Calendar of Religious Festivals January to June

shap Calendar of Religious Festivals EDUCATION IN 2017 RELIGIONS January to June

FAITHS January February March April May June 23 Declaration of 20 to 1 May the Bab 15 World Religion Day 20 Naw-Ruz BAHA’I Ridvan 28 The Ascension of Baha’u’llah

16 Shinran Mem. Day 8/15 Parinirvana / 8 Hanamatsuri 10 Vesakha Puja / BUDDHIST 25 Honen Mem. Day Nirvana Day 12/13 Magha Puja 13 Song Kran 28 Losar * 8/19/27 Losar * 28 Nichiren Buddha Day

28 Yuan Tuan (New 4 Tomb Sweeping 30 Dragon Boat CHINESE Year) [Rooster] 11 Lantern Festival Day Festival

1 Circumcision / 4 Pentecost [3] Naming of Jesus 2 Passion Sunday 1 Ash Wednesday 4 Pentecost / 6 Epiphany 2 Presentation of 1 - 15 April Lent 9 Palm Sunday 6 Baptism of Christ [3] Whit Sunday Christ in the 3 Women s World 9-16 Holy Week 14-20 Christian Aid 11 Trinity Sunday 6/7 Christmas Eve [3] ’ 13 Maundy Temple / Day of Prayer Week 15 Thanksgiving CHRISTIAN 7 Christmas Day [3] Candlemas Thursday 9 Baptism of the Lord 20 St Joseph 25 Ascension Day for the 27 Great Lenten 25 The Annunciation 14 Good Friday Eucharist [RC] 15 Holy Saturday Fast [3] 26 Mothering 18 Corpus Christi - 18-25 Week of Prayer 28 Shrove Tuesday 16 Easter Day Sunday Body & Blood for Christian Unity 16 Pascha [3] 19 Theophany [3] of Christ [RC]

12 B day of Swami ’ 1 Sarasvati Puja / 5 Rama Navami Vivekananda Vasant HINDU 13 Holi 11 Hanuman 13 Lohri / Makar Panchami Jayanti Sankranti / Pongal 24 Mahashivratri

JAIN 10 Mahavira Jayanti

1 Ganjitsu 3 Setsubun 3 Hinamatsuri 8 Hanamatsuri JAPANESE (New Year) (Bean Scattering) 18-24 Higan 20 Shunbun No Hi 2 Yom 11 - 18 Ha’atzma’ut JEWISH [1] 11 Tu B’Shevat 12 Purim Passover / Pesach 24 Yom Hashoah 14 Lag B’Omer 31-1 June Shavuot

12 The Night of Lailat-ul-Qadr: The Night of Power 24 The Prophet’s Forgiveness Night Journey (Lailat-ul- 18 [Shi’a] MUSLIM [2] and Ascent into Bara’ah] 22 [Sunni] 26 Eid-ul-Fitr Heaven 27-June 25 Ramadan Feast of Fast Breaking

6/7 Ethiopian RASTAFARIAN Christmas Day 16 Easter Day [3]

5 Birthday of Guru 14 Vaisakhi/ 16 Martyrdom of SIKH Gobind Singh 14 Hola Mohalla Baisakhi Guru Arjan Dev 12 Basant / Vasant 11-20 Fravardigan ZOROASTRIAN 21 Jamshedi Noruz 24 Zaratosht-no- 30 Jashn-e-Sadeh 22 Adar Mah Parab [PARSEE] 24 Ava Mah Parab Diso 26 Khordad Sal 20 Spring Equinox 21 Midsummer 1 Imbolc / 30 May Eve PAGAN / (Ostara) 1 Beltaine Solstice DRUID [4] Candlemas 20 Vernal Equinox 30 Beltaine Eve 21 Summer (Druid) Solstice

1 New Year’s Day / 21 World 1 St David’s Day Some Other Hogmanay 4 Lady Day [RC] Humanist Day 18 World Rel. Day 17 St Patrick’s Day Notable Dates 23 St George’s Day 24 Midsummer 27 Holocaust Memorial 25 Lady Day Day Day

Ibn Sina / Emily Kame William Emiline Charles Alfred Adler People of Belief Avicenna Darwin Kngwarreye Wordsworth Pankhurst

(*) Indicates some uncertainty about the date. [1] Jewish Festivals commence, like Shabbat, at sunset on the evening of the day prior to the date shown. [2] Muslim Festivals begin in the evening before the Gregorian dates shown in this calendar. [3] Indicates a festival celebrated in the Orthodox tradition of the Christian church. [4] Certain Druid and Pagan festivals also commence in the evening.