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Category: Religion


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Mormon Day (1830): April 6

Daily

Mormon Day celebrates the Mormon faith (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). This day marks the anniversary of organizing the faith at Peter Whitmer Senior's farm in Fayette, New York. In a...

January

Passiontide (C)(33 AD): April 6-12

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The week prior to Easter is the Passiontide, the holiest week in the Christian calendar. In some denominations, Passiontide is the last two weeks that end on the Holy Saturday. In 1969, the Catholic Chur...

January

Rama Navami (H): April 6

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Rama Navami commemorates the birth of Lord Rama, an avatar of Lord Vishnu. According to the Hindu calendar, Ram Navami falls in the Shukla Paksha on the Navami, the ninth day of Chaitra. Temples are deco...

January

Kamada Ekadashi (H): April 8

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In the Hindu religion, Ekadashi is a holy day with two Ekadashi each month. Lord Vishnu is worshiped. Kamda Ekadashi is the Ekadashi of the Shukla (waxing moon) paksha of the Hindu month of Chaitra. As...

January

Ta'anit Bechorot (J): April 10

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Ta'anit Bechorot in Judaism is the Fast of the Firstborn that occurs on the day prior to Passover. Unlike most of the other fast days in Judaism, only firstborns are required to fast on Ta'anit Bechorot....

January

Great Friday (C): April 11

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Great Friday in Orthodox Christianity is its most solemn observance. It is the day Jesus Christ was tortured and crucified. The date is different annually, based on the day of Easter, which is based upo...

January

Shabbat HaGadol (J): April 11/12

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Shabbat HaGadol, or the "Great Shabbat," is the Saturday celebrated immediately after Passover. Shabbat is "Sabbath" or "Saturday" in Hebrew. A Haftarah from the Book of Malachi is read on this day, a l...

January

Hanuman Jayanti (H): April 12

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Hanuman Jayanti is an important Hindu holiday celebrated throughout India to commemorate the birth of Hanuman, the son of the wind god, and the princess Anjana on the 15th day of the Shukla Paksha during...

January

Passover (Pesach)(J): April 12-20

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Passover, or Pesach, falls on the Hebrew calendar dates of Nissan 23-30 and is a week-long celebration. In the Gregorian calendar, the dates vary from year-to-year. Passover is an important Jewish hol...

January

Holy Week, Intl.(C)(33AD): April 13-19

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Particularly in Roman Catholic and Protestant-majority countries, Holy Week covers Palm Sunday through Holy Saturday, the day before Easter. It is a week-long celebration in the Philippines, Latin America...

January

Iztapalapa Passion Play (C)(MX-DF): April...

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Passion Plays are a Christian tradition, a telling of Jesus Christ's last days from Palm Sunday through the crucifixion and resurrection. Also referred to as the Way of the Cross, the largest of these in...

January

Palm Sunday (C): April 13

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The Sunday before Easter is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Passiontide, the lead-up to the resurrection. The day commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem in 33 AD, an event that all four Gospels...

January

Palm Sunday, Orthodox (C): April 13

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Orthodox Palm Sunday, the beginning of Passiontide, the lead-up to the resurrection. The day commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem in 33AD, an event on which all four Gospels agree. The name...

January

Songkran (B): April 13-15

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Songkran, or the Songkran Festival in Thailand, is the Thai New Year's festival. Songkran comes from the Sanskrit word saṃkrānti, which means "astrological passage" and denotes change or transformation....

January

Vaisakha (H): April 13- May 12

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Vaishakha is the second month in the Hindu calendar and heralds the beginning of summer with Vaisakh and the harvesting festival. PLEASE NOTE: We use the Indian civil calendar, the official holiday cal...

January

Bahag Bihu (Assam) (H): April 14-16

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Bahag Bihu (Assam) or Rongali Bihu celebrates the coming of the new Assamese year and the arrival of spring. It is observed in Bengal, Manipur, Nepal, Orissa, Punjab, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, although it’s...

January

Guru Nanak (1469) (S): April 14*

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Today is the anniversary of the birth of the founder of the Sikh faith, Guru Nanak. Born on April 15, 1469, in the Punjab village of Talwandy, he was part of a simple Hindu family. Guru Nanak spent his...

January

Khalsa Day, Vaisakhi (S)(1699): April 14

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Khalsa Panth marks the anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh's initiation of the first five members of the Khalsa on April 14, 1699. It is a joyous festival in the Sikh faith.

January

Vaisakh (S): April 14 – May 14

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Vaisakh is the second month in the Sikh calendar, and it is considered a time for harvesting crops in some regions.

January

Vaisakh (S): April 14 – May 14

Monthly

Vaisakh is the second month in the Sikh calendar, and it is considered a time for harvesting crops in some regions.

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