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Catholic Church Feasts 2025 - Standard (Gregorian) Calendar

Holy Mother of God

January 1

Epiphany

January 6

Baptism of the Lord (River Jordan)

January 12

Ash Wednesday (Beginning of Lent)

March 4

Annunciation March 25

Palm Sunday

April 13

Good Friday

April 18

Easter Sunday

April 20

Ascension

May 28

Pentecost

June 8

Trinity Sunday

June 15

Corpus Christi

June 19

Sacred Heart of Jesus

June 27

Nativity of St. John the Baptist

June 24

Saints Peter & Paul

June 29

Assumption of Mary

August 15

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

September 14

All Saints

November 1

Advent – 1st Sunday

November 30

Immaculate Conception

December 8

Christmas Day

December 25

Orthodox Church Feasts 2025 - Julian Calendar

The Nativity of the Lord

January 7

New Year, Circumcision

January 14

Blessing of the Holy Water (River Jordan) – Greek

January 18

Epiphany

January 19

St. John the Baptist

January 20

Presentation

February 15

Lent – Orthodoxy Sunday

March 9

Veneration of the Holy Cross

March 23

Palm Sunday

April 13

Easter Sunday

April 20

Ascension

May 29

Pentecost

June 8

Transfiguration

August 19

Procession with the Icon of the Virgin Mary

   from the Holy Sepulchre to the Tomb of Mary – 5:00

August 25

Burial Ceremony of the Virgin Mary at the

   Tomb of Mary - 11:00

August 27

Assumption of Mary

August 28

Return of the Icon of the Virgin Mary from the Tomb of Mary to the Holy Sepulchre – 6:30

September 5

Coptic New Year

September 11

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

September 27

St. George

November 16

Beginning of the Christmas Fast

November 28

Armenian Orthodox Church Feasts 2025 (see Orthodox except for the following)

St. James, Brother of the Lord

January 6

St. James & St. John the Evangelist

January 11

Christmas Day & Theophany

January 18/19

Saint Vardan February 24

Presentation of the Lord in the Temple

February 27

Carnival Sunday

March 2

Beginning of Lent

March 3

Feast of the Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide

April 24

Transfiguration

July 27

Assumption

August 31

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

September 28

Feast of the Holy Cross of Varak

October 12

Finding of the Holy Cross

November 9

Jewish Feasts 2025 (Jewish Calendar 5785-5786) Note: The Jewish feast days begin the evening before as indicated by / in the dates

Purim (Esther)

March 13/14

Pesach (Passover)

April 12/19-20

Yom HaShoa (Holocaust Memorial Day)

April 23/24

Yom HaZikaron / Yom Atzmaut (Independence Day)

April 29-30/ 30-May 1

Shavuot (Pentecost)

June 1/2-3

Tisha B’Av

August 2/3

Rosh Hashona 5785 – Bet B’Tishrei 5786 (New Year)

September 22/23-24

Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)

October 1/2

Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)

October 6/7-13

Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah (Rejoicing in the Law)

October 13/14-15

Hanukkah (Feast of the Lights)

Dec 14/15-22

Moslem Feasts 2025 – Hejri Calendar1446-1447 (Note: Dates are approximate according to their calendar)

Isra’ wal Mi’raj (Ascension of Mohammed)

January 27

First Day of Ramadan

March 1

Lailat al-Qadr (Night of Power)

March 27

End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)

March 30

Eid al-Adha (Feast of the sacrifice)

June 6

Islamic New Year – 1 Muharram 1447

June 26

Mawled al Nabawi (Birth of Mohammed)

September 4

Samaritan Easter 2025

Samaritan Passover

   (Services at 7:00 p.m., the previous evening)

April 12