2016-17 RELIGIOUS CALENDAR
Hamline University is home to a wide spectrum of rich religious and cultural traditions. The diversity of beliefs and understanding is a defining component of our campus community. The Wesley Center for
Spirituality, Service, and Social Justice seeks to foster an environment where these myriad traditions are respected and explored.
The Wesley Center is proud to share a cross section of major observances of religions represented on campus and around the world.
If you have questions about religious and spiritual life at Hamline
University, please contact: Nur Mood, the Coordinator of Religious and Spiritual Life Programs, at [email protected]
Holidays denoted with a * begin in the evening of the preceding day.
JULY 2016
Thursday Saturday
July 7th, 2016 July 9th, 2016
Eid-al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) Martyrdom of the Bab*
Bahá’í Muslim
Friday July 15th, 2016 Asalha Puja Day Buddhist
AUGUST 2016
Thursday Sunday August 25th, 2016 August 28th, 2016 Krishna Janmashtami Paryushana Parva Hindu Jains
SEPTEMBER 2016
Tuesday
September 13th, 2016
Eid-Al-Adha*
Muslim
OCTOBER 2016
Saturday – Monday Sunday – Tuesday October 1st - October 11th, 2016 October 2nd – October 4th, 2016 Navratri Rosh Hashanah
Hindu Jewish
Tuesday Monday th October 3rd, 2016 October 11 , 2016
Muharram (Muslim New Year)* Dussehra
Muslim Hindu
Sunday – Sunday Wednesday October 12th, 2016 October 16th – October 23rd, 2016
Yom Kippur* Sukkot
Jewish Jewish
Thursday Tuesday October 20th, 2016 th October 25 , 2016 Birth of the Bab* Simchat Torah*
Bahá’í Jewish
Sunday October 30th, 2016 Diwali Hindu and Sikh
NOVEMBER 2016
Saturday Monday
November 12th, 2016 November 14th, 2016
Gurpurab Birth of Baha’u’llah*
Bahá’í Sikh
DECEMBER 2016
Thursday Saturday – Sunday
December 8th, 2016 December 24th – January 1st, 2017
Bodhi Day Hanukkah
Buddhist Jewish
Saturday December 24th, 2016 Christmas Eve Christian
Sunday Monday th December 25th, 2016 December 26 , 2016
Christmas Zarathosht Diso (Death of Christian Prophet Zarathushtra) Zoroastrian
JANUARY 2017
Saturday Saturday January 7th, 2017 January 28th, 2017 Christmas Chinese New Year
Orthodox Christian Daoist, Confucian, and Buddhist
FEBRUARY 2017 Saturday February 25th, 2017 Mahashivratri
Hindu
MARCH 2017
Wednesday Monday
March 1st, 2017 March 13th, 2017
Ash Wednesday Hola Mohalla
Christian Sikh
Monday Monday th March 20th, 2017 March 13 , 2017
Holi Nowruz (New Year) Hindu Bahá’í and Zoroastrian
Tuesday th March 28 , 2017
Prophet Zarathushtra’s Birthday Zoroastrian
APRIL 2017
Monday – Tuesday Friday April 10th – April 18th, 2017 April 14th, 2017 Passover Holy Friday Jewish Orthodox Christian
Friday th April 14 , 2017
Good Friday
Christian Friday Sunday April 14th, 2017 April 16th, 2017 Vaisakhi Easter Sikh Christian
MAY 2017
Tuesday Saturday May 23rd, 2017 May 27th, 2017 Declaration of the Bab* Beginning of Ramadan* Bahá’í Muslim Tuesday – Thursday May 30th – June 1st, 2017 Shavuot Jewish
JUNE 2017
Monday June 26th, 2017 Eid Al-fitr* Muslim
Produced by the Wesley Center for Spirituality, Service, and Social Justice
Contact: Nur Mood [email protected] Coordinator of Religious and Spiritual Life Programs