January - June 2015

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EDUCATION IN
RELIGIONS
FAITHS
Calendar of Religious Festivals
January to June
January
February
March
April
May
21 Naw-Ruz
21 to 2 May
Ridvan
23 The Declaration
of the Bab
29 The Ascension of
Baha’u’llah
4/5 Magha Puja
6 Hanamatsuri
13 Song Kran
*2 Bodhi Day
19 Yuan Tuan (New
Year) [Goat]
5 Lantern Festival
5 Tomb
Sweeping Day
CHRISTIAN
1 Circumcision /
Naming of Jesus
6 Epiphany
6 Baptism of Christ
6/7Christmas Eve [3]
7 Christmas Day [3]
18-25 Week of Prayer
for Christian Unity
19 Theophany [3]
2 Presentation of
Christ in the
Temple /
Candlemas
17 Shrove Tuesday
18 Ash Wednesday
18 - 4 April. Lent
23 Great Lent Fast
[3]
6 Women’s World
Day of Prayer
15 Mothering Sun.
19 St Joseph
22 Passion Sunday
25 The Anunciation
29 - 4 April
Holy Week
29 Palm Sunday
HINDU
12 B’day of Swami
Vivekananda
14 Lohri / Makar
Sankranti / Pongal
24 Sarasvati Puja /
Vasant Panchami
17 Mahashivaratri
6 Holi
28 Rama Navami
BAHA’I
15 World Religion Day
BUDDHIST
16 Shinran Memorial
Day
25 Honen Memorial
Day
CHINESE
8/15 Parinirvana /
Nirvana Day
19 Losar
2
3
4
5
Maundy Thur.
Good Friday
Holy Saturday
Easter Day
[West]
12 Pascha [3]
2015
June
6 Vesakha Puja /
Buddha Day
20 Dragon Boat
Festival
10-16 Christian Aid
Week
14 Ascension Day
24 Pentecost / Whit
31 Pentecost / Whit
[3]
31 Trinity Sunday 4 Hanuman
Jayanti
4
7
Thanksgiving for
the Eucharist
Corpus Christi
[The body and
blood of Christ]
[Roman Cath.]
29 Ratha Yatra
2 Mahavira
Jayanti
JAIN
JAPANESE
1 Ganjitsu
(New Year)
3 Setsubun
(Bean Scattering)
4 Tu B’Shevat
JEWISH [1]
MUSLIM [2]
Birthday of the
Prophet Muhammad
[Milad un Nabi]
3 Sunni
8 Shi’a
RASTAFARIAN
6/7 Ethiopian
Christmas Day
SIKH
5 Birthday of Guru
Gobind Singh
24 Basant / Vasant
Some Other
Notable Dates
5 Purim
4 - 11
Passover / Pesach
16 Yom Hashoah
23 Yom
Ha’atzma’ut
7 Lag B’Omer
24-25 Shavuot
2 The Night of
Forgiveness
(Lailat-ulBara’ah]
18 - 17 July
Ramadan
12 Easter Day [3]
1 Imbolc /
Candlemas
1 New Year’s Day /
Hogmanay
18 World Rel. Day
27 Holocaust
Memorial Day
8 Hanamatsuri
16 The Prophet’s
Night Journey
and Ascent into
Heaven
ZOROASTRIAN! 30 Jashn-e-Sadeh
[PARSEE]
PAGAN /
DRUID [4]
3 Hinamatsuri
18-24 Higan
20 Shunbun No Hi
6 Hola Mohalla
14 Vaisakhi/
Baisakhi
16 Martyrdom of
Guru Arjan Dev
11-20 Fravardigan
21 Jamshedi Noruz
25 Ava Mah Parab
26 Khordad Sal
23 Adar Mah
Parab
25 Zaratosht-noDiso
20 Spring Equinox
(Ostara)
20Vernal Equinox
(Druid)
30 May Eve
30 Beltaine Eve
1 Beltaine
1 St David’s Day
17 St Patrick’s Day
25 Lady Day
23 St George’s
Day
(*) Indicates some uncertainly about the date.!
[1] Jewish Festivals commence, like Shabbat, at sunset on the evening of the day prior to the date shown.!
[2] Muslim Festivals begin in the evening before the Gregorian dates shown in this calendar.!
[3] Indicates a festival celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox tradition of the Christian church.!
[4] Certain Druid and Pagan festivals also commence in the evening.
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21 Midsummer
Solstice
21 Summer Solstice
21 World Humanist
Day
24 Midsummer Day

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