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 Transguration 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 - Sacrice 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 Transguration 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 All information courtesy of www.interfaith-calendar.org/2021.