JANUARY
1 Feast Day of St. Basil - Orthodox Christian
5 Twelfth Night - Christian
Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
6 Epiphany - Christian
7 Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
10 Muharram - (New Year) - Islam
13 Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
Maghi - Sikh
14 Maghi - Sikh
18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
19 Ashura - Islam
20 World Religion Day - Baha'i
22 Tu B'shvat - Jewish
22-25 Mahayana New Year - Buddhist
25 Conversion of Saint Paul - Christian
FEBRUARY
2 Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian
3 Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
5 Shrove Tuesday - Christian
6 Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian
7 Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
11 Vasant Panchami - Hindu
14 St. Valentine's Day - Christian
15 Nirvana Day - Buddhist
MARCH
1 St. David of Wales - Christian
2 Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
6 Maha Shivaratri - Hindu
9 Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
Passion Sunday - Christian
10 Lent begins - Clean Monday- Orthodox Christian
16 Palm/Passion Sunday - Christian
17 St Patrick's Day - Christian
20 Mawlid an Nabi - Islam
Maundy Thursday - Christian
21 Good Friday - Christian
Purim - Jewish
Magha Puja - Buddhist
22 Holi - Hindu
Hola Mohalla - Sikh
23 Easter - Christian
25 Annunciation of the Virgin Mary - Christian
APRIL
6 New Year - Hindu
6-14 Ramayana - Hindu
13 Baisakhi - Sikh
14 Ramanavami - Hindu
Baisakhi - Sikh
20 Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu
Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
20-21 Pesach (Passover) First two days - Jewish
23 St. George's Day - Christian
24-26 Pesach (Passover) final two days - Jewish
27 Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
MAY
1 Ascension of Christ - Christian
2 Yom HaSho'ah - Jewish
8 Yom Ha'Atzmaut - Jewish
11 Pentecost - Christian
18 Trinity Sunday - Christian
20 Buddha Day - Visakha Puja - Buddhist
22 Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
23 Declaration of the Bab - Baha'i
30 Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
31 Lag B'Omer - Jewish
JUNE
4 Pentecost - Christian
9-10 Shavuot - Jewish
11 Trinity - Christian
15 Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian
16 Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
22 All Saints - Orthodox Christian
23 Sacred Heart of Jesus- Catholic Christian
29 Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
JULY
9 Martyrdom of the Bab - Baha'i
31 Lailat al Miraj - Islam
AUGUST
10 Tisha B'Av - Jewish
15 Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
16 Raksha Bandhan - Hindu
24 Krishna Janmashtami - Hindu
25 Assumption of the Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
31 Lailat al Miraj - Islam
SEPTEMBER
1 Church year begins - Orthodox Christian
2 Ramadan begins - Islam
3 Ganesa Chaturthi - Hindu
8 Nativity of Mary - Christian
15 Moon Cake Festival - Chinese Taoist tradition
30 Rosh Hashanah - Jewish
30 Navaratri - Hindu
OCTOBER
2 Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends - Islam
9 Yom Kippur - Jewish
13 Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada
14-20 Sukkot - Jewish
Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
Diwali - Deepavali - Hindu - Sikh - Jain
31 All Hallows Eve - Christian
NOVEMBER
1 All Saints' Day - Christian
2 All Souls' Day - Christian
12 Birth of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i
13 Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib - Sikh
15 Nativity Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
23 Christ the King - Christian
30 First Sunday of Advent - Christian
St. Andrew's Day - Christian
DECEMBER
8 Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) - Buddhism
Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
6-9 Hajj - Islam
9 Eid al Adha - Islam
22-29 Hanukkah - Jewish
25 Christmas - Christian
28 Holy Innocents - Christian
Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
29 Muharram (first day of new year) - Islam
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