Interfaith Calender
JANUARY 2011
• 1
o Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
o Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
o Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
• 5
o Twelfth Night - Christian
o Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
• 6
o Epiphany - Christian
o Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian
o Dia de los Reyes - Hispanic Christian
o Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox Christian
• 7
o Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian
• 9
o Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
• 13
o Maghi - Sikh
• 16
o World Religion Day - Baha'i
• 17
o Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
• 19
o Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 19-21
o Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist
• 20
o Tu B'shvat * - Jewish
• 19
o Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 25
o Conversion of Saint Paul - Christian
Definitions
FEBRUARY 2011
• 2
o Candlemas - Christian
o Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
o Imbolc - Lughnassad * - Wicca/Pagan - northern and southern hemispheres
• 3
o Setsubun-sai - Shinto
o Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
• 6
o Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
o Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
• 8
o Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
• 14
o Saint Valentine's Day - Christian
• 15
o Nirvana Day ** - Buddhism - Jain
o Mawlid an Nabi * ** - Islam
• 18-25
o Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
o
• 24
o Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist - Christian
• 26-March 1
o Intercalary Days * - Baha'i
• 27
o Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
Definitions
MARCH 2011
• 1
o Saint David of Wales - Christian
• 2
o Four Chaplains Sunday - Christian/Jewish Interfaith
• 3
o Maha Shivaratri - Hindu
• 6
o Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
o Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
• 7
o Clean Monday - Great Lent begins - Orthodox Christian
• 8
o Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 9
o Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian
• 13
o Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
o Birthday of L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology
• 17
o St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 19
o Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
o Saint Joseph's Day - Christian
• 20 Equinox
o Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam
o Purim * - Jewish
o Ostara * -Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
o Mabon * -Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
o Holi ** - Hindu
o Hola Mohalla - Sikh
• 21
o Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
o Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i
• 25
o Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
• 28
o Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) ** - Zoroastrian
Definitions
APRIL 2011
• 4
o New Year ** - Hindu
• 4-12
o Ramayana - Hindu
• 5
o Qingming - Chinese traditional
• 12
o Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 14
o Baisakhi - Sikh
• 16
o Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 17
o Palm/Passion Sunday - Christian
o Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
• 18-21
o Theravadin New Year ** - Buddhist
• 18
o Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
o Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu
• 19-26 *
o Pesach (Passover) * - Jewish
• 21
o First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
o Maundy Thursday - Christian
• 22
o Good (Holy) Friday - All Christians
• 23
o Black Saturday - Christian
o St. George Day - Christian
• 24
o Easter - All Christians
• 29
o Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 30
o St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
Definitions
MAY 2011
• 1
o Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish
o Beltane - Samhain * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 2
o Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 5
o National Day of Prayer - Interfaith USA
• 9
o Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
• 17
o Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist
• 22
o Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 23
o Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 29
o Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
Definitions
JUNE 2011
• 2
o Ascension of Christ - Orthodox Christian
o Ascension of Jesus - Christian
• 8-9
o Shavuot * - Jewish
• 9
o Lailat al Miraj * - Islam
o Saint Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
• 10
o All Saints - Orthodox Christian
• 12
o Pentecost - Christian
• 16
o Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
• 19
o All Saints - OrthodoxChristian
o New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
o Trinity Sunday - Christian
o Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 21 Solstice
o First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
o Litha * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
o Yule * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 23
o Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian
• 28
o Lailat al Miraj * ** - Islam
• 29
o Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
Definitions
JULY 2011
• 1
o Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
• 9
o Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
o Saint Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 15
o Lailat al Bara'ah * ** - Islam
o Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
o Saint Vladimir Day - Christian
• 13-16
o Ulambana - ** - Japan Buddhist
• 24
o Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
• 23
o Birthday of Emperor Haili Selassi I - Rastafari
• 25
o St. James the Great Day - Christian
Definitions
AUGUST 2011
• 1
o Lammas - Christian
o Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
o Ramadan begins * ** - Islam
• 2
o Lughnassad - Imbolc * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres
• 6
o Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 7
o Laylat al Kadr *- Islam
• 9
o Tisha B'Av * - Jewish
• 13
o Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
• 13-15 **
o Obon - Shinto
• 15
o Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
o Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 22
o Krisha Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 26
o Lailat al Kadr * ** - Islam
• 29
o Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian
• 31
o Eid al Fitr * ** - Islam
Definitions
SEPTEMBER 2011
• 1
o Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu
o Ecclesiastical New Year - Orthodox Christian
• 2-10
o Paryushana Parva - Jain
• 8
o Nativity of Mary - Christian
• 14
o Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian
• 23 Equinox
o Mabon * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
o Ostara * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 27
o Meskel - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
• 28-Oct 5
o Navaratri ** - Hindu
• 29-30
o Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 29
o Michael and All Angels - Christian
Definitions
OCTOBER 2011
• 4
o St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
• 5
o Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam
• 6
o Dasera - Hindu
• 8
o Yom Kippur * - Jewish
• 10
o Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada
• 13-19 (13-14 Primary Obligation Days)
o Sukkot * - Jewish
• 20
o Birth of the Báb * - Baha'i
o Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
o Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
• 21
o Simhat Torah * - Jewish
• 22
o New Year - Jain
• 26
o Diwali ** - Jain - Hindu - Sikh
• 28
o Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 30
o Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
• 31
o All Hallows Eve - Christian
Definitions
NOVEMBER 2011
• 1
o All Saints' Day - Christian
o Samhain - Beltane * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres
• 2
o All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
• 4-7
o Hajj * - Islam
• 6
o Eid al Adha * ** - Islam
• 10
o Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh
• 12
o Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 15
o Nativity Fast begins through Dec. 24 - Orthodox Christianm
• 20
o Christ the King - Christian
• 24
o Thanksgiving - Interfaith
o Gkuru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
• 26
o Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
o Hijra - New Year * **- Islam
• 27
o First Sunday of Advent - Christian
• 30
o Saint Andrew's Day- Christian
Definitions
DECEMBER 2011
• 5
o Ashura * ** - Islam
• 6
o Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
• 8
o Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism
o Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
• 12
o Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
• 16
o Posadas Navidenas through Dec. 15 - Christian
• 21-28
o Hanukkah * - Jewish
• 22 solstice
o Yule - Christian
o Yule * - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere
o Litha * - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere
• 25
o Christmas * - Christian
o Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
• 26
o Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) ** - Zoroastrian
o Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr - Christian
• 28
o Holy Innocents - Christian
• 30
o Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 31
o Watch Night - Christian
