Interfaith Holidays 2012 - 2012

Interfaith Holidays 2012 - 2013

Note: 1. * Holy days usually begin at sundown the day before this date.
       2. ** Local or regional customs may use a variation of this date.

 

SEPTEMBER 2012

• 1  Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox Christian
• 8 Nativity of Mary - Christian
• 14 Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian
• 17-18  Rosh HaShanah * - Judaism
• 19 Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 20-29 Paryushana Parva ** - Jain
• 22 Equinox
• Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
• Ostata * - Wicca/ Pagan southern hemisphere
• 26 Yom Kippur * - Judaism
• 28 Mesket- Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 29 Michael and All Angels - Christian

OCTOBER 2012

• 4 Saint Francis Day - Catholic Christian
• 1-7 (1-2 Primary Obligation Days)
• Sukkot * - Judaism
• 8 Shemini Atzeret * - Judaism
• Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith
• 9 Simhat Torah *- Judaism
• 16-23 Navaratri ** - Hindu
• 18 Saint Luke - Apostle and Evangelist - Christian
• 20 Birth of the Báb * - Baha'i
• Installation of Scriptures as Gukru Granth - Sikh
• 24 Dasera ** - Hindu
• 25 Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * - Islam
• 26-29 Eid al Adha * ** - Islam
• 28 Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
• 31 All Hallows Eve - Christian

NOVEMBER 2012

• 1 All Saint's Day - Christian
• Samhain - Beltane * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 2 All Soul's Day - Catholic Christian
• 11 Jain New Year ** - Jain
• 11-15 Deepavali  ** - Hindu
• 12 Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Bahai
• 13 Diwali - Deepavali ** - Hindu - Jain - Sikh
• 15 Hijra - New Year * ** - Islam
• Nativity Fast through 12-25 - Orthodox Christian
• 22 Thanksgiving  USA - Interfaith
• 21 Yule - Christian
• 24 Ashura * ** - Islam
• Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
• 25 Christ the King - Christian
• 26 Day of the Covenant * - Baha'i
• 28 Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
• Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh
• 30 Saint Andrew's Day - Christian

DECEMBER 2012

• 2 Advent - First Sunday - Christian
• 6 Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
• 8 Rohatsu (Bodhi Day)  ** - Buddhist
• Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
• 9-16 Hanukkah * - Judaism
• 16-25 Posadas Navidenas - Christian
• 21  Solstice
• Yule * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
• Litha * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• Yule - Christian
• 25 Christmas * - Christian
• Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christians
• 26 Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra ** - Zoroastrian
• 28 Holy Innocents - Christian
• 30 Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 31 Watch Night - Christian

2013
Note: 1. * Holy days usually begin at sundown the day before this date.
       2. ** Local or regional customs may use a variation of this date.

JANUARY 2013

• 1 Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
• Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
• Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
• Holy Name of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 5 Twelfth Night - Christian
• Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6 Epiphany - Christian
• Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
• Dia de los Reyes - Christian
• Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox
• 7 Nativity of Christ ** - Orthodox Christian
• 5 Twelfth Night - Christian
• 7 Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
• 13 Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• Maghi - Sikh
• 15 World Religion Day - Baha'i
• 17 Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
• 18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
• 19 Timkat- Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 20 World Religion Day - Baha'i
• 24 Mawlid an Nabi * ** - Islam
• 25 Conversion of Saint Paul - Christian
• 26 Tu BiShvat * - Jewish
• 27-30 Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist

FEBRUARY 2013

• 2 Candlemas - Christian
• Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
• Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian
• Imbolc and Sughnassad * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres
• 3 Four Chaplains Sunday- Interfaith
• Setsubun-sai - Shinto
• 10 Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
• Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
• 12 Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 13 Ash Wednesday - Lent begins through March 23  Christian
• 14 Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
• Valentine's Day - Christian
• 15 Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• Nirvana ** - Jain
• 24 Purim * - Jewish
• Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
• 26 - March 1 Intercalary Days * - Baha'i

MARCH 2013

• 2 -20 Nineteen Day Fast * - Baha'i
• 10 Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• Saint David of Wales - Christian
• Maha Shivaratri - Hindu
• 13  L. Ron Hubbard birthday - Scientology
• 17 St Patrick's Day - Christian
• Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 18 Clean Monday - Lent begins - Orthodox Christian
• 19 Saint Joseph's Day - Christian
• 20  Equinox
• Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
• Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 21 Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
• Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
• 23 Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 24 Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• Palm Sunday - Christian
• 25 Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin - Christian
• 26-27 * Pesach (Passover) First two days * - Judaism
• 26 Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) Zoroastrian
• 27 Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
• Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
• Holi ** - Hindu
• 28 Maundy Thursday - Christian
• Hola Mohalla - Sikh
• Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra ** - Zoroastrian
• 29 Good Friday - Christian
• 31 Easter - Christian

APRIL 2013

• 2 Pesach  - Last two days * -  Jewish
• 7 Yom HaShoah * - Jewish
• 11 Hindu New Year ** - Hindu
• 11-20  Ramayana ** - Hindu
• 14 Baisakhi - New Year - Sikh
• 15 Yom Ha'Atzmaut* - Jewish
• 20 Ramanavani ** - Hindu
• 21 First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 23 St. George Day - Christian
• 25 Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
• Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
• 25-28 Therevadin New Year ** - Buddhist
• 28 Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 29 Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i

MAY 2013

• 1 Beltane and Samhain * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres
• 2 Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• National Day of Prayer USA - Interfaith
• 3 Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 5 Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
• 9 Ascension Day - Christian
• 15-16 Shavuot * - Jewish
• 19 Pentecost (Whit Sunday) - Christian
• 23 Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 25 Visakha Puja - Buddha Day ** - Buddhist
• 26 Trinity Sunday - Christian
• 29 Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 30 Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian

JUNE 2013

• 5 Lailat al Miraj * ** - Islam
• 7 Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 13 Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 16 Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
• 19 New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 21 Solstice
• Litha * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
• Yule * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 23 Lailat al Bara'ah * ** - Islam
• Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
• 24 Lailat al Bara'ah * - Islam
• 29 Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
• 30 All Saints - Orthodox Christian