INTERFAITH CALENDAR
* Holy Days begin at sundown the day before this date
** Regional customs, group preference or moon sightings may cause a variation of this date
January 2010
1st Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
Feast of St. Basil - Orthodox Christian
Gantan-sai (New Year) - Shinto
5th Twelfth Night - Christian
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
10th Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
14th Maghi - Sikh
17th World Religion Day* - Baha'i
Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Christian
18-25th Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
19th Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
20th Vasant Panchami** - Hindu
24th Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian
25th Conversion of Saint Paul - Christian
30-2/1 Mahayana New Year** - Buddhism
30th Tu B'shvat* - Jewish
February 2010
2nd Candlemas - Christian
Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian
Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian
Imbolc - Lughnassad* - Wicca - Northern & Southern Hemispheres
3rd Setsubun Sai - Shinto
7th Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
12th Maha Shivaratri** - Hindu
14th Chinese New Year - Confucianism / Daoism / Buddhist
Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
St. Valentine's Day -
Christian
Transfiguration Sunday -
Christian
15th Nirvana Day** - Buddhist
Great Lent - Clean Monday - Orthodox Christian
16th Shrove Tuesday - Christian
17th Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian
21st Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
26th Mawlid an Nabi* ** - Islam
Intercalary Days (through March 1st) - Baha'i
28th Purim* - Jewish
March 2010
1st Holi** - Hindu
16th Vaisaki - New Year** - Hindu
17th St. Patrick'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
Passion Sunday** - Christian
24th Ramanavami**
25th Annunciation of the Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
27th Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
28th Palm Sunday - Christian / Orthodox Christian
Khordad Sal (Birth of the Prophet Zarathustra)** - Zoroastrian
29th Mahavir Jayanti - Jain
30th Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
Hanuman Jayanti** - Hindu
30-31st Pesach (Passover) First two days* - Jewish
April 2010
1st Maundy Thursday - Christian
2nd Good (Holy) Friday - Christian
4th Easter - All Christian
5-6th Pesach (Passover) Final two days* - Jewish
11th Yom HaSho'ah* - Jewish
14th Baisakhi - Sikh
19th Yom Ha'Atzmaut*
21st First day of Ridvan* - Baha'i
23rd Saint George's Day - Christian
28- May 1st Theravadin New Year** - Buddhist
29th Ninth Day of Ridvan* - Baha'i
30th Saint James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
May 2010
1st Beltane Samhain* - Wicca - Northern & Southern Hemispheres
2nd Lag B'Omer* - Jewish
Twelfth Day of Ridvan* - Baha'i
6th National Day of Prayer - Interfaith - USA
13th Ascension of Christ - Christian
19-20th Shavuot* - Jewish
23rd Pentecost - All Christians
Declaration of the Bab - Baha'i
27th Buddha Day - Visakha Puja** - Buddhist
29th Ascension of Baha'u'llah* - Baha'i
30th Trinity Sunday - Christian
All Saints - Orthodox Christian
June 2010
3rd Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
9th Saint Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
11th Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
19th New Church Day - Swedenborgian
21st Solstice
Litha* - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
Yule* - Southern Hemisphere
First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
29th Feast day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
July 2010
8th Martyrdom of the Bab* - Baha'i
Lailat al Miraj* - Islam
11th St. Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
13-15th Ulambana (Obon)** - Buddhist
15th Saint Vladimir - Christian
20th Tisha B'Av* - Jewish
24th Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
26th Lailat al Bara'ah - Islam
Asalha Puja Day** - Buddhist
August 2009
1st Lammas - Christian
Lughnassad (Lammas) - Wicca/Neo Pagan
Fast in honor of the Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
6th Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
11th Ramadan begins** - Islam
15th Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Orthodox Christian
Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
24th Raksha Bandhan** - Hindu
29th Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian
September 2010
1st Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox Christian
2nd Krishna Janmashtami** - Hindu
6th Laylat al Kadr** - Islam
8th Nativity of Mary - Christian
9-10th Rosh Hasannah* - Jewish
10th Eid al Fitr** - Islam
11th Ganesa Chaturthi** - Hindu
12th Paryushana - Jain
14th Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Holy Cross Day - Christian
18th Yom Kippur - Jewish
23-29th (23-24 Primary Obligation Days)
Sukkot* - Jewish
23rd Equinox
Mabon* - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
Ostara* - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
29th Michael and All Angels - Christian
30th Shemini Atzeret* - Jewish
October 2010
1st Simchat Torah* - Jewish
4th St. Francis Day - Catholic Christian
8-16th Navaratri** - Hindu
11th Thanksgiving - Interfaith Canada
17th Dasera** - Hindu
20th Birth of the B'ab* - Baha'i
28th Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
31st All Hallows Eve - Christian
Reformation Day** - Protestant Christian
November 2010
1st All Saint's Day - Christian
Samhain - Beltrane* - Wicca Northern & Southern hemispheres
2nd All Soul's Day - Catholic Christian
5th Diwali - Hindu, Jain, Sikh
12th Birth of Baha'u'llah* - Baha'i
15th Waqf al Arafa - Hajj** - Islam
Nativity Fast through December 24th - Orthodox Christian
16th Eid al Adha** - Islam
21st Christ the King - Christian
Guru Nanak birthday - Sikh
25th Thanksgiving - Interfaith - USA
26th Day of Covenant - Baha'i
28th First Day of Advent - Christian
30th Saint Andrew's Day - Christian
December 2010
2-9th Hanukkah* - Jewish
6th Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
7th Hijra - New Year** - Islam
8th Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)** - Buddhism
Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
12th Feast Day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
16th Ashura** - Islam
Posadas Navidenas through December 25th - Hispanic Christian
21st Solstice
Zarathosht Diso (Death to prophet Zarathustra) - Zoroastrian
Yule* - Wicca Northern hemisphere
Litha* - Wicca Southern hemisphere
Yule - Christian
25th Christmas* - Christian
26th Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
Death to prophet Zarathustra - Zoroastrian
28th Holy Innocents - Christian
31st Watch Night - Christian