INTERFAITH CALENDAR 2021 JANUARY
1 Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian Feast Day of St. Basil - Orthodox Christian Shogatsu/Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
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
13 Maghi - Sikh
17 Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
18 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins - Christian
19 Timkat - Ethiopoian Christian
25 Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
28 Tu B'Shvat - Jewish FEBRUARY
2 Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian Imbolc-Lughnassad - Wicca/Neo-Pagan Northern and Southern Hemispheres
3 St. Blaze Day - Christian Setsebun (beginning of Spring) - Shinto
5 Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
8 Nirvana Day - Buddhism
12 Triodion - Orthodox Christian Chinese New Year - Chinese traditional
14 St. Valentine's Day - Christian Trans guration Sunday - Christian
15 Nirvana Day - Buddhist - Jain
16 Vasant Panchami - Hindu Shrove Tuesday - Christian
17 Lent Begins - Christian
21 Triodion Begins - Orthodox Christian
26 Purim - Jewish MARCH
1 St. David of Wales - Christian
2 (March 2-20) Nineteen Day Fast - Baha'i
7 Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
10 Lailat al Miraj - Islam
12 Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian Maha Shivaratri - Hindu
14 Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
15 Clean Monday (Great Lent Begins) - Orthodox Christian
17 St. Patrick's Day - Christian
18 Waqf al Arafa - Islam
19 St. Joseph's Day - Christian
21 Norooz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian Naw-Rúz (New Year) - Baha'i Ostara - Mabon - Wicca/Neo-Pagan Northern and Southern Hemispheres Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
25 Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian Mahavir Jayanti - Jain
26 Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) - Zoroastrian
28 Lailat al Bara'ah - Islam Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian Magha Puja Day - Buddhist
28 (March 28-April 8) Pesach - Jewish
28 Palm Sunday - Christian
29 Holi - Hindu APRIL
1 Maunday Thursday - Christian
2 Good Friday - Christian
4 Easter Sunday - Christian
8 Yom HaShoah - Jewish
13 Hindi New Year - Hindu (April 13-21) Ramayana - Hindu Ramadan begins - Islam
14 Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) - Sikh
15 Yom Ha'Atzmaut - Jewish
16 First Day of Ridvan - Baha'i
21 Ramanavami - Hindu
23 St. George's Day - Christian
24 Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
25 Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
27 Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu Mahavir Jayanti - Jain
30 Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian Lag B'Omer - Jewish MAY
1 Beltane - Samhain - Wicca/Neo Pagai Northern and Southern Hemispheres
2 Last day of Ridvan - Baha'i Pascha (Easter) - Orthodox Christian
3 Saints Philip & James - Christian
4 National Day of Prayer - USA - Interfaith
8 Laylat al Kadr - Islam
14 (May 14-16) Eid al Fitr - Ramadan Ends - Islam
18 Tish'a B'av - Jewish
23 Declaration of the Bab - Baha'i Pentecost - Christian
29 Ascension of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i
30 Trinity Sunday - Christian JUNE
3 Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian 9 St. Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian 11 Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian 15 Saint Vladimir Day - Christian 16 Guru Arjan Martyrdom - Sikh 19 New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian 20 Pentecost - Orthodox Christian 21 World Humanist Day - Materialism 22 First Nations Day - Canadian Native People Litha - Yule - Wicca/Neo-Pagan Northern and Southern Hemispheres
24 Saint John the Baptist - Christian 29 Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian JULY
9 Martyrdom of the Bab - Baha'i 11 St. Benedict Day - Catholic Christian 13 Obon (Ulambana) - Buddhist/Shinto 15 St. Vladimir the Great Day - Orthodox Christian 20 Eid al Adha - Sacri ce Day - Islam 23 Emperor Haile Selassie birthday -Rastafaria 24 Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian Asalha Puja Day - Buddhist
25 St. James the Great Day - Christian AUGUST
1 Lammas - Christian Lughnassad - Imbolc - Wicca/Neo-Pagan Northern and Southern Hemispheres
3 Krishna Janmashtami - Hindu
6 Trans guration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
10 Hijra - New Year begins - Islam
15 Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
17 Shavout - Jewish
18 Ashura - Islam
22 Raksha Bandhan - Hindu
29 Beheading of St. John the Baptist - Christian SEPTEMBER
1 Religious Year begins - Orthodox Christian
6 (Sept. 6-8) Rosh Hashanah - Jewish
8 Nativity of Virgin Mary - Christian
10 Ganesh Chaturthi - Hindu
11 Ethiopian New Year - Rastafaria Paryushana Parva - Jain
13 Yom Kippur - Jewish
14 Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) - Christian
21 (Sept. 21-27) Sukkot - Jewish Paryushana Parva - Jain
22 Mabon - Imbolc - Wicca/Pagan
27 Meskel -Ethiopian Eritrean Orthodox Christian
28 Shemini Atzeret - Jewish
29 Michael and All Angels - Christian Simchat Torah - Jewish OCTOBER
4 St. Francis Day - Catholic Christian Blessing of the Animals - Christian
7 (Oct. 7-14) Navaratri - Hindu
15 Dasara - Hindu
18 Luke, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian Mawlid an Nabi - Islam
20 Birth of the B'ab - Baha'i Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
28 Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
31 All Hallow’s© Eve - Christian Reformation Day - Protestant Christian Samhain - Wicca/Neo-Pagan Deep Diwali - Jain NOVEMBER
1 All Saint’s© Day - Christian
2 All Souls Day - Catholic Christian
4 Diwali (Deepavali) - Hindu - Jain
5 Vikram New Year - Hindu
12 Birth of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i
13 Jain New Year - Jain
15 (Nov. 15-Dec. 24) Nativity Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
21 Christ the King - Christian
24 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur - Sikh
26 Day of the Covenant - Baha'i Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
28 First Sunday of Advent - Christian Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha - Baha'i
29 (Nov. 29-Dec. 6) Hanukkah - Jewish
30 St. Andrew's Day - Christian DECEMBER
6 Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
8 Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) - Buddhism Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
12 Feast Day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
16 (Dec. 16-25) Posadas Navidenas - Hispanic Christian
21 Yule - Christian
22 Yule/Winter Solstice - Wicca/Neo-Pagan
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
30 Holy Family - Catholic Christian
31 Watch Night - Christian
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