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CATHOLIC – Standard (Gregorian) Calendar |
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Holy Mother of God |
January 1 |
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Epiphany |
January 6 |
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Baptism of the Lord (River Jordan) |
January 10 |
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Ash Wednesday (Beginning of Lent) |
February 10 |
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Palm Sunday |
March 21 |
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Good Friday |
March 26 |
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Easter Sunday |
March 28 |
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Annunciation |
April 5 |
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Ascension |
May 6 |
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Pentecost |
May 16 |
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Trinity Sunday |
May 23 |
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Corpus Christi |
May 27 |
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Sacred Heart of Jesus |
June 4 |
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Nativity of St. John the Baptist |
June 24 |
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Saints Peter & Paul |
June 29 |
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Assumption of Mary |
August 15 |
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Exaltation of the Holy Cross |
September 14 |
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All Saints |
November 1 |
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Advent – 1st Sunday |
November 28 |
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Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary |
December 8 |
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Christmas Day |
December 25 |
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ORTHODOX – Julian Calendar |
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The Nativity of the Lord |
January 7 |
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New Year, Circumcision |
January 14 |
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Blessing of the Holy Water (River Jordan) – Greek |
January 18 |
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Epiphany |
January 19 |
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St. John the Baptist |
January 20 |
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Presentation |
February 15 |
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Lent Orthodoxy Sunday |
March 15 March 21 |
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Veneration of the Holy Cross |
April 4 |
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Palm Sunday |
April 25 |
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Easter Sunday |
May 2 |
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Ascension |
June 10 |
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Pentecost |
June 20 |
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Transfiguration |
August 19 |
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Procession with the Icon of the Virgin Mary from the Holy Sepulcher to the Tomb of Mary – 5:00 |
August 25 |
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Burial Ceremony of the Virgin Mary at the Tomb of Mary - 11:00 |
August 27 (Eve) |
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Assumption of Mary |
August 28 |
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Return of the Icon of the Virgin Mary from the Tomb of Mary to the Holy Sepulcher – 6:30 |
September 5 |
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Coptic New Year |
September 12 |
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Exaltation of the Holy Cross |
September 27 |
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St. George |
November 16 |
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Beginning of the Christmas Fast |
November 28 |
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ARMENIAN ORTHODOX (see Orthodox except for the following) |
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St. James, Brother of the Lord |
January 5 |
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St. James & St. John the Evangelist |
January 11 |
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Christmas Day & Theophany |
January 18/19 |
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Presentation of the Lord in the Temple |
February 27 |
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Saint Vardan |
March 11 |
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Carnival Sunday |
March 24 |
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Beginning of Lent |
March 15 |
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Feast of the Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide |
April 24 |
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Transfiguration |
August 8 |
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Assumption |
August 29 |
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Exaltation of the Holy Cross |
September 26 |
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Feast of the Holy Cross of Varak |
October 10 |
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Finding of the Holy Cross |
November 7 |
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JEWISH (5787-5788) Note: The Jewish feast days begin the evening before as indicated by / |
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Purim (Esther) |
March 22/23 - 24 |
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Pesach (Passover) |
April 21/22 - 29 |
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Yom HaShoa (Holocaust Memorial Day) |
[Nisan 27, 5787] May 4 |
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Yom HaZikaron / Yom Atzma’ut (Independence Day) |
May 10/11 – 11/12 |
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Shavuot (Pentecost) |
June 10/11 - 12 |
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Tisha B’Av |
August 11/12 |
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Rosh Hashona 5787 – Bet B’Tishrei 5788 (New Year) |
October 1/2 - 3 |
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Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) |
October 10/11 |
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Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) |
October 15/16 - 22 |
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Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah (Rejoicing in the Law) |
October 22/23 - 24 |
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Hanukkah (Feast of the Lights) |
Dec 24/25. 2027 – January 1, 2028 |
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MOSLEM (1448-1449 Hijri Calendar) Note: Dates are approximate according to their calendar |
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Isra’ wal Mi’raj (Ascension of Mohammed) Layat al Baraiah (Night of worship & forgiveness) |
January 6 ~ January 24 |
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First Day of Ramadan |
February 8 |
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Lailat al-Qadr (Night of Power) |
~ March 6 |
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End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr – end of Ramadan) Hajj Begins |
March 9 - 10 ~ May 7 |
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Eid al-Adha (Feast of the sacrifice) |
May 16 |
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Islamic New Year – 1 Muharram 1449 Day of Ashura |
June 6 June 15 |
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Mawlid al Nabawi (Birth of Mohammed) |
August 15 |
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SAMARITAN |
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Samaritan Passover (Services at 7:00 p.m., the previous evening) |
April 21 |