CATHOLIC - Standard (Gregorian) calendar

Holy Mother of God................................................................................ January 1

Epiphany.................................................................................................. January 6

Baptism of the Lord (River Jordan)......................................................... January 9

Ash Wednesday (Lent time)................................................................... February 22

Annunciation........................................................................................... March 25

Palm Sunday............................................................................................ April 2

Good Friday............................................................................................. April 7

EASTER SUNDAY....................................................................................... April 9

Ascension................................................................................................ May 18

Pentecost................................................................................................. May 28

Trinity Sunday.......................................................................................... June 4

Corpus Christi.......................................................................................... June 8

Sacred Heart of Jesus.............................................................................. June 16

Nativity of St. John the Baptist............................................................... June 24

Sts. Peter and Paul.................................................................................. June 29

Assumption.............................................................................................. August 15

Exaltation of the Holy Cross.................................................................... September 14

All Saints.................................................................................................. November 1

Advent - 1st Sunday................................................................................ December 3

Immaculate Conception.......................................................................... December 8

Christmas Day......................................................................................... December 25

ORTHODOX - Julian calendar

The Nativity of our Lord.......................................................................... January 7

New Year, Circumcision.......................................................................... January 14

Blessing of the Holy Water (River Jordan) (Greek)................................. January 18

Blessing of the Holy Water (River Jordan) (Syrian &Copts).................... January 18

Epiphany.................................................................................................. January 19

St. John the Baptist................................................................................. January 20

Presentation............................................................................................ February 15

Lent - Orthodoxy Sunday ....................................................................... March 5

Veneration of the Hl. Cross..................................................................... March 19

Palm Sunday............................................................................................ April 9

Easter Sunday......................................................................................... April 16

Ascension................................................................................................ May 25

Pentecost................................................................................................. June 4

Transfiguration....................................................................................... August 19

Procession with the Icon of the Virgin Mary (+ 5:00 am)....................... August 25

   (from the Holy Sepulchre to the Tomb of Mary)
Burial Ceremony of the Virgin Mary (11:00 am) at the Tomb of Mary August 27

Assumption............................................................................................ August 28

Return of the Icon of Virgin Mary from the Tomb of Mary

to the Holy Sepulchre (6:30 am)............................................................. September 5

Coptic New Year ..................................................................................... September 14

Exaltation of the Holy Cross.................................................................... September 27

St. George............................................................................................... November 16

Advent - 1st Sunday................................................................................ December 10

 

ARMENIAN ORTHODOX (see Orthodox except following)

 

James the Major and St. John................................................................. January 10

Christmas Day......................................................................................... January 18-19

Saint Vardan............................................................................................ February 23

Beginning of the Lenten Tridion............................................................. February 26

Presentation of the Lord in the Temple................................................. February 27

Feast of the Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.................................... April 24

Transfiguration....................................................................................... July 23

Assumption.............................................................................................. August 27

Exaltation of the Holy Cross.................................................................... September 24

Feast of the Holy Cross of Varak............................................................. October 8

Finding of the Holy Cross........................................................................ November 5

JEWISH (5783-5784) Note: The Jewish feast days begin the evening before

 

Purim (Esther)......................................................................................... March 6 – 7

Pesach (Passover)................................................................................... April 5 – 13

Yom HaShoa (Holocaust Memorial Day)................................................ April 18

Yom HaZikaron/ Yom Atzmaut................................................................ May 25 – 26

Shavuot (Pentecost)................................................................................ June 25 – 27

Tisha B ’Av .............................................................................................. July 26-27

Rosh Hashana 5783 (New Year)............................................................. Sep 15 – 17                            

Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)............................................................. September 24 – 25

Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)................................................................ Sept. 29 – October 6

Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah (Rejoicing the Law)............................ October 6 – 8

Hanukkah (Feast of the Light)................................................................. December 7 – 15

MOSLEM - (Hegira 1444 - 1445)

 

Miraj (Ascension of Mohammed)........................................................... February 18 

First Day of Ramadan.............................................................................. March 23

Lailat al-Qadr (Night of Power) .............................................................. April 18

End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)................................................................... April 22

Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)......................................................... June 29

New Year – 1^st Hegira 1444.................................................................... July 19

Mawlid al-Nabi (Birth of Mohammed) .................................................. October 9

SAMARITAN

Samaritan Easter..................................................................................... May 3

 (Services at 7:00 pm the previous evening)