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2011 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.
Bold titles are primary holy days of a tradition.
JANUARY 2011
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Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian Feast of St Basil - Orthodox Christian Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto Twelfth Night - Christian Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh Epiphany - Christian Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian Dia de los Reyes - Hispanic Christian Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox Christian Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian Maghi - Sikh World Religion Day - Baha'i Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian Mahayana New Year ** - Buddhist Tu B'shvat * - Jewish Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
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9
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13
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16
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17
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19-21
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20
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19
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25
Conversion of Saint Paul - Christian
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FEBRUARY 2011
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Candlemas - Christian Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian Imbolc - Lughnassad * - Wicca/Pagan - northern and southern hemispheres Setsubun-sai - Shinto Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu Saint Valentine's Day - Christian Nirvana Day ** - Buddhism - Jain Mawlid an Nabi * ** - Islam Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
3
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6
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8
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14
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15
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18-25
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24 Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist - Christian 26-March 1 o Intercalary Days * - Baha'i 27 o Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
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MARCH 2011
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Saint David of Wales - Christian Four Chaplains Sunday - Christian/Jewish Interfaith Nineteen Day Fast * - Baha'i Maha Shivaratri - Hindu
2
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2-20
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3
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6
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Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian Transfiguration Sunday - Christian Clean Monday - Great Lent begins - Orthodox Christian Shrove Tuesday - Christian Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian Birthday of L. Ron Hubbard - Scientology St Patrick's Day - Christian
7
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8
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9
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13
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17
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19 Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist Saint Joseph's Day - Christian 20 Equinox 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
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APRIL 2011
4
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New Year ** - Hindu Ramayana - Hindu Qingming - Chinese traditional Ramanavami ** - Hindu Baisakhi - Sikh
4-12
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5
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12
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14
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16
Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian Palm/Passion Sunday - Christian Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain Theravadin New Year ** - Buddhist
17
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18-21
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18 Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian 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
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MAY 2011
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Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish Beltane - Samhain * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i National Day of Prayer - Interfaith USA Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist Lag B'Omer * - Jewish Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
2
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5
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9
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17
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22
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23
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29
Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
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JUNE 2011
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Ascension of Christ - Orthodox Christian Ascension of Jesus - Christian Shavuot * - Jewish Saint Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian All Saints - Orthodox Christian Pentecost - Christian Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
8-9
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9
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10
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12
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16
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19 All Saints - OrthodoxChristian New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian Trinity Sunday - Christian 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
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JULY 2011
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Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i Saint Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
9
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11
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15
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Lailat al Bara'ah * ** - Islam Asalha Puja Day ** - Buddhist Saint Vladimir Day - Christian Ulambana - ** - Japan Buddhist Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian Birthday of Emperor Haili Selassi I - Rastafari St. James the Great Day - Christian
13-16
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24
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23
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25
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AUGUST 2011
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Lammas - Christian Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian Ramadan begins * ** - Islam Lughnassad - Imbolc * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian Laylat al Kadr *- Islam Tisha B'Av * - Jewish
2
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6
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7
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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
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SEPTEMBER 2011
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Ganesh Chaturthi ** - Hindu Ecclesiastical New Year - Orthodox Christian Paryushana Parva - Jain Nativity of Mary - Christian
2-10
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8
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14 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
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OCTOBER 2011
4
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St Francis Day - Catholic Christian Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam Dasera - Hindu Yom Kippur * - Jewish
5
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6
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8
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o Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada 13-19 (13-14 Primary Obligation Days) o Sukkot * - Jewish 20 o Birth of the Bb * - Baha'i o Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish o Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh 21 o Simhat Torah * - Jewish
22
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New Year - Jain Deepavali ** Hindu Diwali ** - Jain - Hindu - Sikh Milvian Bridge Day - Christian Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian All Hallows Eve - Christian
24-28
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26
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28
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30
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31
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NOVEMBER 2011
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All Saints' Day - Christian Samhain - Beltane * - Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian Hajj * - Islam Eid al Adha * ** - Islam Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday - Sikh Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i Nativity Fast begins through Dec. 24 - Orthodox Christianm Christ the King - Christian Thanksgiving - Interfaith Gkuru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh Day of Covenant * - Baha'i Hijra - New Year * **- Islam First Sunday of Advent - Christian Saint Andrew's Day- Christian
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4-7
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10
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12
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15
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20
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24
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26
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27
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30
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DECEMBER 2011
5
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Ashura * ** - Islam Saint Nicholas Day - Christian Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian Posadas Navidenas through Dec. 15 - Christian
6
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8
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12
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16
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21-28 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 Definitions Leadership Styles - Leadership Blog Updated on December 20, 2010 Return to Interfaith Calendar Home Page
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