown the day before this date. 
       2. ** Local or regional customs may use a variation of this date.
Bold titles are primary holy days of a tradition.
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AUGUST 2012

• 1
  • Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
  • Lammas - Christian
• 2
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
  • Lugnassad - Imbolc * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 10
  • Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 14
  • Lailat al Kadr * ** - Islam
• 15
  • Assumption of Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 19-21
  • Eid al Fitr * ** - Islam

JULY 2012

• 3
  • Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
• 4
  • Lailat at Bara'ah * ** - Islam
• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 13-16
  • Obon  ** - Buddhist - Shinto
• 15
  • Saint Vladimir Day - Christian
• 20
  • Ramadan Begins * ** - Islam
• 23
  • Emperor Haile Selassi I birthday - Rastafari
• 24
  • Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
• 25
  • Saint James the Great Day - Christian

Definitions

JUNE 2012

• 3
  • Trinity Sunday - Christian
• 7
  • Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
• 3
  • Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
• 9
  • Saint Columba of Iona - Christian
• 10
  • All Saints - Orthodox Christian
• 16
  • Lailat al Miraj * ** - Islam
  • Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
• 15
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 19
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 20 Solstice
  • Litha * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Yule * - Wicca/Pagan  southern hemisphere
• 29
  • Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

MAY 2012

• 1
• Beltane - Samhain - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 2
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 3
  • National Day of Prayer - Interfaith USA
• 6
  • Visakha Puja - Buddha Day ** - Buddhist
• 10
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 17
  • Ascension Day - Christian
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 24
  • All Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 27
  • Pentecost - Christian
• 27-28
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

APRIL 2012

• 1
  • Palm Sunday - Christian
  • Ramanavami - Hindu
• 5
  • Maundy Thursday - Christian
  • Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christians
• 6-9
  • Theravadin New Year ** - Buddhist
• 6
  • Good Friday - Christian
  • Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu
  • Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
• 7-14  
  • Pesach (Passover)   * - Judaism
• 7
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Easter - Christian
  • Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 13
  • Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • Baisakhi New Year - Sikh
• 15
  • Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
• 19
  • Yom HaShoah * - Judaism
• 21
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 23
  • St. George Day - Christian
• 27
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 30
  • Saint James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

MARCH 2012

• 1
  • Saint David of Wales - Christian
• 2 - 20
  • Nineteen Day Fast * - Baha'i
• 4
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Purim * - Judaism
  • Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
  • Holi ** - Hindu
• 9
  • Hola Mohalla - Sikh
• 13
  • L Ron Hubbard birthday ** - Scientology
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 19
  • Saint Joseph's Day - Christian
• 20 Equinox
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 21
  • Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
  • Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
• 23
  • New Year ** - Hindu
  • Prophet Zarathustra birth - Zoroastrian
• 23-April 1
  • Ramayana ** - Hindu
• 25
  • Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
• 28
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) ** - Zoroastrian

Definitions

JANUARY 2012

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
  • Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
  • Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
  • Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
  • Dia de los Reyes - Hispanic Christians
  • Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox
• 7
  • Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Baptism of Jesus - Christian
• 9-12
  • Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
• 13
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 15
  • World Religion Day * - Baha'i
• 17
  • Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
• 18-25
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
• 20
  • Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 23
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
• 25
  • Conversion of Saint Paul - Christian
• 28
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu

Definitions

NOVEMBER 2011

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
  • Samhain - Beltane * - Wicca/Pagan  Northern and southern hemispheres
• 2
  • All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
• 4-7
  • Hajj * - Islam
• 5
  • Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam
• 6-9
  • Eid al Adha  * ** - Islam
• 10
  • Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 15
  • Nativity Fast begins through Dec. 24 - Orthodox Christianm
• 20
  • Christ the King - Christian
• 24
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith
  • Gkuru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
• 26
  • Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
  • Hijra - New Year * **- Islam
• 27
  • First Sunday of Advent - Christian
• 30
  • Saint Andrew's Day- Christian

Definitions

OCTOBER 2011

• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
• 6
  • Dussehra - Hindu
• 8
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 10
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada
• 13-19 (13-14 Primary Obligation Days)
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 20
  • Birth of the Báb * - Baha'i
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
• 21
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 22
  • New Year - Jain
• 24-28
  • Deepavali ** Hindu
• 26
  • Diwali ** - Jain - Hindu - Sikh
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 30
  • Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2011

• 1
  • Ganesha Chaturthi ** - Hindu
  • Ecclesiastical New Year - Orthodox Christian
• 2-10
  • Paryushana Parva - Jain
• 8
  • Nativity of Mary - Christian
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian
• 23   Equinox
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 27
  • Meskel - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 28-Oct 5
  • Navaratri ** - Hindu
• 29-30
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian

Definitions

AUGUST 2011

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
  • Ramadan begins * ** - Islam
• 2
  • Lughnassad - Imbolc * - Wicca/Pagan  Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 9
  • Tisha B'Av * - Jewish
• 13
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 13-15 **
  • Obon - Shinto
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 22
  • Krisha Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 26
  • Lailat al Kadr * ** - Islam
• 29
  • Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian
• 31-September 2
  • Eid al Fitr * ** - Islam

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2011

JULY 2011

• 1
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • Saint Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 13-16
  • Ulambana -  ** - Japan Buddhist
• 15
  • Lailat al Bara'ah * ** - Islam
  • Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
  • Saint Vladimir Day - Christian
• 23
• Birthday of Emperor Haili Selassi I - Rastafari
• 24
  • Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian

Definitions

JUNE 2011

• 2
  • Ascension of Christ - Orthodox Christian
  • Ascension of Jesus - Christian
• 8-9
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 9
• Saint Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
• 12
  • Pentecost - Christian
• 16
  • Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
• 19
  • All Saints - OrthodoxChristian
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
  • Trinity Sunday - Christian
• 21  Solstice
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
  • Litha * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Yule * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 23
  • Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian
• 28
  • Lailat al Miraj * ** - Islam
• 29
  • Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

Definitions

MAY 2011

• 1
  • Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish
  • Beltane - Samhain * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 2
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 5
  • National Day of Prayer - Interfaith USA
• 9
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
• 17
  • Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist
• 22
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

Definitions

APRIL 2011

• 4
  • New Year ** - Hindu
• 4-12
  • Ramayana - Hindu
• 5
  • Qingming - Chinese traditional
• 12
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 14
  • Baisakhi - Sikh
• 16
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 17
  • Palm/Passion Sunday - Christian
  • Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
• 18-21
  • Theravadin New Year ** - Buddhist
• 18
  • Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
  • Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
• 19-26 *
  • Pesach (Passover) * - Jewish
• 21
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
  • Maundy Thursday - Christian
• 22
  • Good (Holy) Friday - All Christians
• 23
  • Black Saturday - Christian
  • St. George Day - Christian
• 24
  • Easter - All Christians
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

MARCH 2011

• 1
  • Saint David of Wales - Christian
• 2-20
  • Nineteen Day Fast  * - Baha'i
• 3
  • Maha Shivaratri - Hindu
• 6
  • Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
• 7
  • Clean Monday - Great Lent begins - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 9
  • Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian
• 13
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Birthday of L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 19
  • Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
  • Saint Joseph's Day - Christian
• 20   Equinox 
• Purim * - Jewish
• Ostara * -Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
• Mabon * -Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• Holi ** - Hindu
• Hola Mohalla - Sikh
• 21
  • Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
• 25
  • Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
• 28
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra) ** - Zoroastrian

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2011

• 2
  • Candlemas - Christian
  • Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
  • Imbolc - Lughnassad * - Wicca/Pagan - northern and southern hemispheres
• 3
  • Setsubun-sai - Shinto
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
• 6
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
  • Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• 14
  • Saint Valentine's Day - Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhism - Jain
  • Mawlid an Nabi * ** - Islam
• 24
  • Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist - Christian
• 26-March 1
  • Intercalary Days * - Baha'i
• 27
  • Meatfare (Last Judgment) Sunday - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

JANUARY 2011

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
  • Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
  • Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
  • Dia de los Reyes - Hispanic Christian
  • Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox Christian
• 7
  • Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian
• 9
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• 13
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 16
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
• 17
  • Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
• 19
  • Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 18-25
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
• 19-21
  • Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
• 20
  • Tu B'shvat * - Jewish
• 25
  • Conversion of Saint Paul - Christian

Definition

DECEMBER 2010

• 2-9
  • Hanukkah * - Jewish
• 6
  • Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
• 7
  • Hijra - New Year * ** - Islam
• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism
  • Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
• 16
  • Ashura * ** - Islam
• 16
  • Posadas Navidenas through December 25 - Hispanic Christian
• 21  Solstice
  • Yule * - Wicca/Pagan Northern hemisphere
  • Litha* - Wicca/Pagan Southern hemisphere
  • Yule - Christian
• 25
  • Christmas * - Christian
• 26
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
  • Death of Prophet Zarathushtra ** - Zoroastrian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian

Definitions

NOVEMBER 2010

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
  • Samhain - Beltane * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 2
  • All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
• 5
  • Diwali - Hindu, Jain, Sikh
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 15
  • Waqf al Arafa - Hajj * ** - Islam
  • Nativity Fast through December 24 - Orthodox Christian
• 16
  • Eid al Adha * ** - Islam
• 21
  • Christ the King - Christian
  • Guru Nanak birthday - Sikh
• 25
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith - USA
• 26
  • Day of Covenant - Baha'i
• 28
  • First Sunday of Advent - Christian
• 30
  • Saint Andrew's Day - Christian

Definitions

OCTOBER 2010

• 1
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian
• 8-16
  • Navaratri ** - Hindu
• 11
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada
• 17
  • Dasera ** - Hindu
• 20
  • Birth of the Báb * - Baha'i
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
  • Note: Samhain and Beltane begin this evening

Definition

SEPTEMBER 2010

• 1
  • Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox Christian
• 2
  • Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 6
  • Laylat al Kadr * ** - Islam
• 8
  • Nativity of Mary - Christian
• 9-10
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 10
  • Eid al Fitr * ** - Islam
• 11
  • Ganesa Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 12
  • Paryushana - Jain
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian
• 18
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 23-29 (23-24 Primary Obligation Days)
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 23  Equinox
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan Northern Hemisphere
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan Southern Hemisphere
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian
• 30
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish

Definitions

AUGUST 2010

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Lughnassad (Lammas) * - Wicca/Pagan
  • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 11
  • Ramadan begins * ** - Islam
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 24
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 29
  • Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian

Definitions

JULY 2010

• 8
  • Lailat al Miraj * **- Islam
• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 13-15
  • Ulambana (Obon) ** - Buddhist
• 15
  • Saint Vladimir - Christian
• 20
  • Tisha B'Av * - Jewish
• 24
  • Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
• 26
  • Lailat al Bara'ah  * - Islam
  • Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist

Definitions

JUNE 2010

• 3
  • Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian
• 9
  • Saint Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
• 11
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus  - Catholic Christian
• 19
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 21   Solstice
  • Litha * - Wicca/Pagan Northern Hemisphere
  • Yule * - Wicca/Pagan Southern Hemisphere
  • First Nations Day (National Aboriginal Day) - Canadian Native People
• 29
  • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

Definitions

MAY 2010

• 1
  • Beltane - Samhain * - Wicca Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 2
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 6
  • National Day of Prayer - Interfaith USA
• 13
  • Ascension of Christ - Christian
• 19-20 
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 23
  • Pentecost - All Christians
  • Declaration of the Bab - Baha'i
• 27
  • Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 30
  • Trinity Sunday - Christian
  • All Saints - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

APRIL 2010

• 1
  • Maundy Thursday - Christian
• 2
  • Good (Holy) Friday - All Christians
• 3
  • Holy Saturday - Christian
• 4
  • Easter - All Christians
• 5-6 
  • Pesach (Passover) final two days *  - Jewish
• 11
  • Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish
• 14
  • Baisakhi - Sikh
• 19
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
• 21
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 23
  • Saint George's Day - Christian
• 28-May 1
  • Theravadin New Year** - Buddhist
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

MARCH 2010

• 1
  • Holi ** - Hindu
• 16
  • Vaisaki - New Year ** - Hindu
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 20    Equinox
  • Ostara  * - Wicca - Northern Hemisphere
  • Mabon * - Wicca - Southern Hemisphere
• 21
  • Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw Ruz (New Year) *  - Baha'i
  • Passion Sunday ** - Christian
• 24
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 25
  • Annunciation of the Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
• 27
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 28
  • Palm Sunday - Christian/Orthodox Christian
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra)** - Zoroastrian
• 29
  • Mahavir Jayanti - Jain
• 30
  • Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
  • Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
  • Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
• 30-31 *
  • Pesach (Passover) First two days * - Jewish

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2010

• 2
  • Candlemas - Christian
  • Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
  • Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian
  • Imbolc - Lughnassad * - Wicca - northern and southern hemispheres
• 3
  • Setsubun Sai - Shinto
• 7
  • Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
• 12
  • Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
• 14
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
  • Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Saint Valentine's Day - Christian
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
  • Great Lent - Clean Monday - Orthodox Christian
• 16
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 17
  • Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian
• 21
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 26
  • Mawlid an Nabi * ** - Islam
  • Intercalary Days through March 1 - Baha'i
• 28
  • Purim * - Jewish

Definitions

JANUARY 2010

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
  • Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
  • Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
  • Nativity of Christ - Armenian Christian
  • Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) - Hispanic Christian
• 7
  • Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian
• 10
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• 14
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 17
  • World Religion Day * - Baha'i
  • Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Christian
• 18-25
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
• 19
  • Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 20
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• 24
  • Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
• 25
  • Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
• 30-February 1
  • Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
• 30
  • Tu B'shvat * - Jewish

Definitions

NOVEMBER 2009

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
  • Samhain * - Wicca Northern hemisphere
  • Beltane * - Wicca Southern hemisphere
• 2
  • All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
  • Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday Sikh
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 15
  • Nativity Fast begins (through Dec 24) - Orthodox Christian
• 22
  • Christ the King - Christian
• 24
  • Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
• 25-28
  • Hajj * - Islam
• 26
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith - USA
  • Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
  • Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam
• 27
  • Eid al Adha * ** - Islam
• 28
  • Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha * Baha'i
• 29
  • First Sunday of Advent - Christian
• 30
  • Saint Andrew's Day - Christian

Definitions

OCTOBER 2009

• 3-9 (3-4 Primary Obligation Days)
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
• 10
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 11
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 12
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada
• 17
  • Diwali (Deepavali) ** - Hindu, Jain
• 20
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
  • Birth of the Báb - Baha'i
• 25
  • Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2009

• 1
  • Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Nativity of Mary - Christian
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Christian
• 16
  • Lailat al Kadr * ** - Islam
• 19-20
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 19-27
  • Navaratri ** - Hindu
• 20
  • Eid al Fitr * ** - Ramadan ends - Islam
• 22 Equinox
  • Mabon * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
  • Ostara * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
• 27
  • Meskel - Ethiopian/Eritrean Orthodox Christian
• 28
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
  • Dasera ** - Hindu
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian

Definitions

AUGUST 2009

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Fast Day in honor of Holy Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 2
  • Lughnassad - Wicca Northern hemisphere
  • Imbolc* - Wicca Southern hemisphere
• 5
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
  • Lailat al Bara'ah * - Islam
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 17
  • Paryushana ** - Jain
• 22
  • Ramadan begins *  ** - Islam
• 23
  • Ganesha Chaturthi ** - Hindu
   
• 29
  • Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian

Definitions

JULY 2009

• 7
  • Asalha Puja Day ** Buddhist
• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 13
  • Ulambana (Obon) ** Buddhist
• 15
  • Saint Vladimir's Day - Christian
• 19
  • Lailat al Miraj * ** - Islam
• 23
  • Haile Selassi I birthday - Rastafari
• 24
  • Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian
• 30
  • Tisha B'Av * - Jewish

Definitions

JUNE 2009

• 7
  • Trinity - Christian
  • Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
• 11
  • Corpus Christi -  Catholic Christian
• 9
  • Saint Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
• 14
  • All Saints - Orthodox Christian
• 16
  • Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom - Sikh
• 19
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 21 Solstice
  • Litha * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
  • Yule * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
• 24
  • Saint John the Baptist Birth - Christian
• 29
  • Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

Definitions

MAY 2009

• 1
  • Beltane * - Wicca Northern hemisphere
  • Samhain * - Wicca Southern hemisphere
• 2
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 7
  • National Day of Prayer (USA) - Interfaith
• 9
  • Buddha Day - Visakha Puja - Vesak ** - Buddhist
• 12
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 21
  • Ascension of Jesus - Christian
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 28
  • Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 29-30
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 31
  • Pentecost - Christian

Definitions

APRIL 2009

• 3
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 5
  • Palm Sunday - Christian
• 7
  • Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
• 9-10 *   (9-16 in full) 
  • Pesach (Passover) first two days *   - Jewish
• 9-12
  • Theravadin New Year ** - Buddhist
• 9
  • Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
  • Maundy Thursday - Christian
  • Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu
• 10
  • Good Friday - Christian
• 11
  • Black Saturday - Christian
• 12
  • Easter - Christian
  • Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 13
  • Easter Monday Christian
• 14
  • Baisakhi - Sikh
• 15-16
  • Pesach (Passover) final two days *  - Jewish
• 11
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 17
  • Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 19
  • Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 23
  • Saint George's Day - Christian
• 29
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

MARCH 2009

• 1
  • Intercalary Days conclude * Baha'i
  • Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• Saint David of Wales - Christian
• 2
  • Lent begins - Clean Monday  - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 9
  • Mawlid an Nabi *  ** - Islam
• 10
  • Purim * - Jewish
• 11
  • Holi ** - Hindu
  • Hola Mohala - Sikh
• 13
  • L. Ron Hubbard birthday - Scientology
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 21  Equinox 
  • Ostara * - Wicca - Northern Hemisphere
  • Mabon * - Wicca - Southern Hemisphere
  • Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw Ruz (New Year) - Baha'i
• 25
  • Annunciation of Virgin Mary - Christian
• 26
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) Zoroastrian
• 27
  • New Year ** - Hindu
• 29
  • Passion Sunday ** - Christian

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2009

• 1
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith USA
• 2
  • Candlemas - Christian
  • Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
  • Imbolc * - Wicca Northern hemisphere
  • Lughnassad * - Wicca Southern hemisphere
• 3
  • Setsubun sai - Shinto
• 8
  • Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
• 9
  • Tu B'shvat * - Jewish
• 14
  • Saint Valentine's Day - Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhism
• 21
  • Saturday of Souls - Orthodox Christian
• 22
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
  • Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 23
  • Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
• 24
  • Saint Matthew's Day - Christian
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 25
  • Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian
• 26
  • Intercalary Days begin * Baha'i

Definitions

JANUARY 2009

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
• 3
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
  • Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
  • Nativity of Christ - Armenian Christian
  • Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
  • Dia de los Reyes - Christian
• 7
  • Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian
  • Ashura * **- Islam
• 11
  • Mahayana New Year (3 days) ** - Buddhist
  • Baptism of Lord Jesus - Christian
• 13
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 17
  • Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Christian
• 18
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins - Christian
• 19
  • Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 25
  • Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
• 26
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist

Definitions

DECEMBER 2008

• 6
  • Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
• 6-9
  • Hajj * - Islam
• 7
  • Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * - Islam
• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism
  • Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
• 9
  • Eid al Adha * - Islam
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
  • Advent Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
• 16-25
  • Posadas Navidenas - Christian
• 21
  • Yule - Christian
• 21 Winter Solstice
  • Yule * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
  • Litha * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
• 22-29 
  • Hanukkah  * - Jewish
• 25
  • Christmas * - Christian
  • Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) -  Zoroastrian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 29
  • Hijra - Muharram (first day of new year) * ** - Islam
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian
    Definitions

NOVEMBER 2008

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
  • Samhain * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
  • Beltane * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
• 2
  • All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 13
  • Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib - Sikh
• 15
  • Nativity Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
• 23
  • Christ the King - Christian
• 24
  • Guru Tegh Bahadur Martydrom - Sikh
• 26
  • Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
• 27
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith - USA
• 28
  • Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
• 30
  • First Sunday of Advent - Christian
  • St. Andrew's Day - Christian

Definitions

OCTOBER 2008

• 1
  • Eid al Fitr  * **- Ramadan ends - Islam
• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian
• 9
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 9
  • Dusera ** - Hindu
• 13
  • Thanksgiving -  Interfaith - Canada
• 14-20 
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 20
  • Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
• 21
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 22
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 26
  • Reformation Day (observed) - Protestant Christian
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
  • Diwali - Deepavali ** - Hindu - Sikh - Jain
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2008

• 1
  • Church year begins - Orthodox Christian
• 1
  • Ramadan begins * ** - Islam
• 3
  • Ganesha Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 8
  • Nativity of Mary - Christian
• 14
  • Holy Cross Day - Christian
• 15
  • Moon Cake Festival - Chinese Taoist tradition
• 22 Autumnal Equinox
  • Mabon * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
  • Ostara * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
• 26
  • Laylat al Kadar * ** - Islam
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian
• 30-Oct 1
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 30-Oct 8
  • Navaratri ** - Hindu

Definitions

AUGUST 2008

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 2
  • Lughnassad * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
  • Imbolc * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
• 6
  • Transfiguration of Our Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 10
  • Tisha B'Av * - Jewish
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
  • Lailat al Bara'ah * ** - Islam
• 16
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 24
  • Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 28
  • Paryushana - Jain
• 29
  • Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian

Definitions

JULY 2008

• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • St. Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 13-16
  • Ulambana - Obon ** - Buddhist - Shinto
• 18
  • Asalha Puja Day - Dharma Day ** - Buddhist
  • Guru Purnima - Hindu
• 19
  • Mandaen New Years ** - Mandaen
• 20
  • Fast of 17 Tammuz * - Jewish
• 23
  • Birthday of Emperor Hailie Selassi I - Rastafaria
• 24
  • Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian
• 31
  • Lailat al Miraj * - Islam

Definitions

JUNE 2008

• 5
  • Ascension of Jesus- Orthodox Christian
• 9
  • St. Columba of Iona - Christian
• 9-10
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 15
  • Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
• 16
  • Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
• 19
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 20 Summer Solstice
  • Litha * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
  • Yule * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
• 21
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
• 22
  • All Saints - Orthodox Christian
• 29
  • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

MAY 2008

• 1
  • Ascension of Christ - Christian
  • Beltane * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
  • Samhain * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
• 2
  • Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 8
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
• 11
  • Pentecost - Christian
• 18
  • Trinity Sunday - Christian
• 20
  • Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist
• 22
  • Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 30
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian

  Definitions

APRIL 2008

• 6
  • New Year ** - Hindu
• 8
  • Birthday of Buddha ** - Buddhist - Mahayana
• 14
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
  • Baisakhi - Sikh
• 18
  • Mahavir Jayanti - Jain
• 19
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 20
  • Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
  • Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 20-23
  • Theravadin New Year ** - Buddhist
• 20-21 *
  • Pesach (Passover) first two days *  - Jewish
• 21
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 23
  • St. George's Day - Christian
• 25
  • Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 26-27
  • Pesach (Passover) final two days * - Jewish
• 27
  • Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

MARCH 2008

• 1
  • Saturday of Souls - Orthodox Christian
  • St. David of Wales - Christian
• 2
  • Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 6
  • Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
• 9
  • Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Passion Sunday ** - Christian
• 10
  • Lent begins - Clean Monday- Orthodox Christian
• 13
  • L. Ron Hubbard Birthday - Scientology
• 16
  • Palm/Passion Sunday - Christian
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 20
  • Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam
  • Maunday Thursday - Christian
• 20  Vernal Equinox
  • Ostara  * - Wicca - Northern Hemisphere
  • Mabon * - Wicca - Southern Hemisphere
• 21
  • Good Friday - Christian
  • Purim * - Jewish
  • Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
  • Magha Puja ** - Buddhist
• 22
  • Holi ** - Hindu
  • Hola Mohalla - Sikh
• 23
  • Easter  - Christian
• 25
  • Annunciation of the Virgin Mary - Christian
• 26
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) - Zoroastrian

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2008

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian - Southern hemisphere
• 2
  • Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian
  • Imbolc * - Wicca- Northern Hemisphere
  • Lughanssad * - Wicca- Southern Hemisphere
• 3
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
  • Setsubun Sai - Shinto
• 5
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 6
  • Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian
• 7
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
• 11
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• 14
  • St. Valentine's Day - Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
• 17
  • Triodion - Orthodox Christian
• 26-March 1
  • Intercalary Days * - Baha'i

Definitions

JANUARY 2008

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast Day of St. Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
  • Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
  • Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
  • Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day - Hispanic Christian
• 7
  • Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
• 10
  • Muharram - (New Year) * - Islam
• 13
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 17
  • Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Christian
• 18-25
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
• 19
  • Ashura * - Islam
• 20
  • World Religion Day  - Baha'i
• 22
  • Tu B'shvat * - Jewish
• 22-25
  • Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
• 25
  • Conversion of Saint Paul - Christian

Definitions

DECEMBER 2007

• 2,9,16,23
  • Sundays of Advent - Christian
• 5-12
  • Hanukkah * - Jewish
• 6
  • Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhist
  • Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
• 16
  • Posadas Navidenas begins - Christian
• 18
  • Hajj begins * - Islam
• 20 
  • Eid al Adha * - Islam
• 21
  • St. Thomas Day - Christian
• 22  Winter Solstice
  • Yule - Christian
  • Yule * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Litha * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
• 25
  • Christmas * - Christian
  • Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)  Zoroastrian
  • St Stephen's Day - Christian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 30
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian

Definitions

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
  • Samhain * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Beltane * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere 
• 2
  • All Souls' Day -  Christian
• 5
  • Dehwa Haina ** - Mandean
• 9
  • Diwali (Deepavali) ** - Hindu, Sikh, Jain
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 15
  • Nativity Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
• 22
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith
• 24
  • Guru Tegh Bahadur martyrdom - Sikh
  • Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib - Sikh
• 25
  • Christ the King Christian
• 26
  • Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
• 28
  • Ascension of  'Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. Andrew's Day - Christian

Definitions

OCTOBER 2007

• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 5
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 6
  • St. Thomas Day - Ortodox Christian
• 9
  • Laylat el Qadr * - Islam
• 12-20
  • Navaratri ** - Hindu
• 13
  • Eid al Fitr (Ramadan ends) ** - Islam
• 18
  • St. Luke's Day - Christian
• 20
  • Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
• 21
  • Dasera ** - Hindu
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2007

• 1
  • Church year begins - Orthodox Christian
• 4
  • Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 8
  • Nativity of Mary - Christian
  • Paryushana Parva ** - Jain
• 13-14
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 13
  • Ramadan begins * - Islam
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross/Holy Cross Day - Christian
• 15
  • Ganesa Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 23  Fall Equinox 
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Neo Pagan  northern hemisphere
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Neo Pagan   southern hemisphere
• 22
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 27-Oct. 3 (26-27 Primary Obligation days)
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian

Definitions

AUGUST 2007

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian  northern hemisphere
• 2
  • Lughnassad * - Wicca/Neo Pagan  northern hemisphere
  • Imbolc * - Wicca/Neo Pagan  southern hemisphere
• 6
  • Transfiguration of The Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 11
  • Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 28
  • Lailat al Bara'ah *  Islam
  • Raksha Bandhan  **- Hindu
  • Paryushana begins ** - Jain
• 29
  • Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian

Definitions

JULY 2007

• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 13
  • Obon (Ulambana) ** - Buddhist
• 15
  • St. Vladimir Day - Orthodox Christian
• 23
  • Birthday of Emperor Haile Selassi I -Rastafari
• 24
  • Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
  • Tisha B'Av * - Jewish
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian

Definitions

JUNE 2007

• 3
  • All Saints Day - Orthodox Christian
  • Trinity Sunday - Christian
• 7
  • Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian
• 9
  • St. Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
• 15
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 16
  • Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
• 21
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
  • Litha * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Yule * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
• 19
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 24
  • Saint John the Baptist  - Christian
• 29
  • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
• 30
  • Guru Purnima ** - Hindu
  • Asala Puja Day - Dharma ** - Buddhist

Definitions

MAY 2007

• 1
  • Beltane * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Samhain * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
• 2
  • Buddha Day - Visakha Puja - Wesak **  - Buddhist
• 3
  • St. Phillip and St. James the Lesser - Christian
• 6
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 17
  • Ascension of Christ - Christian
• 23-24
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 27
  • Pentecost - Christian
  • Trinity - Orthodox Christian
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

Definitions

APRIL 2007

• 1
  • Palm Sunday - Christian
• 2
  • Lord's Evening Meal ** - Jehovahs Witness Christian
  • Theravadin Buddhist New Year ** - Buddhist
  • Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
• 3-10 *
  • Pesach (Passover)*   - Jewish
• 5 
  • Maundy Thursday - Christian 
• 6
  • Good Friday - Christian
  • Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Easter - Christian
  • Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
• 11
  • Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
• 14
  • Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) - Sikh
• 15
  • Yom HaShoah * - Jewish
• 21
  • Ridvan begins * - Baha'i
• 23
  • St George's Day - Christian
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

MARCH 2007

• 1
  • St. David of Wales - Christian
• 3
  • Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
• 4-5
  • Purim * - Jewish
• 4
  • Holi ** - Hindu
  • Hola Maholla - Sikh
• 13
  • Birthday of L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 19
  • New Year ** - Hindu
• 19-27
  • Ramayana ** - Hindu
• 21
  • Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Neo Pagan  southern hemisphere
• 25
  • Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
  • Passion Sunday ** - Christian
• 26
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra) Zoroastrian
• 27
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 31
  • Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2007

• 2
  • Candlemas - Christian
  • Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
  • Imbolc * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Lughnassad * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
• 3
  • Tu B'shvat * - Jewish
• 4
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
• 11
  • Meatfare - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • St. Valentines Day - Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
• 16
  • Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
• 18
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
  • Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 19
  • Clean Monday (Lent begins) - Orthodox Christian
• 20
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 21
  • Ash Wednesday (Lent begins) - Christian
• 25
  • Sunday of Orthodoxy - Orthodox Christian
• 26-March 1
  • Intercalary Days * - Baha'i

Definitions

JANUARY 2007

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
• 3
  • Mahayana Buddhist New Year ** - Buddhist
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
  • Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
  • Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
  • Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings) - Christian
• 7
  • Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• 13
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 18-25
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity  - Christian
• 20
  • Muharram - (New Year) * - Islam
• 21
  • World Religion Day  - Baha'i
• 23
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• 25
  • Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
• 28
  • Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
• 29
  • Ashura * - Islam

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2007

DECEMBER 2006

• 3,10,17,24
  • Advent - Sundays of... - Christian
• 6
  • St. Nicholas Day - Christian
• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) - Buddhism
  • Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
• 16-23
  • Hanukkah * - Jewish
• 16-25
  • Posadas Navidenas - Hispanic Christian
• 21
  • Yule - Christian
  • St. Thomas Day -Christian
• 22
  • Yule * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere **
  • Litha -*  Wicca Neo-Pagan southern hemisphere **
• 24
  • Christmas Eve - Christian
• 25
  • Christmas * - Christian
  • Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)  Zoroastrian
  • St Stephen's Day - Christian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 29
  • Hajj begins * - Islam
• 30
  • Waqf al Arafa (Hajj Day) - Islam
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
  • Eid al Adha */** - Islam

Definitions

NOVEMBER 2006

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
  • Samhain * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Beltane * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
• 2
  • All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
• 5
  • Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib - Sikh
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 15
  • Nativity Fast begins - ends Dec. 24 - Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
• 23
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith
• 24
  • Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur - Sikh
• 26
  • Christ the King - Christian
  • Day of the Covenant * - Baha'i
• 28
  • Ascension of  'Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. Andrew's Day - Christian

Definitions

OCTOBER 2006

• 1
  • Navaratri ends ** - Hindu
• 2
  • Dasera ** - Hindu
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
  • Blessing of the Animals - Christian
• 6
  • St. Thomas Day - Orthodox Christian
• 7-13 (6-7 Primary Obligation Days)
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 14
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 15
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 18 
  • St. Luke, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian
  • Confucius' Birthday ** - Confucian
• 20
  • Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i
  • Laylat el qadr * - Islam
  • Jummatul Wida  * - Islam
  •  Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh

• 21
  • Diwali (Deepavali) ** - Hindu, Sikh, Jain
• 24
  • Eid al Fitr */** - Islam
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
  • Deep Diwali - Jain

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2006

• 1
  • Religious year begins - Orthodox Christian
  • Pariyushan Parva - Jain
• 8
  • Nativity of Virgin Mary - Christian
• 9
  • Lailat al Bara'ah */** - Islam
• 11
  • New Year (Nayrouz)- Coptic Christian
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) - Christian
• 17
  • Feast of Mithra - Zoroastrian
• 21
  • St. Matthew's Day - Christian
• 23
  • Navaratri begins (to October 1) ** - Hindu
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
• 23-24
  • Rosh Hashana * - Jewish
• 24
  • Ramadan begins (through Oct. 23) *  - Islam
• 29
  • St. Michael and All Angels - Christian

Definitions

AUGUST 2006

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Lughnassad * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Imbolc * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
• 3
  • Tisha B'av * - Jewish
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 9
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
  • Sri Krishan Jayanti ** - Hindu
• 16
  • Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 21-29
  • Paryushana Prava ** - Jain
• 22
  • Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
• 27
  • Ganesa Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 29
  • Beheading of St. John the Baptist - Christian

Definitions

JULY 2006

• 1
  • Most Precious Blood of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 6
  • Dalai Lama Birthday - Buddhist
• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
  • Guru Purnima ** - Hindu
  • Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
• 13
  • Obon (Ulambana) ** - Buddhist/Shinto
• 15
  • St. Vladimir the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
• 24
  • Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian

Definitions

JUNE 2006

• 1
  • Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 2
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 4
  • Pentecost - Christian
• 9
  • St. Columba of  Iona - Celtic Christian
• 11
  • Trinity - Christian
  • Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
• 15
  • Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
• 16
  • Guru Arjan martyrdom - Sikh
• 18
  • All Saints - Orthodox Christian
  • Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - Catholic Christian
• 19
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 21
  • Litha *  - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Yule * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
• 22
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
• 23
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus- Catholic Christian
• 24
  • Nativity of Saint John the Baptist  - Christian
• 29
  • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

Definitions

MAY 2006

• 1
  • Beltane * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Samhain * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
• 2
  • Last day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 3
  • Saints Philip & James - Christian
• 4
  • National Day of Prayer - USA - Interfaith
• 13
  • Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist
• 16
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 25
  • Ascension of Christ - Christian
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 31
  • Feast of the Visitation - Catholic Christian

Definitions

APRIL 2006

• 6
  • Rama Navami (close of Ramayana) ** - Hindu
• 9
  • Palm Sunday - Christian
• 11
  • Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam
• 12
  • Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
• 13-20
  • Pesach (Passover)  * - Jewish
• 13
  • Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
  • Baisakhi - Sikh
  • Maundy Thursday - Christian
  • Therevadin Buddhist New Year - Buddhist
• 14
  • GOOD FRIDAY - Christian
• 15
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 16
  • EASTER - Christian
  • Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • HOLY FRIDAY - Orthodox Christian
  • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 23
  • Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
  • St. George's Day - Christian
• 25
  • Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

MARCH 2006

• 1
  • Ash Wednesday - Christian
  • Lent begins - ends April 8 ** - Christian
  • St. David of Wales - Christian
• 5
  • Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 6
  • Lent begins (Clean Monday) - Orthodox Christian
• 12
  • Orthodoxy Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • Purim * - Jewish
  • Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
  • Holi ** - Hindu
  • New Year's Day - Sikh
• 15
  • Hola Mohalla - Sikh
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 19
  • St. Joseph's Day - Christian
• 20
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Mabon * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
• 21
  • Norooz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw-Rúz (New Year) * - Baha'i
• 25
  • Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
• 26
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) Zoroastrian
• 30
  • Hindi New Year - Vaisakhi ** - Hindu
  • Ramayana begins (to April 6) ** -Hindu

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2006

• 2
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
  • Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian
  • Imbolc  * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Lughnassadh * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
• 3
  • St. Blaze Day - Christian
  • Setsebun (beginning of spring) - Shinto
• 5
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
• 9
  • Ashura - Islam
• 12
  • Triodion - Orthodox Christian
• 13
  • Tu B'shvat * - Jewish
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist-Mahayana
• 14
  • St. Valentine's Day - Christian
• 26
  • Meat Fare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
  • Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
• 28
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian

Definitions

JANUARY 2006

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast Day of St. Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Shogatsu/Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
  • Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
  • Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany) - Orthodox Christian
  • Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) - Christian
• 7
  • Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian Julian Calendar
• 8
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
  • Waqf al Arafa - Islam
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 10
  • Eid al Adha  - Islam
• 13
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 14
  • Mahayana Buddhist New Year - Buddhist
  • Makar Sankrati ** - Hindu
• 15
  • World Religion Day * - Baha'i
• 17
  • Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
• 18-25
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
• 25
  • Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
• 29
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
• 31
  • Hijra - New Year - Islam

Definitions

DECEMBER 2005

• 4,11,18
  • Sundays of Advent continue - Christian
• 6
  • St. Nicholas day - Christian
• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhist
  • Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
• 16-24
  • Los Posadas - Christian
• 21
  • Yule - Christian
  • Yule/Winter Solstice *  - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
  • Litha * - Wicca/NeoPagan southern hemisphere
  • St. Thomas Day -  Christian
• 24
  • Christmas Eve Day - Christian
• 25
  • Christmas * - Christian
  • Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
• 26-January 2
  • Hanukkah * (begins eve of 25th) - Jewish
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)  Zoroastrian
  • St. Stephen's Day - Christian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 30
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian

Definitions

NOVEMBER 2005

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
  • Diwali (Deepavali) ** - Hindu
• 2
  • All Souls' Day -  Christian
• 3 or 4
  • Eid al- Fitr - Ramadan ends - Major holy day - Islam
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 15
  • Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji - Sikh
• 15-Dec 24
  • Nativity Fast (Winter Lent) - Orthodox Christian
• 20
  • Christ the King - Christian
• 24
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith USA
  • Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur - Sikh
• 26
  • Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
• 27
  • Advent - First Sunday - Christian
• 28
  • Ascension of Abdul-Baha - Baha'i
• 30
  • St Andrew's Day - Christian

Definitions

OCTOBER 2005

• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
  • Ramadan begins **  (continues through November 3) - Islam
  • Blessing of the Animals - Christian
  • Navaratri begins ** - Hindu
• 4-5
  • Rosh Hashanah  * - Jewish
• 12
  • Dasera ** - Hindu
  • Navaratri ends ** - Hindu
  • Confucius Birthday - Chinese religions
• 13
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 18
  • St Luke, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian
  • Pavarana (Lent Ending Day) - Buddhist
• 18-24  (18-19 Primary Obligation days)
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 20
  • Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
• 25
  • Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 26
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 30
  • Laylat el Qadr - Islam
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
  • Samhain * - Wicca/Neo Pagan

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2005

• 1
  • Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox Christian
  • Lailat al Miraj - Islam
• 7
  • Ganesa Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 8
  • Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
  • Feast of Nativity of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 11
  • New Year - Coptic Christian
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Orthodox Christian
  • Holy Cross Day - Christian
• 17
  • Feast of Mithra - Zoroastrian
• 19
  • Lailat al Bara'ah - Islam
• 21
  • St. Matthew Day - Christian
• 22
  • Mabon * - Fall Equinox - Wicca
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian

Definitions

AUGUST 2005

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Lughnassad (Lammas) *  - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 13
  • Obon ** - Shinto
• 14
  • Tisha B'av * - Jewish
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 19
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 20
  • Tu B'Av - Jewish
• 24
  • St. Bartholomew Day - Christian
• 27
  • Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 29
  • Beheading of St John the Baptist - Christian

Definitions

JULY 2005

• 6
  • Birth of Dalai Lama ** - Buddhist
• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 13
  • Ulambana (Obon) ** - Buddhist
• 15
  • St. Vladimir the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
• 24
  • Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian

Definitions

JUNE 2005

• 3
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 4
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary - Catholic Christian
• 9
  • Ascension - Orthodox Christian
• 13-14
  • Shavuot * -  Jewish
• 16
  • Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib - Sikh
  • Ganga Dussehra ** - Hindu
• 19
  • Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 21
  • First Nations Day (Aboriginal Day) - Canadian Native People
  • Litha *  - Wicca/Neo Pagan
• 23
  • Buddha Jayanti ** - Hindu
• 24
  • Nativity of John the Baptist - Christian
• 26
  • All Saints - Orthodox Christian
• 29
  • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
  • St. Peter Day - Catholic Christian

Definitions

MAY 2005

• 1
  • Easter/Pascha Orthodox Christian (Julian calendar)
  • Beltane * - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • Rogation Sunday - Christian
• 2
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan - Baha'i
• 5
  • Ascension of Christ - Christian
  • National Day of Prayer USA - Interfaith
• 6
  • Yom Hasho'ah * - Jewish
• 8
  • St. Thomas Day - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • Matthias the Apostle - Anglican Christian
• 15
  • Pentecost - Christian
• 22
  • Trinity - Christian
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 24
  • Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist
• 26
  • Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 31
  • Feast of the Visitation - Catholic Christian

Definitions

APRIL 2005

• 4
  • Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
• 9-18
  • Ramayana ** - Hindu
• 14 or 13
  • Baisakhi (Vaisakhi)  - Sikh
• 18
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 21
  • Mawlid an Nabi - Islam
• 21-May 2
  • Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 23
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
  • St. George's Day - Christian
• 24-May 1 
  • Pesach (Passover) *  - Jewish
  • Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
• 24
  • Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Theravadin Buddhist New Year ** Buddhist
• 29
  • Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 30
  • St James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

MARCH 2005

• 1
  • St David of Wales - Christian
• 6
  • Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Maha Shivaratri **- Hindu
• 13
  • Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • Lent begins (Clean Monday) - Orthodox Christian
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 20
  • Palm Sunday - Christian
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • Norouz (The New Day) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw-Rúz (New Year's Day) - Baha'i
  • Ostara * - Wicca/ Neo Pagan
• 23
  • Birth of Mahavira - Jain
• 24
  • Maundy Thursday - Christian
  • Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
• 25
  • Purim * - Jewish
  • Good Friday - Christian
  • Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary - Orthodox Christian
  • Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
  • Holi ** - Hindu
• 26
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra) - Zoroastrian
  • Holy Saturday - Christian
• 27
  • Easter - Christian (Gregorian Calendar)

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2005

• 2
  • Presentation of Jesus in the Temple - Candlemas - Christian
  • St Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian
  • Imbolc (Candlemas) * - Wicca
• 3
  • St. Blase Day - Catholic Christian
• 6
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
• 8
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 9 - March 19
  • Lent - Christian
• 9
  • Ash Wednesday - Christian
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
• 10
  • Hijra - New Years - Islam
• 13
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• 14
  • St Valentine's Day - Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
• 19
  • Ashura - Islam
• 20
  • Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
    

• Definitions

JANUARY 2005

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai - Ganjitsu (New Years) - Shinto
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
  • Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6
  • Epiphany * - Christian
  • Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
• 7
  • Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian
• 9
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• 13
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 16
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
  • Blessing of the the Animals - alternate Christian date
• 17
  • Feast of Mithra - Zoroastrian
• 18-25
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
• 19
  • Waqf al Arafa - Islam
• 19-22
  • Hajj - Islam
• 21-24
  • Id al Adha - Islam
• 25
  • Mahayana Buddhist New Years (3 days) ** - Buddhist
  • Tu B'shvat * - Jewish
  • Conversion of St Paul - Christian

Definitions

         2004

DECEMBER 2004

• 5,12,19
  • Sundays of Advent continue - Christian
• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism
  • Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
• 8-15
  • Hanukkah * - Jewish
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
  • Advent Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
• 16-24
  • Posadas Navideñas - Christian
• 21
  • Yule - Christian
  • Yule/Winter Solstice * - Wicca
  • St Thomas the Apostle - Christian
• 24
  • Christmas Eve - Christian
• 25
  • Christmas * - Christian
  • Feast Day of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) - Zoroastrian
  • St Stephen's Day - Christian
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 26 - January 1
  • Kwanzaa - Interfaith
• 27
  • St John, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian

Definitions

NOVEMBER 2004

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
• 2
  • All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
• 10
  • Laylat el Qadr - Islam
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
  • Quds Day - Islam
  • Diwali - Sikh
  • Diwali (Deepawali) - Hindu
• 14
  • Eid al Fitr - end of Ramadan - Islam
• 15
  • Nativity Fast (Winter Lent) begins (through Dec 24) - Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • Christ the King - Christian
• 24
  • Guru Tegh Bahadur martyrdom - Sikh
• 25
  • Thanksgiving (USA) - Interfaith
• 26
  • Day of Covenant - Baha'i
  • Birthday of Guru Nanak dev Sahib - Sikh
• 28
  • Ascension of Abdul'l-Baha * - Baha'i
• 28 - December 24
  • Advent - Christian (First Sunday)
• 30
  • St Andrew's Day - Christian

Definitions

OCTOBER 2004

• Sept 30-Oct 5 (30&1 Primary Obligation Days)
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian
• 7
  • Shemini Atzeret  & Simchat Torah* - Jewish
• 8
  • Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 14-22
  • Navaratra Dashara ** - Hindu
• 15
  • Ramadan begins (through Nov 14) - Islam
• 18
  • St Luke, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian
• 20
  • Birth of the B'ab - Baha'i
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth Sahib - Sikh
• 22
  • Dasera (Dussehra) ** - Hindu
• 25
  • Nirvana Celebration - Jain
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Samhain * - Wicca
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2004

• 1
  • Beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year - Orthodox Christian
• 6
  • Krishna Jayanti (Janmashtami) ** - Hindu
• 8
  • Nativity of Mary - Christian
• 12
  • Lailat al Miraj - Islam
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Orthodox Christian
  • Holy Cross Day - Christian
• 16-17
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 18
  • Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 21
  • Fall Equinox - Wicca
• 25
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian
• 30
  • Lailat al Bara'ah - Islam
  • Sukkot begins * - Jewish

Definitions

AUGUST 2004

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Lughnassad (Lammas) *  - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus (through Aug 14)- Orthodox Christian
• 3
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 6
  • Transfiguration of Our Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 15
  • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 29
  • Beheading of St John the Baptist - Christian

Definitions

JULY 2004

• 2
  • Guru Purnima ** - Hindu
  • Asala Puja Day ** - Buddhist
• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 13-16
  • Ulambana/Obon ** - Buddhist
• 24
  • Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian
• 27
  • Tisha B'av * - Jewish

Definitions

JUNE 2004

• 3
  • Buddha Jayanti * - Buddhist
• 6
  • Trinity - Christian
  • All Saints - Orthodox Christian
• 9
  • Saint Columba of Iona Day - Celtic Christian
• 10
  • Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
• 16
  • Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
• 18
  • Blessed Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 19
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 21
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
  • Litha * - Wicca
• 24
  • Nativity of St John the Baptist - Christian
• 29
  • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

Definitions

MAY 2004

• 1
  • Beltane *  - Wicca
• 2
  • Mawlid an Nabi - Islam
  • Ridvan ends * - Baha'i
• 4
  • Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist
• 9
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 20
  • Ascension of Christ - Christian/Orthodox Christian
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 26-27
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 30
  • Pentecost - Christian/Orthodox Christian

  Definitions

APRIL 2004

• 3
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
  • Conclusion of Lent - Christian
• 4
  • Palm Sunday - Christian
  • Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
• 6-13
  • Pesach (Passover) * - Jewish
• 8
  • Maundy Thursday - Christian
  • Hana Matsuri - Japanese Buddhist
• 9
  • Good Friday - Christian
  • Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 11
  • Easter - Christian
  • Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
• 12-13
  • Pesach (Passover) last two days - Jewish
• 14 or 13
  • Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) * - Sikh
• 18
  • Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish
• 21
  • Ridvan begins * - Baha'i
• 23
  • Saint George Day - Christian
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
  • Beltane * - Wicca

Definitions

MARCH 2004

• 1
  • Saint David Day -  Christian
• 2
  • Ashura - Islam
• 3
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 6
  • Holi ** - Hindu
  • Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
• 7
  • Purim * - Jewish
  • Hola Mohalla - Sikh
• 17
  • Saint Patrick's Day - Christian
• 21
  • Norooz (The New Day) - Zoroastrian
  • Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
  • Ostara - Wicca
• 21-30
  • Ramayana ** - Hindu
• 25
  • Annunciation to Mary - Christian
• 26
  • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra) - Zoroastrian

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2004

• 1
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
• 2
  • Presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple (Candlemas) - Christian
  • Imbolc (Candlemas) * - Wicca
  • Saint Brighid of Kildare Day - Celtic Christian
• 2-5
  • Id al Adha - Islam
• 7
  • Tu B'shvat * - Jewish
• 14
  • Saint Valentine's Day - Christian
• 15
  • Meat Fare - Orthodox Christian
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
• 18
  • Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
• 22
  • Hijra - New Year - Islam
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
• 23
  • Lent Begins (Clean Monday) - Orthodox Christian
• 24
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
  • St Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian
• 25
  • Ash Wednesday - Christian
• 25-April 3
  • Lent - Christian
• 29
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

JANUARY 2004

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast Day of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
  • Guru Gobindh Singh Sahib birthday - Sikh
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
• 6-7
  • Christmas Eve and Day - Rastafarian Christian
• 7
  • Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian
  • Buddhist New Year ** - Buddhist
• 11
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• 14
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 18
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
• 26
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• 30 - Feb 2
  • Hajj - Islam
• 31
  • Waqf al Arafa - Islam

Definitions

         2003

DECEMBER 2003

• 7,14,21
  • Sundays of Advent continue - Christian
• 8
  • Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) - Buddhist
  • Advent Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
  • Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
• 16
  • Los Posadas - Christian
• 20-27
  • Hanukkah * - Jewish
• 21
  • Yule - Christian
  • Yule/Winter Solstice  - Wicca
• 24
  • Christmas Eve - (Noche Buena) - Christian
• 25
  • Christmas (Nativity of Jesus) * - Christian
• 26
  • Death of Prophet Zarathushtra (Zarathosht Diso) (Fasali)  - Zoroastrian
  • St Stephen Day - Christian
• 26 - January 1
  • Kwanzaa - Interfaith
• 27
  • St John, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Anglican Christian
  • Holy Family - Catholic Christian

Definitions

NOVEMBER 2003

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
• 2
  • All Souls' Day -  Christian
  • Anniversary of Crowning of Haile Selasse - Rastafarian
• 4
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 8
  • Guru Nanak Dev birthday - Sikh
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 21
  • Quds Day  * - Islam
• 22
  • Lailat al Kadr * - Islam
• 23
  • Christ the King  - Christian
• 24
  • Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
• 26
  • Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
• 26-28
  • Eid al Fitr * - Islam
• 27
  • Thanksgiving (USA) - Interfaith
• 28
  • Ascension of  'Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
• 30 - December 24 
  • Advent -  Christian (First Sunday)

  Definitions

OCTOBER 2003

• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
• 5
  • Dasera ** - Hindu
• 6
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 11-17  (11-12 Primary Obligation days)
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 12
  • Lailat al Bara'ah - Islam
• 18
  • St Luke, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian
• 18-19
  • Shemini Azteret & Simchat Torah  * - Jewish
• 20
  • Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i
  • Guru Granth Sahib Installation - Sikh
• 22
  • Spiritual New Year - Eckankar
• 24
  • Lilitu's Night - Pagan Temple Zagduku
• 25
  • Diwali (Deepawali) ** - Hindu
  • Nirvana Celebration  - Jain
• 26
  • Reformation Sunday - Protestant Christian
  • New Year 2530 begins - Jain
• 27
  • Ramadan month begins - Islam
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Samhain * - Wicca
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian

Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2003

• 1
  • Beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year - Orthodox Christian
• 8
  • Nativity of Mary - Christian
• 14
  • Elevation of the Life Creating Cross - Orthodox Christian
  • Holy Cross Day - Christian
• 21
  • Fall Equinox * - Wicca
• 24
  • Lailat al Miraj - Islam
• 26 - Oct 5
  •  Dussehra  (Navaratra) ** - Hindu
• 27-28
  • Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian

  Definitions

AUGUST 2003

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Lughnassad (Lammas) * - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 2
  • Krishna Jayanti ** - Hindu
• 6
  • Transfiguration of  The Lord ** - Christian
• 7
  • Tisha B'av * - Jewish
• 12
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 15
  • Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 29
  • Beheading of St John the Baptist - Christian
• 31
  • Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu

  Definitions

JULY 2003

• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 13-15
  • Festival of Souls (Obon) - Shinto
• 24
  • Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian

  Definitions

JUNE 2003

• 5
  • Ascension of Christ * - Orthodox Christian
• 6-7
  • Shavuot * - Jewish
• 8
  • Pentecost - Christian
• 15
  • Trinity - Christian
  • Pentecost * - Orthodox Christian
• 16
  • Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
• 19
  • Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
  • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 21
  • First Nations Day  - Canadian Native People
  • Litha/Summer Solstice - Wicca
• 22
  • All Saints - Orthodox Christian
• 27
  • Blessed Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 29
  • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

Definitions

MAY 2003

• 1-2
  • Ridvan concludes - Baha'i
• 1
  • Beltane * - Wicca
• 3
  • St Philip and St James the Less - Catholic Christian
• 14
  • Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam
• 15
  • Buddha Day - Wesak - Visakha Puja  ** - Buddhist
• 20
  • Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 29
  • Ascension of Christ * - Christian
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

Definitions

APRIL 2003

• 8
  • Buddha Day ** - Buddhist
• 11
  • Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 13
  • Baisakhi ** - Sikh
  • Palm Sunday - Christian
• 14
  • Ugadi - New Years ** - Hindu
• 15 
  • Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
• 16
  • Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
• 17
  • Maundy Thursday - Christian
• 17-24
  • Pesach (Passover) * - Jewish
• 18
  • Good Friday - Christian
• 19
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 20
  • Easter - Christian Gregorian calendar
  • Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 21 - May 2
  • Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 23-24
  • Pesach (Passover) last 2 days *  - Jewish
• 23
  • St George's Day - Christian
• 25
  • Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 25
  • St Mark, Apostle & Evangelist - Anglican Christian
• 27
  • Easter - Holy Pascha - Orthodox Christian New Julian calendar
• 29
  • Yom HaShoah * - Jewish
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

      Definitions

MARCH 2003

• 1
  • Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
• 2
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Christian/Jewish Interfaith
  • Meatfare * - Orthodox Christian
• 4
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 5
  • Ash Wednesday - Christian
  • Hijra (New Year) - Islam
  • Ramakrishna Jayanti ** - Hindu
• 5 - April 12
  • Lent - Christian
• 10
  • Lent Begins (Clean Monday) - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • Ashura - Islam
• 16
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 18
  • Holi ** - Hindu
  • Purim * - Jewish
• 21
  • Ostara * - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
  • Norooz (The New Day) (Fasali) - Zoroastrian
• 25
  • Annunciation of the Lord to Mary * - Christian
• 28
  • Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra (Khordad Sal) (Fasali) - Zoroastrian

  Definitions

FEBRUARY 2003

• 2
  • Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple (Candlemas) * - Christian
  • Imbolc (Candlemas) * - Wicca
• 6
  • Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu/Sikh
• 8
  • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
• 12-15
  • Id al Adha - Islam
• 14
  • St Valentine's Day - Christian
• 26 - March 1
  • Intercalary Days * - Baha'i

  Definitions

JANUARY 2003

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
  • Kwanzaa - concluding day - Interfaith
• 5
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
  • Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6 - March 4
  • Epiphany - Christian
  • Theophany - Orthodox Christian New Julian Calendar
• 7
  • Nativity of Christ * - Orthodox Christian Old Julian calendar
• 12
  • Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• 14
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 18
  • Tu B'Shevat  * - Jewish
• 19
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
  • Epiphany - Orthodox Christian
• 24
  • Vivekanada Jayanti ** - Hindu

  Definitions

           2002

DECEMBER 2002

• 1, 8, 15, 22
  • Sundays of Advent - Christian
• 1-7
  • Hanukkah continues - Jewish
• 1-6
  • Ramadan continues - Islam
• 2
  • Lailat ul Qadr - Islam
• 6
  • Eid ul Fitri ('Id Al-Fitr) - Islam
• 8
  • Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) - Buddhist
  • Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Christian
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
  • Christmas Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • Yule - Wicca
  • Yule - Christian
• 25 
  • Christmas - Birth of Jesus * - Christian
• 26
  • Death of prophet Zarathushtra (Zarathosht Diso) (Fasali) - Zoroastrian
  • St Stephen's Day - Christian
• 26 - January 1
  • Kwanzaa - Interfaith
• 28
  • The Holy Innocents - Christian
• 30
  • Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, Joseph - Catholic Christian

  Definitions

NOVEMBER 2002

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
• 2
  • All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
• 4
  • Diwali (Deepawali) ** - Hindu / Sikh
• 6
  • Ramadan begins (continues through Dec. 6) - Islam
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 24
  • Christ the King - Christian
  • Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
• 26
  • Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
• 28
  • Thanksgiving Day - Interfaith
  • Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha  * - Baha'i
• 29
  • Quds Day - Islam
• 30-Dec 7
  • Hanukkah * - Jewish

  Definitions

OCTOBER 2002

• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian
  • Lailat al Miraj & Israa'- Islam
• 6
  • World Communion Sunday - Christian
• 7-15
  • Navaratra  - Hindu
• 13
  • Nichiren Daishonin Memorial - Buddhist
• 20
  • Birth of the Bab - Baha'i
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth Sahib - Sikh
• 22
  • Spiritual New Year - Eckankar
• 27
  • Reformation Sunday - Protestant Christian
• 28
  • Mulvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Samhain *  - Wicca

  Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2002

• 7-8
  • Rosh Hashanah  * - Jewish
• 10
  • Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 14
  • Exaltation of the Life-giving Cross - Orthodox Christian
  • Holy Cross Day - Anglican Christian
• 16
  • Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 21-27 (21-22 Primary Obligation days) 
  • Sukkot * - Jewish
• 21
  • Mabon * - Wicca
• 28-29
  • Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 29
  • St Michael and All Angels - Christian

  Definitions

AUGUST 2002

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Lughnassad (Lammas) *  - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Christian
• 15
  • Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Falling Asleep (Dormition) of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 22
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 30
  • Shree Krishna Jayanti (Janmastami) ** - Hindu

  Definitions

JULY 2002

• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 13
  • Asala - Buddhist
• 18
  • Tisha B'av  * - Jewish
• 24
  • Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
  • Guru Purnima - Hindu
• 25
  • St. James the Great Day - Christian

  Definitions

AUGUST 2002

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Lughnassad (Lammas) - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Christian
• 15
  • Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Falling Asleep (Dormition) of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 22
  • Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 30
  • Shree Krishna Jayanti (Janmastami) ** - Hindu

  Definitions

JUNE 2002

• 7
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 13
  • Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • Martyrdom of Guru Arjan - Sikh
• 21
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
  • Midsummer - Wicca
• 23
  • Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
• 24
  • Guru Purnima - Hindu
• 30
  • Oharai - Shinto

  Definitions

MAY 2002

• 1
  • Beltane - Wicca
• 3
  • Good Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 5
  • Paschal - Easter - Orthodox Christian
• 9
  • Ascension of Jesus- Christian
• 17-18
  • Shavuot  * - Jewish
• 19
  • Pentecost - (Whitsunday) - Christian
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab- Baha'i
• 24
  • Mawlid an-Nabi - Islam
• 26
  • Trinity - Christian
  • Buddha Day - Visakha Puja -  Wesak - Buddhist
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i
• 30
  • Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
  • Thanksgiving for Institution of Communion - Anglican Christian

  Definitions

APRIL 2002

• 3-4
  • Pesach (Passover)  last 2 days - Jewish
• 8
  • Buddha Day - Buddhist (Japanese observance)
• 9
  • Yom HaShoah  * - Jewish
• 13
  • Baisakhi - Sikh and Hindu
• 21
  • Ram Navmi ** - Hindu
• 21-May 2
  • Ridvan- Baha'i
• 25
  • Mahavir Jayanti - Jain
• 27
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 28-May 5
  • Holy Week- Orthodox Christian
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

MARCH 2002

• 1
  • World Day of Prayer - Christian
• 2-19
  • Nineteen Day Fast - Baha'i
• 10
  • Meatfare Sunday - Greek Orthodox Christian
• 13
  • Maha Shivratri ** - Hindu
• 14
  • Vaisakhi - Sikh
• 15
  • Islamic New Year (Al Hijra) - Islam
• 16
  • Rama Krishna Jayanti ** - Hindu
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 18
  • Lent Begins - Orthodox Christian
• 21
  • Naw Ruz - Baha'i
  • Shubun-sai - Shinto
• 24-31
  • Holy Week - Christian
• 24
  • Palm/Passion Sunday - Christian
  • Ashura' - Islam
• 25
  • Annunciation to Mary - Christian
• 28
  • Holi  ** - Hindu
• 28-April 4
  • Pesach (Passover) * - Jewish 
• 29
  • Good Friday - Christian
• 31
  • Easter - Christian Gregorian

FEBRUARY 2002

• 2
  • Presentation of Jesus in the Temple - Christian
  • Imbolc - Wicca
• 3
  • Four Chaplain's Sunday - Christian/Jewish Interfaith
  • Setsubun-sai - Shinto
• 8
  • Nirvana Day - Buddhist
• 12
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 13
  • Ash Wednesday - Christian
  • Sri Ramakrishna Jayanti - Hindu
• 23
  • Eid ul Adha - Islam
• 26
  • Purim - Jewish
• 26-March 1
  • Ayyam-i Ha - Baha'i

JANUARY 2002

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Naming and Circumcision of Jesus -Christian
  • Shogatsu (Gantan-sai) - Shinto
• 5
  • Guru Gobind Singh birthday - Sikh
  • Twelfth Night - Christian
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
• 6-7
  • Christmas eve and day - Orthodox Christian
• 13
  • Baptism of Jesus - Christian
• 14
  • Maghi - Sikh
• 18-25
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity- Christian
• 20
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
• 24
  • Sadeh (Jashan-e Sadeh)- Zoroastrian
• 28
  • Tu B'shevat - Jewish

2001

DECEMBER 2001

• 2
  • First Sunday of Advent - Christian
• 3
  • Nuzulul Qur'an - Islam
• 8
  • Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) - Buddhism
  • Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
• 9
  • Second Sunday of Advent - Christian
• 10-17
  • Hanukkah - Jewish
• 11
  • Lailat ul Qadr - Islam
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
  • Christmas Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • Quds Day - Islam
• 16
  • Third Sunday of Advent - Christian
• 17
  • Eid ul Fitr (Ramadan ends) - Islam
• 21
  • Yule - Wicca/Pagan
• 23
  • Fourth Sunday of Advent - Christian
• 23-January 6
  • Yule - Christian
• 24
  • Christmas Eve - Christian
• 25
  • Christmas - Christian
• 26 - January 1
  • Kwanzaa - Interfaith
• 26
  • Gita Jayanti - Hindu
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
• 30
  • Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, Joseph - Catholic Christian

  Definitions

NOVEMBER 2001

• 1
  • All Saints Day - Christian
  • Lailat ul Bara'h (Night of Forgiveness) - Islam
• 2
  • All Souls Day -  Christian
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i
• 14
  • Diwali (Festival of Lights) - Hindu
• 17-Dec 16
  • Ramadan  - Islam
• 22
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith
• 23
  • Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev - Sikh
• 25
  • Christ the King - Christian
• 26
  • Day of the Covenant - Baha'i
• 28
  • Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha- Baha'i
• 30
  • St Andrew's Day - Christian

  Definitions

OCTOBER 2001

• 2
  • Pavarana - Buddhist
• 2-3   
  • Sukkot  (First two days of Tabernacles) - Jewish
• 2
  • Jashan Menhergan - Zoroastrian
• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
• 7
  • World Communion Sunday - Protestant Christian
• 9-10
  •  Simchat Torah - Jewish
• 15
  • Lailat al Miraj & Israa' - Islam
• 17-26
  • Navratra Dashara - Hindu
• 20
  • Birth of the B'ab - Baha'i
  • Guruship of Guru Granth Sahib - Sikh
• 28
  • Mulvian Bridge Day - Christian
  • Kathina Day - Buddhism
• 31
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Samhain - Wicca/Pagan

  Definitions

SEPTEMBER 2001

• 1
  • Ecclesial New Year - Orthodox Christian
• 3
  • Janam Ashtami - Hindu
• 8
  • Slichot - Jewish
  • Nativity of the Mother of God - Orthodox Christian
• 14
  • Exaltation of the Life-giving Cross - Orthodox Christian
• 18-19
  • Rosh Hashannah -Jewish
• 21
  • Mabon - Wicca/Pagan
• 22
  • Death of Guru Nanak Dev - Sikh
• 26-27
  • Yom Kippur - Jewish
• 29
  • St Michael and All Angels - Catholic/Protestant Christian

  Definitions

 

AUGUST 2001

• 1
  • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
  • Lammas - Christian
  • Lughnassad (Lammas) - Wicca
• 4
  • Raksha Bandhan - Buddhism
• 6
  • Transfiguration of the Lord - Christian
• 15
  • Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • Falling Asleep (Dormition) of The Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 22
  • Ganesh Chaturthi- Hindu
• 29
  • Beheading of John the Baptist - Orthodox Christian

Definitions

 

JULY 2001

• 8
  • Fast of Tammuz - Jewish
• 5
  • Asala - Buddhism
• 9
  • Martyrdom of the Bab - Baha'i
• 11
  • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 24
  • Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
• 25
  • St James the Great Day - Christian
• 29
  • Tisha B'Av - Jewish

  Definitions

JUNE 2001

• 3
  • Pentecost - Christian/Orthodox Christian
• 4
  • Maulid Nabi (The Birth of the Prophet) - Islam
• 5
  • Birth of Gobindh Singh - Sikh
• 10
  • All Saints - Orthodox Christian
  • Trinity Sunday - Christian
• 14
  • Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
• 21
  • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
  • Mid Summer - Wicca
• 22
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 30
  • Oharai - Shinto

Definitions

MAY 2001

• 7
  • Vaisakha Puja/Wesak - Buddha Day - Buddhism
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab - Baha'i
• 24
  • Ascension - Christian/Orthodox Christian
• 28-29
  • Shavuot - Jewish
• 29
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i

Definitions

APRIL 2001

• 2
  • Rama Navmi - Hindu
• 4
  • Ashura - Islam
• 6
  • Founding of the Church Annniversary - Mormon Christian
• 7-15
  • Passover (Pesach) - Jewish
• 8
  • Palm Sunday - Christian/Orthodox Christian
  • Hanamatsuri - Buddhism
• 12
  • Holy Thursday - Christian/Orthodox Christian
• 13
  • Good Friday - Christian/Orthodox Christian
  • Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) - Sikh
• 14
  • Holy Saturday - Christian
• 15
  • Easter - Christian
  • Holy Pascha - Orthodox Christian
• 19
  • Yom Ha Shoah - Jewish
• 21-May 2
  • Ridvan - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
  • Beltane - Wicca

  Definitions

MARCH 2001

• 2-19
  • Nineteen Day Fast - Baha'i
• 6
  • Eid ul Adha (Eid al-Adha) - Islam
• 7
  • Honen Memorial Day - Buddhism
• 9
  • Purim - Jewish
  • Holi - Hindu
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 20-23
  • Ostara - Wicca/Neo Pagan
• 21
  • Naw Ruz - Baha'i
  • Shubun-sai - Shinto
  • Nav Ruz - Zoroastrian
• 25
  • Annunciation to Mary - Christian
• 26
  • Al-Hijra/Muharram - Islamic New Year - Islam

Definitions

FEBRUARY 2001

• 2
  • Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (Candlemas)- Christian
  • Imbolc (Candlemas) - Wicca
• 3
  • Setsubun-sai - Shinto
• 4
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Christian/Jewish Interfaith
• 7
  • Parinirvana - Buddhism
• 8
  • Tu B'shevat - Jewish
• 15
  • Nirvana Day - Buddhism
• 21
  • Maha Shivaratri - Hindu
• 25
  • Rama Krishna Jayanti - Hindu
• 26
  • Beginning of Lent - Orthodox Christian
• 25-March 1
  • Ayyam-i Ha - Baha'i
• 27
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 28
  • Ash Wednesday - Christian

  Definitions

JANUARY 2001

• 1
  • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
  • Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
  • Shogatsu (Gantan-sai) - Shinto
• 5
  • Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday - Sikh
• 6
  • Epiphany - Christian
  • Theophany - Orthodox Christian
• 7
  • Baptism of Jesus - Christian
• 15
  • Vivekananda Jayanti - Hindu
• 18
  • Conversion of St Peter - Christian
  • Christmas - Armenian Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land
• 18-25
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
• 21
  • World Religion Day - Baha'i
• 25
  • Conversion of St Paul - Christian
• 30
  • Jashan Sadeh - Zoroastrian

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