Religious Festivals and Anniversaries
Welcome to this page of Religious Festivals and Anniversaries to for your information. This page is to help you plan your year 2012.May this year bring you blessings, good health and love and kindnes
RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS and ANNIVERSARIES
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2012
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IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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BAHA'I
Feast of Naw-Ruz --- Mar 21
First Day of Ridvan --- Apr 21
Birth of Baha'u'llah--- Nov 12
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BUDDHIST
Parinirvana Day --- Feb 8/15
Wesak(Budda Day) --- May 17
Dharma Day --- Jul 15
(adjusted for BST)
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CHINESE
Lunar New Year(3days) --- Jan 23rd
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CHRISTIAN-EASTERN ORTHODOX
Christmas
(not Greek Orthodox) --- Jan 7
Lent Monday --- Mar 7
Easter Day --- Apr 24
Pentecost --- Jun 19
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CHRISTIAN-WESTERN
Ash Wednesday --- Feb 22
Palm Sunday --- Apr 1
Good Friday --- Apr 6
Easter Day --- Apr 8
Low Sunday --- Apr 15
Rogation Sunday --- May 13
Ascension Day --- May 17
Whit Sunday --- May 27
Pentecost --- Jun 12
Trinity Sunday --- Jun 3
Corpus Christi --- Jun 23
1st Sunday Advent --- Dec 2
Christmas Day --- Dec 25
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ROMAN CATHOLIC
Solemnity of Our Lady --- Jan 1
Epiphany --- Jan 6
St Patrick --- Mar 17
St Joseph --- Mar 19
Ascension --- may 17
Corpus Christi --- Jun 23
St Peter & St Paul --- Jun 7
Assumption --- Aug 15
All Saints Day --- Nov 1
Immaculate Conception --- Dec 8
Christmas --- Dec 25
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HINDU
Holi --- Mar 19
Navtatri 1st day --- Sep 28
Diwali --- Oct 26
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ISLAMIC
Milad Al-Nabi
(Prophet's Birthday) --- Feb 15
Lailat Al-Isra wa Al-Miraj---Jun 29
1st of Ramadam --- Jul 20
Eid Al-Fittr --- Aug 19
Eid Al-Addha --- Oct 26
Al-Hijra (Islamic New Year) --- Nov 26
Ashura --- Dec 5
(dates are based on the new moon at Mecca)
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JEWISH
Pesach
(Passover) 1st day --- Apr 7
Shavuot
(Pentecost)1st day --- May 27
Rosh Hashanah
(Jewish New Year) --- Sep 17
Yom Kippur
(Day of Atonement) --- Sept 26
Succot (Tabernacles) --- Oct 1
Hanukkah 1st day --- Dec 9
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SIKH
Birthday of
Guru Gobind Singh Ji --- Jan 5
Vaisakhi --- Apr 13
Martyrdom of
Guru Arjan Dev Ji --- Jun 16
Birthday of
Guru Nanak Dev Ji --- Nov 28
Martyrdom of
Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji --- Nov 24
(based on Nanakshahi Era Calendar)
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RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS and ANNIVERSARIES
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We hope you have a wonderful year and look forward to helping you with any appropriate verses and messages regarding the events throughout the year.
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