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Interfaith Calendar 2018 - 2019 18-month interfaith calendar 18-Month Interfaith Calendar To foster and support inclusive communities, Diversity Awareness Partnership is pleased to present the 2018-2019 18-Month Interfaith Calendar. This publication is a handy guide to observances celebrated across 25 religious traditions in the St. Louis region. When planning your organization’s schedule, refer to our Interfaith Calendar to honor the holidays your friends, neighbors, and colleagues celebrate. Considerations In order to be more accommodating for people who practice different religions, consider the following: FOOD Food and drink are central to many traditions’ rituals and practices. Consider vegetarian, vegan, non-alcoholic, and decaf options, which can accommodate a wide variety of religious and ethical choices. HOURS Some holidays may require individuals to worship or pray during different hours than they may the rest of the year. Consider flexibility that takes into account the work and objectives of your student or employee, rather than the typical time frame when this is normally accomplished. TIME OFF Many organizations have standard holidays for all employees or students that are built around the worldview of a particular religion - Christianity, for example. Consider allowing practitioners of other religions to float these holidays or make shifts in their schedules. Again, the priority should be the quality of the work, not where or when it takes place. DEADLINES/WORK FLOW During holidays that require prayer at late/early hours or that require fasting, some individuals may experience decreased stamina. Examine project schedules or work deadlines to see if they can be adjusted, if need be. PRAYER Some religions require daily or periodic prayer that requires solitude and quiet. Consider designating a space for individuals to pray that is clean, well-furnished, and accessible. ATTIRE For some religions, dress is part of an outward and ongoing commitment to that faith tradition. Make sure that your organization’s attire policy is communicated clearly to employees. 2 Online resources oca.org/fs/paschal-cycle interfaith-calendar.org/2018.htm drexel.edu/provost/policies/religious_observances_calendar/ scouting.org/Home/Media/Relationships/ReligiousCalendar.aspx Notes This calendar strives to be as inclusive as possible. However, we are always open to adding more holidays and more religions. Please contact us directly if there’s something you’d like for us to consider adding for next year’s calendar. All content in this calendar represents information that was available at the time of production. To the greatest extent possible, holidays based on lunar phases or other variables that change every Gregorian calendar year have been factored into observance dates. The spelling of certain observances may vary as well, based on different ways of representing words from other languages. All Baha’i, Jewish, and Muslim holidays begin at sunset unless otherwise noted. We encourage all places of worship to be accessible to persons with disabilities by making necessary accommodations. Contact DAP for additional information on how your organization can become more inclusive in this way. Color Key Baha’i Muslim Buddhist Orthodox Christian Catholic Christian Pan-African Christian Protestant Christian Confucian Rastafarian Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Scientologist Hindu Shinto Hispanic Christian Sikh Interfaith Swedenborgian Christian Jain Taoist Jehovah’s Witnesses Wiccan/Pagan Jewish Zoroastrian Mormon 3 January 2018 1 Monday 8 Monday 19 Friday Solemnity of Mary, Mother of Seijin no Hi | Shinto Timkat | Ethiopian Orthodox God | Catholic Christian Holiday honoring those who have Christian Celebration of the Blessed Virgin reached, or will reach, the age of Commemorating the baptism of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ twenty within the current year Jesus in the Jordan River by St. John the Baptist Shogatsu/Gantan-sai | Shinto 13 Saturday New Year’s Day celebration Maghi | Sikh 21 Sunday Commemoration of a battle in World Religion Day | Baha’i 2 Tuesday which forty Sikhs died for Guru Day dedicated to the unity and Gobindh Singh oneness of the world’s religions Mahayana New Year | Buddhist (until 1/4/2018) Triodion begins | Orthodox Buddhist New Year, as celebrated 14 Sunday Christian (until 4/8/18) in Mayahana countries Makar Sankranti | Hindu Time period leading up to Lent Celebration marking the turning of 5 Friday the sun toward the north; festival in reverence to deity Surya, god of Twelfth Night | Christian 22 Monday the sun Conclusion of the Twelve Days of Vasant Panchami | Hindu Christmas and marking the coming Festival of spring honoring the of the Epiphany 17 Wednesday goddess of learning Blessing of the Animals | The Birth of the Tenth Sikh Master | Sikh Christian/Hispanic Christian 25 Thursday Honoring the birth of Guru Gobind Observance of showing respect Conversion of St. Paul | Christian Singh for domestic animals that are Event in the life of Paul the Apostle, significant to people after which he became a follower 6 Saturday of Jesus Epiphany/Three Kings’ Day | 18 Thursday Christian Week of Prayer for Christian 30 Tuesday Feast to celebrate the visit of the Unity | Christian (until 1/25/2018) Tu Bishvat | Jewish (until 1/31/18) Three Wise Men to baby Jesus Ecumenical observance focused on Celebration of the coming of spring prayer for church unity 7 Sunday Orthodox Christmas | Orthodox Christian The Birth of the Tenth Sikh Master Celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ “During the second part of the 17th Century, Guru Gobind Singh inspired the realization of the Khalsa: pure-hearted Ethiopian Christmas | Rastafarian saint-soldiers focused on a life of truth and spiritual freedom. Celebration of the birth of Jesus Imbued with selfless service towards all of Creation, humanity Christ is to be celebrated through the guru’s word, embodying values of oneness and guiding one to embrace an unyielding Baptism of the Lord Jesus | Divine Love. Gobind’s clarity of thought and conviction Christian of deep-seated faith demonstrates a timeless, universal Commemorating the baptism of approach towards spirituality. Donning the turban and flowing Jesus in the Jordan River by beard like his forefathers, Guru Gobind’s legacy lives on St. John the Baptist through the identity of every Sikh today.” -Jaipal Singh 4 February 2018 2 Friday 12 Monday 18 Sunday Presentation of Christ in the Clean Monday | Orthodox National Founding Day United Temple | Christian Christian States | Scientology Remembrance of the infant Jesus Start of Lent for Orthodox Founding of the first Church of being brought to the temple in Christians, refers to the leaving Scientology in the U.S., the Church Jerusalem behind of sinful attitudes and of Scientology of Los Angeles in non-fasting foods 1954 Imbolc | Wiccan/Pagan Halfway between the Winter 13 Tuesday Solstice and the Spring Equinox, 25 Sunday celebrates the passage from Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday) | Orthodox Sunday | Orthodox winter to spring Christian Christian Carnival day on the eve of Ash First Sunday of Lent, at which time Wednesday restoration of icons in the church is 3 Saturday celebrated Setsubun-Sai | Shinto Maha Shivaratri | Hindu Celebration of the traditional Festival honoring Lord Shiva and his beginning of spring and the end of marriage to the goddess Parvati 26 Monday winter Intercalary Days | Baha’i (until 3/1/18) 14 Wednesday Insertion of days into the calendar 4 Sunday St. Valentine’s Day | Christian in order to maintain the solar Four Chaplains Sunday | Feast day of St. Valentine, calendar, considered ‘days outside Interfaith celebrating love and affection of time’ Commemoration of U.S. Army chaplains who gave their lives to Ash Wednesday | Christian 28 Wednesday save others during World War II Observance to begin the 40-day season of Lent; ashes are marked Ta’anit Esther | Jewish on worshipers’ foreheads as a sign Fast on Purim eve, commemorating 8 Thursday of repentance the fast of the Jewish people in the Nirvana Day | Buddhist story of Purim Also known as Parinirvana Day, Race Relations Day | Christian remembering the death of Buddha Purim | Jewish (until 3/1/18) Day recognizing the importance of Celebration of the deliverance of when he reached Nirvana; Nirvana interracial relations and learning day is believed to be the festival the Jewish minority in Persia from that marks the end of the cycle of genocide birth and rebirth. 16 Friday Chinese New Year | Buddhist, 11 Sunday Confucian, Taoist Transfiguration Sunday | New Year’s celebration marking the start of the lunar new year; begins Christian a fifteen-day festival for Chinese Feast day celebrating the people of all religions, who give transfiguration of Jesus thanks for family and remember ancestors 5 March 2018 2 Friday 20 Tuesday 29 Thursday Nineteen Day Fast | Baha’i (until Ostara | Wiccan/Pagan Maundy Thursday | Christian 3/20/18) Welcoming of spring and Remembrance of Jesus’ last meal Fast to be observed by adults of celebration of the goddess-as- with his disciples the Baha’i faith in good health from maiden (Vernal Equinox) sunrise to sunset Naw-Ruz | Baha’i, Zoroastrian 30 Friday Good Friday/Holy Friday | Hola Mohalla | Sikh Also known as the Persian New Created by Guru Gobind Singh as Year, marks the start of the New Christian, Orthodox Christian an occasion for Sikhs to show their Year Remembrance of the crucifixion martial arts skills and host mock and death of Jesus battles 25 Sunday Pesach/Passover | Jewish (until Annunciation of the Blessed
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