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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