Interfaith Calendar Personal Edition
January, 2005
A monthly print out version
from www.interfaithcalendar.org
Note: * the event begins
the evening of the
previous day.
** the exact day may vary between traditions and
communities.
| 1 Saturday |
Mary Mother of God - Catholic Christian
honoring of Mary. Feast Day of St. Basil - Orthodox Christian event. Gantan-sai - Shinto - New Years observance. |
| 5 Wednesday | Twelfth
Night - Christians
complete the Christmas season. Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikhs honor founder of Khalsa. |
| 6 Thursday | Epiphany -
Christians celebrate the divine nature of Jesus.
|
| 9 Sunday | Baptism
of Jesus - Christian observance.
|
| 13 Thursday | Maghi
- Sikh commemoration of a famous battle.
|
| 16 Sunday |
World Religions Day - Baha'i presentation of world unity.
|
| 17 Monday | San
Antonio Abad (St. Anthony Day) - Christian Blessing of the Animals. **
|
| 19 Wednesday | Hajj - Islamic
pilgrimage rites at Mecca - through the 22nd. Waqf al Arafa - Islamic prayers for forgiveness and mercy. |
| 21 Friday | Id al
Adha - Islamic time to
remember Abraham - through 24th.
|
| 25 Tuesday | New
Years ** - Buddhist observance through the 28th. Tu B'shvat * - Jewish celebration of the coming of spring. Conversion of St. Paul - Christian observance. |
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Definition for holy days found at www.interfaithcalendar.org/calendardefinitions.htm