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INTERFAITH
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* Holy Days begin at sundown the day before this date ** Regional customs, group preference or moon sightings may cause a variation of this date |
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| January 2012 | |
| 1st |
Mary, Mother of God -
Catholic Christian Feast of St. Basil - Orthodox Christian Gantan-sai (New Year) - Shinto Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus - Orthodox Christian |
| 5th |
Twelfth Night - Christian Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh |
| 6th |
Epiphany - Christian Feast of Theophany - Orthodox Christian Nativity of Christ - Armenian Christian Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) - Hispanic Christian |
| 7th | Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian |
| 9th | Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian |
| 13th | Maghi - Sikh |
| 15th | World Religion Day - Baha'i |
| 17th | Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Christian |
| 18th -25th | Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian |
| 20th | Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian |
| 23rd | Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist |
| 25th | Conversion of Saint Paul - Christian |
| 28th | Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu |
| February 2012 | |
| 2nd |
Candlemas - Christian Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian Imbolc - Lughnassad* - Wicca (Northern & Southern Hemispheres) Triodion - Orthodox Christian |
| 3rd |
Setsubun Sai - Shinto Maha Shavartri ** - Hindu |
| 4th | Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam |
| 5th | Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith |
| 8th | Tu BiShvat * - Judaism |
| 14th | St. Valentine's Day - Christian |
| 15th |
Nirvana Day** - Buddhist
- Jain |
| 19th |
Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox
Christian Transfiguration - Christian |
| 21st | Shrove Tuesday - Christian |
| 22nd | Ash Wednesday - Christian |
| 26th - Mar 1st | Intercalary Days* - Baha'i |
| 27th | Clean Monday - Orthodox Christian |
| March 2012 | |
| 1st | St. David of Wales - Christian |
| 2nd | Nineteen Day Fast* - Baha'i |
| 4th | Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian |
| 8th |
Purim * -
Judaism Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist Holi ** - Hindu |
| 9th | Hola Mohalla - Sikh |
| 13th | Birthday of L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology |
| 17th | St. Patrick's Day - Christian |
| 19th | St. Joseph's Day - Christian |
| 20th |
Equinox Ostara* - Wicca (Northern Hemisphere) Mabon* - Wicca (Southern Hemisphere) |
| 21st |
Norouz (New Year) -
Persian/Zoroastrian Naw Ruz* (New Year) - Baha'i |
| 23rd |
New Year ** - Hindu Prophet Zarathustra birth - Zoroastrian |
| 23rd - April 1st | Ramayana ** - Hindu |
| 25th | Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian |
| 28th | Khordad Sal** (Birth of the Prophet Zaranhushtra) - Zoroastrian |
| April 2012 | |
| 1st |
Palm Sunday - Christian
Ramanavami - Hindu |
| 5th | Maundy Thursday - Christian |
| 6th - 9th | New Year** - Hindu |
| 4th - 12th | Theravadin New Year ** - Buddhist |
| 6th |
Good Friday - Christian
Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christians Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain |
| 7th - 14th | Pesach (Passover) * - Judaism |
| 7th | Lazarus Sunday - Orthodox Christian |
| 8th |
Easter - Christian Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian |
| 13th | Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian |
| 14th | Baisakhi New Year - Sikh |
| 15th | Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian |
| 19th | Yom HaShoah * - Judaism |
| 21st | First day of Ridvan* - Baha'i |
| 23rd | St. George's Day - Christian |
| 27th | Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish |
| 29th | Ninth Day of Ridvan* - Baha'i |
| 30th |
Saint James the Great Day -
Orthodox Christian Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian |
| May 2012 | |
| 1st |
Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian Beltane - Samhain* Wicca (Northern & Southern Hemispheres) |
| 2nd | Twelfth Day of Ridvan* - Baha'i |
| 3rd | National Day of Prayer - Interfaith - USA |
| 6th | Visakha Puja - Buddha Day ** - Buddhist |
| 10th | Lag B'Omer * - Jewish |
| 17th | Ascension Day - Christian |
| 23rd | Declaration of the Bab* - Baha'i |
| 24th | All Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian |
| 27th | Pentecost - Christian |
| 27th - 28th | Shavuot * - Jewish |
| 29th | Ascension of Baha'u'llah* - Baha'i |
| June 2012 | |
| 3rd |
Trinity Sunday - Christian
Pentecost - Orthodox Christian |
| 7th | Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian |
| 9th | St. Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian |
| 10th | All Saints - Orthodox Christian |
| 15th | Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian |
| 16th |
Lailat al Miraj * ** - Islam Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh |
| 19th | New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian |
| 20th |
Solstice Litha* - Wicca (Northern Hemisphere) Yule* - Wicca (Southern Hemisphere) |
| 29th | Saints Peter and Paul - Christian |
| July 2012 | |
| 3rd | Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist |
| 4th | Lailat at Bara'ah * ** - Islam |
| 9th | Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i |
| 13th - 16th | Obon ** - Buddhist, Shinto |
| 15th | Saint Vladimir Day - Christian |
| 20th | Ramadan Begins * ** - Islam |
| 23rd | Emperor Haile Selassi I birthday - Rastafari |
| 24th | Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian |
| 25th | St. James the Great Day - Christian |
| 29th | Tisha B'Av * - Judaism |
| August 2012 | |
| 1st |
Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus -
Orthodox Christian Lammas - Christian |
| 2nd |
Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
Lugnassad - Imbolc * - Wicca (Northern and Southern Hemispheres) |
| 6th | Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian |
| 10th | Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu |
| 14th | Lailat al Kadr * ** - Islam |
| 15th |
Assumption of Virgin Mary -
Catholic Christian Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian |
| 19th - 21st | Eid al Fitr * ** - Islam |
| 29th | Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian |
| September 2012 | |
| 1st | Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox Christian |
| 8th | Nativity of Mary - Christian |
| 14th | Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian |
| 17th - 18th | Rosh Hashanah - Judaism |
| 19th | Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu |
| 20th - 29th | Paryushana Parva ** - Jain |
| 22nd |
Equinox Mabon * - Wicca (Northern Hemisphere) Ostata * - Wicca (Southern Hemisphere) |
| 26th | Yom Kippur * - Judaism |
| 28th | Mesket- Ethiopian Orthodox Christian |
| 29th | Michael and All Angels - Christian |
| October 2012 | |
| 1st - 7th | Sukkot * - Judaism |
| 4th | St. Francis Day - Catholic Christian |
| 8th |
Shemini Atzeret * -
Judaism Thanksgiving - Canada Interfaith |
| 9th | Simhat Torah - Judaism |
| 16th - 23rd | Navaratri ** - Hindu |
| 18th | Saint Luke - Apostle and Evangelist - Christian |
| 20th |
Birth of the Bab * - Baha'i Installation of Scriptures as Gukru Granth - Sikh |
| 20th |
Birth of the Bab* - Baha'i Shemini Atzeret* - Jewish Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh |
| 24th | Dasera ** - Hindu |
| 25th | Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * - Islam |
| 26th - 29th | Eid al Adha * ** - Islam |
| 28th |
Milvian Bridge Day -
Christian Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian |
| 31st | All Hallows Eve - Christian |
| November 2012 | |
| 1st |
All Saint's Day - Christian Samhain - Beltrane* - Wicca (Northern & Southern Hemispheres) |
| 2nd | All Soul's Day - Catholic Christian |
| 11th | Jain New Year - Jain |
| 11th - 15th | Deepavali ** - Hindu |
| 12th | Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Bahai |
| 13th | Diwali - Deepavali ** - Hindu, Jain, Sikh |
| 15th |
Hijra - New Year * ** - Islam
Nativity Fast through 12-25 - Orthodox Christian |
| 21st | Yule - Christian |
| 22nd | Thanksgiving - Interfaith |
| 24th |
Ashura * ** - Islam Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh |
| 25th | Christ the King - Christian |
| 26th | Day of Covenant - Baha'i |
| 28th |
Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha * -
Baha'i Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh |
| 30th | Saint Andrew's Day - Christian |
| December 2012 | |
| 2nd | Advent - First Sunday - Christian |
| 6th | Saint Nicholas Day - Christian |
| 8th |
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)** -
Buddhism Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian |
| 9th - 16th | Hanukkah * - Judaism |
| 16th - 25th | Posadas Navidenas - Hispanic Christian |
| 21st |
Solstice Yule* - Wicca (Northern Hemisphere) Litha* - Wicca (Southern Hemisphere) Yule - Christian |
| 25th |
Christmas* - Christian Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian |
| 26th | Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra ** - Zoroastrian |
| 28th | Holy Innocents - Christian |
| 30th | Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian |
| 31st | Watch Night - Christian |