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Religious Observances for 2014:

The following information has been taken from:

* Interfaithcalendar.org

* Means that Holy days begin at sundown the day before this date.
** Regional customs, group preference or moon sightings may cause a variation of this date.
The dates that are BOLDED are usually when students and/or employees may not be in attendance for school or work.

Click here to see the most significant observance(s) details:

January 2014

1

Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian

Feast Day of St. Basil - Orthodox Christian

Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto

5

Twelfth Night - Christian

6

Epiphany - Christian

Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian

7

Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian

     13

Maghi - Sikhism

16-19

Mahayana New Year - Buddhist

26

Tu B'shvat * - Judaism

31

Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist

February 2014

3

Setsubun-sai - Shinto

15

Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist

24

Purim * - Judaism

March 2014

    17   

St Patrick's Day - Christian

Holi - Hindu

20

Equinox

21

Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian

Naw Ruz (New Year) * - Baha'i

Naw Ruz - Baha'i

24

Palm Sunday - Christian

28

Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra) Zoroastrian

31

Hindu New Year - Hindu

April 2014

8

Ramanavami - Hindu

13

Paml Sunday - All Christians

      14

Vaisakhi - Sikhism, Hinduism
Saka New Year - Buddhism

15-22

Pesach (Passover) - Jewish

17

Maundy Thursday - Christian

18

Good Friiday - All Christians

20

Easter - All Christians

27

Yom HaShoah - Jewish

May 2014

5

Yom Ha'Atzmaut - Jewish

14

Buddha Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist

23

Declaration of the Bab - Baha'i

29

Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

June 2014

4-5

Shavuot - Jewish

8

Pentecost - All Christians

28

Ramadan Begins

July 2014

9

Martyrdom of the Bab - Baha'i

13

Asalha Puja Day - Buddhist

13-15

Obon - Shinto Buddhist

24

Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian

29

Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends - Islam

August 2014

1

Lammas - Christian

Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian

Lughnassad (Lammas) - Wicca/Neo Pagan

10

Raksha Bandhan - Hindu

15

Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian

Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian

September 2014

6
Nativity of Mary - Christian

22

Equinox

24-25

Rosh Hashanah * - Judaism

29

Navaratri - Hindu

October 2014

4

St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian

Yom Kippur - Jewish

Eid al Adha - Islam

Dasera - Hindu

9-15

Sukkot - Jewish

16

Shemini Atzeret - Jewish

20

Birth of the B'ab * - Baha'i

23

Diwali - Hindu-Jain-Sikh

27

Reformation Day - Protestant Christian

31

All Hallows Eve - Christian

November 2014

1

All Saints' Day - Christian

2

All Souls' Day - Christian

5

Ashura - Islam

6

Guru Nanak Dev Sahid Birthday - Sikh

12

Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

21

Yule - Christian

26

Day of Covenant - Baha'i

28

Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha - Baha'i

December 2014

6

St. Nicholas Day - Christian

12

Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian

25

Christmas - Christian

26

Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian

Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra - Zoroastrian

28

Holy Innocents - Christian

31

Watch Night - Christian

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