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Catholic Church Feasts 2026 - Standard (Gregorian) Calendar
Holy Mother of God
Epiphany of the Lord
Baptism of the Lord (Jordan River)
Ash Wednesday (Lenten season)
Annunciation of the Lord
Palm Sunday
Good Friday
EASTER SUNDAY
Ascension of the Lord
Pentecost
Trinity Sunday
Corpus Christi
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Saints Peter and Paul
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
All Saints
Advent - 1st Sunday
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Christmas Day (The Nativity of the Lord)
January 1
January 6
January 11
February 18
March 25
March 29
April 3
April 15
May 14
May 24
May 31
June 4
June 12
June 24
June 29
August 15
September 14
November 1
November 29
December 8
December 25
Orthodox Church Feasts 2026 - Julian Calendar
The Nativity of our Lord
New Year, Circumcision
Blessing of the Holy Water (Jordan River) - Greek
Epiphany
Saint John the Baptist
Presentation
Lent
Orthodoxy Sunday
Veneration of the Holy Cross
Palm Sunday
EASTER SUNDAY
Ascension
Pentecost
Transfiguration
Procession with the Icon of the Virgin Mary (+5:00 am from the Holy Sepulcher to the Tomb of Mary)
Burial Ceremony of the Virgin Mary (11:00 am) at the Tomb of Mary
Assumption
Return of the Icon of Virgin Mary from the Tomb of Mary to the Holy Sepulcher (6:30 am)
Coptic New Year
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Saint George
Beginning of the Christmas Fast
January 7
January 14
January 18
January 19
January 20
February 15
February 27
March 1
March 15
April 5
April 12
May 21
May 31
August 19
August 25
August 27 (eve)
August 28
September 5
September 11
September 27
November 16
November 28
Armenian Orthodox Church Feasts 2026
(see Orthodox except for the following)
St. James the Major and Saint John
St. James & St. John the Evangelist
Christmas Day & Theophany
Presentation of the Lord in the Temple
Saint Vardan
Carnival Sunday
Beginning of Lent
Feast of the Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide
Transfiguration
Assumption
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Feast of the Holy Cross of Varak
Finding of the Holy Cross
January 6
January 11
January 18-19
February 27
February 24
March 2
March 3
April 24
July 27
August 31
September 28
October 12
November 9
Jewish Feasts 2026 (5786 – 5787)
Note: The Jewish feast days begin the evening before as indicated by /
Purim (Esther)
Pesach (Passover)
Yom HaShoa (Holocaust Memorial Day)
Yom Hazikaron/ Yom HaAzmaut
Shavuot (Pentecost)
Tisha B’Av
Rosh Hashana 5786 - Bet B'Tishrei 5787 (New Year)
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah (Rejoicing with/of the Law)
Hanukkah (Feast of the Lights)
March 2/3-4
April 1/2-3
April 13-14
April 20/21 - 21/22
May 21/22-23
July 22/23
September 11/12-13
September 20/21
September 25/26 - October 2
October 2/3-4
December 4/5-12
Moslem Feasts 2026 – (1447-1448 Hijri Calendar)
Note: Dates are approximate according to their calendar
Isr' wal Mi'raj (Ascension of Mohammed)
Layat al Baraiah (Night of worship & forgiveness)
First Day of Ramadan
Lailat al-Qadr (Night of Power)
Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan )
Hajj Begins
Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice )
Islamic New Year – 1 Muharram 1448
Day of Ashura
Mawlid al Nabawi (Birth of Mohammed)
January 16
February 3
Februay 18
March 15
March 20
May 25
May 27
June 16
June 25
August 25
Samaritan Passover 2026
Samaritan Passover (Services at 19:00 on the prior evening)
May 1