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Category: Religion


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Nanakshahi Year 557 (S): March 14, 2025- M...

Annual

<h2>THE SIKH CALENDAR </h2><h1>AND NANAKSHAHI YEAR</h1><span><br>The Sikh calendar, known as the Nanakshahi Calendar, was established to govern the observance of significant events and festivals within th...

January

Navratri (H): March 30 - April 7

Weekly

Navratri is the nine-day festival of the goddess Durga’s nine manifestations. Navratri means nine nights. Following Navratri is the Dussehra festival. On Sharad Navratri, Hindus worship and observe fast...

January

Nisan (J): March 30 - April 28

Monthly

Nisan, sometimes spelled Nissan, is the first month of the ecclesiastical year and the seventh month (eighth, in a leap year) of the civil year within the Jewish faith. It is also the month in which Passo...

January

Ostara (Alban Eilir): March 20

Daily

<h1>OSTARA</h1><h2><i>Spring is Here</i></h2><br>At the spring equinox, Pagans, Wiccans, and Druids celebrate Ostara, also known in Druid traditions as Alban Eilir. The holiday marks the balance and renew...

January

Papmochani Ekadashi (H): March 25

Daily

Papmochani Ekadashi in the Hindu calendar arrives on Phagan Vad 11. In the Gregorian calendar, it varies. The Papmochani in Hinduism is the giver of wealth and destroyer of sins. Fasting on this day is...

January

Prayer, World Day of: March 7

Daily

Regardless of faith, World Day of Prayer, first observed in 1927, is an opportunity for the world to come together and pray for universal peace, prosperity, and understanding.

January

Purim (J) (365 BC): March 13-15

Daily

Purim is a Jewish festival marking events from the Book of Esther. Esther was able to prevent genocide against the Hebrew people in 355 BC. It’s a story about God’s hands being in everything, whether we s...

January

Question Day, Ntl. Ask a: March 14

Daily

National Ask a Question Day is a day devoted to the importance of asking questions to better ourselves. The day encourages each to ditch the shame associated with ignorance and ask questions that increase...

January

Rejoice (Laetare) Sunday (C): March 30

Daily

Rejoice Sunday, or Laetare Sunday, is the fourth Sunday of Lent, and it is known as Gaudete Sunday when it is the third Sunday of Advent. During Advent, the four weeks before Christ’s birth, priests and...

January

Saint David's Day (UK)(589 AD): March 1

Daily

March 1, 589 AD, the Bishop of Menevia in Wales, today known as Saint David, died. The Welsh celebrate Saint David's Day to honor the man who established Christianity within the Welsh kingdom. He is the...

January

Saint Patrick's Day (460 AD): March 17

Daily

National Holiday in Ireland. Saint Patrick's Day is a religious holiday that has taken on a life of its own as a celebration of everything Irish. It's prevalent in the United States and an excuse to throw...

January

Saint Piran's Day (UK): March 5

Daily

Saint Piran's Day in the United Kingdom is celebrated every year on March fifth as the National Day of Cornwall. Saint Piran is famed for the discovery of tin. Origins of this holiday date back to the l...

January

Sankashti Chaturthi, Bhalachandra (H): Mar...

Daily

In the Hindu faith, Chaturthi celebrates Lord Ganesha. Sankashti Chaturthi (Sankata Chaturthi) is observed on the fourth day of Krishna Paksha (the dark lunar phase or the waning phase of the moon). If...

January

Shabbat Across America (J)(US/CA): March 7...

Daily

Regardless of how you identify as Jewish, join millions of others throughout the continent celebrating Shabbat together this Friday night. The NJOP's annual Shabbat program will give you a "taste" of Sh...

January

Shabbat HaChodesh (J): March 28/29

Daily

Shabbat Ha Chodesh is the Saturday that precedes the Hebrew month of Nisan and the Passover celebration. Shabbat is "Sabbath" or "Saturday" in Hebrew. On the first day of Nisan, the first commandment on...

January

Shabbat Parah (J): March 21/22

Daily

Shabbat Parah happens on the Saturday after Purim. It marks the start of the preparations for Passover and is an essential Shabbat, initiating a purification ritual involving a red heifer (parah adumah in...

January

Shabbat Zachor (J): March 7/8

Daily

Shabbat Zachor, “The Sabbath of Remembrance,” is marked beginning at sundown on the Friday before the Jewish holiday of Purim. The traditional Sabbath meal is served, and Deuteronomy 25:17-19 is read, rec...

January

Shawwal (M): March 31 - April 28

Monthly

Shawwal is the tenth month in the Islamic calendar and translates to "lift" or "carry." The first day of this month is Eid al-Fitr. If you travel in Muslim-majority countries or Buddhist-majority count...

January

Sheetala Ashtami, Basoda Puja (H): March 2...

Daily

Sheetala Ashtami follows Holi. Hindus worshipping Sheetala believe that by observing vrat and paying homage to the goddess, she will protect them from deadly diseases. In Hindu mythology, Sheetla Mata is...

January

Shouter Baptist Liberation Day (TT)(1951):...

Daily

In 1917 the nation of Trinidad and Tobago passed a law prohibiting the activities of the Shouter Baptist Faith. On March 30, 1951, the law preventing religious freedom was repealed. Shouter Liberation Day...

January
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