Interfaith Calendar
Faculty and supervisors are asked to recognize the multiplicity of religions represented among our student body and work force and to make reasonable efforts to accommodate individuals who notify them prior of their need to miss classes or work in order to take part in religious observances.
April 2008 |
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6 |
New Year |
Hindu |
8 |
Birthday of Buddha |
Mahayana - Buddist |
14 |
Ramanavami |
Hindu |
18 |
Mahavir Jayanti |
Jain |
19 |
Lazarus Sunday |
Orthodox Christian |
20 |
Hanuman Jayanti |
Hindu |
20-23 |
Theravadin New Year |
Buddhist |
20-21 |
Pesach (Passover) first two days |
Jewish |
21 |
First Day of Ridvan |
Baha’i |
23 |
St. George’s |
Christian |
25 |
Holy Friday |
Orthodox Christian |
26-27 |
Pesach (Passover) final two days |
Jewish |
27 |
Easter/Pascha |
Orthodox Christian |
29 |
Ninth Day of Ridvan |
Baha’i |
30 |
St. James the Great Day |
Orthodox Christian |
2008
Summer Session
May 2008 |
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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 |
29 |
Ascension of Baha’u’llah |
Baha’i |
30 |
Sacred Heart of Jesus |
Catholic Christian |
June 2008 |
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5 |
Ascension of Jesus |
Orthodox Christian |
9 |
St. Columbia of Iona |
Christian |
9-10 |
Shavout |
Jewish |
15 |
Pentecost |
Orthodox Christian |
16 |
Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom |
Sikh |
19 |
New Church Day |
Swedenborgian Christian |
20 |
Summer Solstice |
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21 |
First Nations Day |
Canadian Native People |
22 |
All Saints |
Orthodox Christian |
23 |
Sacred Heart of Jesus |
Catholic Christian |
29 |
Feast Day of Saints Peter & Paul |
Christian |
July 2008 |
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9 |
Martydom of the Bab |
Baha’i |
11 |
St. Benedict Day |
Catholic Christian |
13-16 |
Ulambana – Obon |
Buddhist |
18 |
Asalha Puja Day – Dharma Day |
Buddhist |
19 |
Mandaen New Years |
Mandean |
23 |
Birthday of Emperor Hailie Selassi |
Rastafaria |
24 |
Pioneer Day |
Mormon Christian |
25 |
St. James the Great Day |
Christian |
31 |
Lailat at Miraj |
Islam |
2008
Fall
August 2008 |
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1 |
Lammas |
Christian |
2 |
Lughnassad |
Wicca Northern Hemisphere |
6 |
Transfiguration of Our Lord |
Orthodox Christian |
10 |
Tisha B’Av |
Jewish |
15 |
Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary |
Catholic Christian |
16 |
Raksha Bandhan |
Hindu |
18 |
Lailat at Bara’ah |
Islam |
24 |
Krishna Janmashtami |
Hindu |
25 |
Assumption of the Virgin Mary |
Catholic Christian |
28 |
Paryushana |
Jain |
29 |
Beheading of John the Baptist |
Christian |
31 |
Lailat al Miraj |
Islam |
September 2008 |
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1 |
Church Year Begins |
Orthodox Christian |
2 |
Ramadan begins |
Islam |
3 |
Ganesa Chaturhi |
Hindu |
8 |
Nativity of Mary |
Christian |
14 |
Holy Cross Day |
Christian |
15 |
Moon Cake Festival |
Chinese Taoist Tradition |
22 |
Autumnal Equinox |
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28 |
Laylat al Kakar |
Islam |
29 |
Michael & All Angels |
Christian |
30-Oct 1 |
Rosh Hashanah |
Jewish |
30-Oct 8 |
Navaratri |
Hindu |
October 2008 |
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2 |
Eid al Fitr – Ramadan ends |
Islam |
4 |
St. Francis Day |
Catholic Christian |
9 |
Yom Kippur |
Jewish |
9 |
Dasera |
Hindu |
13 |
Thanksgiving |
Interfaith Canada |
14-20 |
Sukkot |
Jewish |
20 |
Birth of the B’ab |
Baha’i |
20 |
Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth |
Sikh |
21 |
Semini Atzeret |
Jewish |
22 |
Simhat Torah |
Jewish |
28 |
Milivian Bridge Day |
Christian |
28 |
Diwali-Deepavali |
Hindu/Sikh/Jain |
31 |
All Hallows Eve |
Christian |
31 |
Reformation Day |
Protestant Christian |
November 2008 |
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1 |
All Saints Day |
Christian |
1 |
Samhain |
Wicca-Northern Hemisphere |
1 |
Beltane |
Wicca-Southern Hemisphere |
2 |
All Souls Day |
Christian |
12 |
Birth of Baha’u’llah |
Baha’i |
13 |
Birthday of Guru Nanaak Dev Sahib |
Sikh |
15 |
Nativity Fast begins |
Orthodox Christian |
23 |
Christ the King |
Christian |
24 |
Guru Tegh Bahadur Martydrom |
Sikh |
26 |
Day of Covenant |
Baha’i |
27 |
Thanksgiving |
Interfaith USA |
28 |
Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha |
Baha’i |
30 |
First Sunday of Advent |
Christian |
30 |
St. Andrew’s Day |
Christian |
December 2008 |
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6 |
Saint Nicholas Day |
Christian |
6-9 |
Hajj |
Islam |
8 |
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu |
Buddhism |
8 |
Immaculate Conception |
Catholic Christian |
9 |
Eid al Adha |
Islam |
12 |
Feast day- Our Lady of Guadalupe |
Catholic Christian |
12 |
Advent fast begins |
Orthodox Christian |
16-25 |
Posedas Novidenas |
Christian |
21 |
Yule |
Christian |
21 |
Winter Solstice –Yule |
Wicca-Northern Hemisphere |
21 |
Winter Solstice –Litha |
Wicca- Southern Hemisphere |
22-29 |
Hanukkah |
Jewish |
25 |
Christmas |
Christian |
25 |
Feast of the Nativity |
Orthodox Christian |
26 |
Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) |
Zoroastrian |
28 |
Holy Innocents |
Christian |
28 |
Feast of the Holy Family |
Catholic Christian |
29 |
Muharram (first day of new year) |
Islam |
31 |
Watch Night |
Christian |
Updated on July 31, 2008
