JANUARY 2008 1 Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian Feast Day of St. Basil - Orthodox Christian Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto 5 Twelfth Night - Christian Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh 6 Epiphany - Christian Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day - Hispanic Christian 7 Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian 10 Muharram - (New Year) * - Islam 13 Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian Maghi - Sikh 17 Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Christian 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 2008 1 Lammas - Christian - Southern hemisphere 2 Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian Imbolc * - Wicca- Northern Hemisphere Lughanssad * - Wicca- Southern Hemisphere 3 Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith Transfiguration Sunday - Christian Setsubun Sai - Shinto 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 17 Triodion - Orthodox Christian 26-March 1 Intercalary Days * - Baha'i MARCH 2008 1 Saturday of Souls - Orthodox Christian 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 13 L. Ron Hubbard Birthday - Scientology 16 Palm/Passion Sunday - Christian Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian 17 St Patrick's Day - Christian 20  Vernal Equinox Mawlid an Nabi * - Islam Ostara  * - Wicca - Northern Hemisphere Mabon * - Wicca - Southern Hemisphere Maunday Thursday - Christian 21 Good Friday - Christian Purim * - Jewish Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i Magha Puja ** - Buddhist 22 Holi ** - Hindu Hola Mohalla - Sikh 23 Easter  - Christian 25 Annunciation of the Virgin Mary - Christian 26 Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) - Zoroastrian APRIL 2008 6 New Year ** - Hindu 6-14 Ramayana ** - Hindu 13 Baisakhi - Sikh 14 Ramanavami ** - Hindu Baisakhi - Sikh 18 Mahavir Jayanti - Jain 19 Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian 20 Hanuman Jayanti ** - Hindu Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian 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 Day - 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 MAY 2008 1 Ascension of Christ - Christian Beltane * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere Samhain * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere 2 Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i 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 Lag B'Omer * - Jewish 29 Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i 30 Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian JUNE 2008 4 Pentecost - Christian 5 Ascension of Jesus- Orthodox Christian 9 St. Columba of Iona - Christian 9-10 Shavuot * - Jewish 11 Trinity - Christian 15 Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian Pentecost - Orthodox Christian 16 Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh 19 New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian 20 Summer Solstice Litha * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere Yule * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere 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 and Paul - Christian JULY 2008 9 Martyrdom 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 ** - Mandaen 23 Birthday of Emperor Hailie Selassi I - Rastafaria 24 Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian 25 St. James the Great Day - Christian 31 Lailat al Miraj * - Islam AUGUST 2008 1 Lammas - Christian Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian 2 Lughnassad * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere Imbolc * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere 6 Transfiguration of Our Lord - Orthodox Christian 10 Tisha B'Av * - Jewish 15 Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian 16 Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu 18 Lailat al 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 1 Church year begins - Orthodox Christian 2 Ramadan begins * - Islam 3 Ganesa Chaturthi ** - Hindu 8 Nativity of Mary - Christian 14 Holy Cross Day - Christian 15 Moon Cake Festival - Chinese Taoist tradition 22 Autumnal Equinox Mabon * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere Ostara * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere 28 Laylat al Kadar - Islam 29 Michael and All Angels - Christian 30-Oct 1 Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish 30-Oct 8 Navaratri ** - Hindu OCTOBER 2008 2 Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends * - Islam 4 St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian 9 Yom Kippur * - Jewish 9 Dasera ** - Hindu 13 Thanksgiving -  Interfaith - Canada 14-20  Sukkot * - Jewish 20 Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh 21 Semini Atzeret * - Jewish 22 Simhat Torah * - Jewish 27 Reformation Day - Protestant Christian 28 Milvian Bridge Day - Christian Diwali - Deepavali ** - Hindu - Sikh - Jain 31 All Hallows Eve - Christian Reformation Day - Protestant Christian NOVEMBER 2008 1 All Saints' Day - Christian Samhain * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere Beltane * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere 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 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 St. Andrew's Day - Christian DECEMBER 2008 8 Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian 6 Saint Nicholas Day - Christian 6-9 Hajj - Islam 9 Eid al Adha * - Islam 12 Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian Advent Fast begins - Orthodox Christian 16-25 Posedas Novidenas - Christian 21 Winter Solstice Yule * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere Litha * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere Yule - Christian 22-29  Hanukkah  * - Jewish 25 Christmas * - Christian Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian 26 Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) -  Zoroastrian 28 Holy Innocents - Christian Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian 29 Muharram (first day of new year) * - Islam 31 Watch Night - Christian Source: www.interfaithcalendar.org

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