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Category: Religion
Highlighting global events relating to religious beliefs and practices.
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Religion Events
Shabbat Nachamu (J): August 8/9
Daily
Shabbat Nachamu commemorates the comfort experienced during the suffering of the Jewish people in the time of Isaiah. Shabbat is "Sabbath" or Saturday in Hebrew, and it is the first of the seven Sabbaths...
January
Varalakshmi Vrat (H): August 8
Daily
Varalakshmi Vrata celebrates the reincarnation of the goddess Lakshmi. Reincarnation is a central belief in Hinduism. Married women fast on this day, praying for their family's well-being and, specifical...
January
Narali Purnima (H): August 9
Daily
Narali Poornima occurs on the full moon of the month of Shravan (Sawan). Naral is Hindi for "coconut." Offerings of coconuts are made to the sea gods as part of this ritual to mark the beginning of the...
January
Raksha Bandhan (Siblings Day) (H): August...
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Raksha Bandhan can also be called Siblings Day. It is a celebration of sibling love observed on the Purnima of Sawan in the Hindu calendar. Raksha Bandhan is an ancient observance ripe with myth and his...
January
Bhadrapada (H): August 10 - September 7
Monthly
Bhadra (Bhadrapada or Bhaado Bhadra) is the sixth month in the Hindu calendar and occurs at the end of summer in the northern hemisphere. The month is among four sacred to Hindus and considered ideal fo...
January
Kajari Teej (H): August 12
Daily
Kajari Teej (Badi Teej) is a Hindu holiday celebrated in the lunar month of Bhadrapud. Women observe a day-long fast for their husbands. In the evening, they worship the goddess Parvati and pray for the...
January
Sankashti Chaturthi (H): August 12
Daily
In the Hindu faith, Chaturthi celebrates Lord Ganesha. Sankashti Chaturthi (Sankata Chaturthi) occurs on the fourth day of Krishna Paksha (dark lunar phase or the waning phase of the moon). If this Chat...
January
Dormition of Theotokos (C): August 15
Daily
Marking the assumption of the Virgin Mary to heaven, the Dormition of Theotokos is the Orthodox Catholic and Eastern Orthodox feast day following fourteen days of fasting.
January
Feast of the Assumption of Mary (C): Augus...
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The Feast of the Assumption of Mary celebrates the assumption to heaven of the Virgin Mary in countries where Catholicism is a primary religion. Celebrations include public processions where people carr...
January
Shri Krishna Janmashtami, (H)(3227 BC): Au...
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Sri Krishna Janmashtami is the birthdate of Lord Krishna. The dates of his life correspond to July 21, 3227 BC - February 18, 3102 BC). Sri Krishna Janmashtami is celebrated on the eighth day (Ashtami) of...
January
Bhadon (S): August 16 – September 14
Monthly
Bhadra (Bhadrapada or Bhaado Bhadra) is the Sikh month corresponding to August or September in the Gregorian calendar. Bhadra is usually the sixth month in the Sikh calendar. Bhadra begins with the Sun'...
January
Nonprofit Day, Ntl. (1894): August 17
Daily
On August 17, 1894, the US Congress passed the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act. The act allowed charitable institutions and nonprofit organizations to avoid or minimize their federal and state tax burdens in the...
January
Simha Sankranti (H): August 17
Daily
Simha Sankranti marks the day when the sun moves from Karka Rashi to Simha, according to the Zodiac Calendar. Simha Sankranti signals the beginning of the Malayalam calendar in Kerala. Devotees offer...
January
Aja Ekadashi (H): August 19
Daily
Aja Ekadashi is a fasting day in the Hindu calendar that falls in August or September. Hindus believe if they observe this fast, they will not suffer the consequences of their sins, and activities deeme...
January
Be an Angel Day: August 22
Daily
Be an Angel Day is your opportunity to be kind and make the world a better place. Today, people put others before themselves, help those in need and pay it forward. Founded by Reverend Jane Howard Feldm...
January
Victims Acts of Violence Based on Religiou...
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"GENEVA (21 August 2019) – States have an important role to play in promoting religious tolerance and cultural diversity by promoting and protecting human rights, including freedom of religion or belief,...
January
Rabi'ul-Awwal (M): August 24 - September 2...
Monthly
Rabi'ul-Awwal is the third Month in the Islamic Calendar.
January
Elul (J): August 25 - September 22
Monthly
Elul is a month in the Hebrew calendar consisting of 29 days, the twelfth month of the year, and falls in August and September. Translated from Hebrew as “harvest,” Elul is a time of reflection in prepa...
January
Ganesh Chaturthi (H): August 26
Daily
Ganesha Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, is observed in the month of Bhadrapada (Bhado) according to the Hindu calendar. It starts on the Shukla Chaturthi (the fourth day of the waxing moon pe...
January
Hartalika Teej (H): August 26
Daily
Hartalika Teej is the combination of two words, “Harat” and “Aalika,” which means abduction of a female friend. Legend says that friends of Goddess Parvati took her to the forest so that her father coul...
January
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