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Multifaith Calendar2007-08 Holy Days and Seasons: A Religious Holidays Calendar
This calendar is not an exhaustive list either of religious traditions or of the holidays observed in those traditions. If we have not included a religious tradition or major religious holiday of significance to you, please notify the Religious and Spiritual Life staff so that it might be included in future editions of this calendar. While we have made extensive efforts to verify the accuracy of the information included here, some inaccuracies may remain. Please bring to our attention any you notice. The dates of some holidays, particularly those that are calculated according to a lunar calendar and rely on sightings of the New Moon (e.g., Islamic holidays), vary according to region; other observances and dates (e.g., Buddhist holidays) vary greatly across cultures and strands of a tradition. See below for acknowledgments and a key to abbreviations. Holy Days and Seasons: 2007-2008August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December August 2007Sun Dance (AI) Green Corn Ceremony (or Stomp Dance) (AI) Hopi Snake Dance (AI) Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony (AI) 11 Sat. Laylat al-Isra'wa al Mi'raj (Is) 15 Wed. Assumption of Mary (C) (RC) 15 Wed. Falling Asleep of the Holy Mother of God (C) (O) 28 Tue. Laylat al-Bara'ah (Is) September 2007Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony (AI) Jicarilla Apache Ghost Dance (AI) 4 Tue. Krishna Janmashtami (Hd) 8 Sat. Paryusana Festival (begins) (Ja) 12 Wed. Rosh Hashanah (begins at sundown) (J) 12 Wed. Ghambar Paitishem (begins) (Z) 13 Thu. Rosh Hashanah (J) 13 Thu. Ramadan (begins) (Is) 15 Sat. Das Laxana Festival (begins) (Ja) 15 Sat. Paryusana Festival (ends) (Ja) 15 Sat. Samvatsari (Ja) 15 Sat. Ganesh Chaturthi (Hd) 16 Sun. Ghambar Paitishem (ends) (Z) 21 Fri. Yom Kippur (begins at sundown) (J) 22 Sat. Yom Kippur (J) 22 Sat. Das Laxana Festival (ends) (Ja) 23 Sun. Mabon (W/P) 26 Wed. Sukkot (begins at sundown) (J) 27 Thu. Sukkot (first day) (J) 28 Fri. Sukkot (second day) (J) October 2007 Cherokee Green Corn Ceremony (AI) 5 Fri. Simchat Torah (J) 9 Tue. Laylat al-Qadr (Is) 12 Fri. Ghambar Ayathrem (begins) (Z) 13 Sat. Navaratri (Hd) 13 Sat. 'Id al-Fitr (Is) 16 Tue. Ghambar Ayathrem (ends) (Z) 19 Fri. Birth of the Bab (begins at sundown) (Bi) 20 Sat. Installation of Granth Sahib Ji as Guru (Sk) 20 Sat. Birth of the Bab (Bi) 21 Sun. Dusserah (Vijaya Dashami) (Hd) 31 Wed. Samhain (W/P) 31 Wed. Reformation Day (C, P) November 20071 Thu. All Saints Day (C) 2 Fri. All Souls Day (C, RC) 9 Fri. Diwali/Mahavir Nirvana (Ja) 9 Fri. Diwali (Dipavali) (Hd) 11 Sun. Birth of Baha'u'llah (begins at sundown) (Bi) 12 Mon. Birth of Baha'u'llah (Bi) 24 Sat. Guru Nanak's Birthday (Sk) 24 Sat. Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji (Ja) 25 Sun. Day of Covenant (begins at sundown) (Bi) 26 Mon. Day of Covenant (Bi) 27 Tue. Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha (begins at sundown) (Bi) 28 Wed. Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha (Bi) December 2007 Shalako Kachina Ceremony (AI) 4 Tue. Hanukkah (begins at sundown) (J) 5 Wed. Hanukkah (first day) (J) 8 Sat. Bodhi Day (Bd) 8 Sat. Immaculate Conception (C, RC, OC) 12 Wed. Hanukkah (last day) (J) 20 Thu. 'Id al-Adha (Is) 21 Fri. Yule (W/P) 25 Tue. Christmas (C) (O,P,RC) 26 Wed. Death of Prophet Zarathustra (Z) 31 Mon. Ghambar Maidyarem (begins) (Z) January 2008Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony (AI)
Hopi Holy Cycle (AI) 6 Sun. Theophany (O) February 2008February Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony (AI) Hopi Holy Circle (AI) March 2008March Eagle Dances (AI) 9 Sun. Sri Rama Krishna (Hd) 10 Mon. Lent (begins) (O) 20 Thu. Holy Thursday (C) (P,RC) 20 Thu. Ghambar Hamaspathmaedem (ends) (Z) 20 Thu. Naw-Ruz (begins at sundown) (Bi) 20 Thu. Purim (begins at sundown) (J) 21 Fri. Ostara (W/P) 21 Fri. Naw-Ruz (Bi) 21 Fri. Naw-Ruz (Z) 21 Fri. Purim (J) April 2008Eagle Dances (AI) 14 Mon. Vaisakhi (Sk) 19 Sat. Passover (Pesach) (begins at sundown) (J) 20 Sun. Ridvan (begins at sundown) (Bi) 21 Mon. Ridvan (first day) (Bi) 27 Sun. Passover (last day) (J) May 2008Hopi Kachina Dances (AI) 1 Thu. Ascension (C) 1 Thu. Beltane (W/P) 2 Fri. Ridvan (last day) (Bi) 4 Sun. Ghamban Maidyozanem (ends) (Z) 6 Tue. Vaisakhi (Hd) 11 Sun. Pentecost (C) 20 Tue. Wesak (Bd) June 2008Hopi Kachina Dances (AI) 5 Thu. Ascension (C) (O) 8 Sun. Shavuot (begins at sundown) (J) 29 Sun. Ghambar Maidyoshem (begins) (Z) July 2008Mescalero Apache Mountain Spirit Dances (AI) Sun Dance (AI) Green Corn Ceremony (or Stomp Dance) (AI) Hopi Snake Dance (AI) 3 Thu. Ghambar Maidyoshem (ends) (Z) August 2008August Sun Dance (AI) Green Corn Ceremony (or Stomp Dance) (AI) Hopi Snake Dance (AI) Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony (AI) 2 Sat. Lammas/Lughnasa (W/P) 15 Fri. Falling Asleep of the Holy Mother of God (C) (O) 28 Thu. Krishna Janmashtami (Hd) 28 Thu. Paryusana Festival (begins) (Ja) September 2008September Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony (AI) Jicarilla Apache Ghost Dance (AI) 2 Tue. Ramadan (begins) (Is) 5 Fri. Samvatsari (Ja) 30 Tue. Navaratri (Hd) October 2008October Cherokee Green Corn Ceremony (AI) 9 Thu. Dusserah (Vijaya Dashami) (Hd) 20 Mon. Birth of the Bab (Bi) 20 Mon. Installation of Gnanth Sahib Ji as Guru (Sk) 22 Wed. Simchat Torah (J) 28 Tue. Diwali/Mahavir Nirvana (Ja) 28 Tue. Diwali (Dipavali) (Hd) 31 Fri. Samhain (W/P) 31 Fri. Reformation Day (C, P) November 20081 Sat. All Saints Day (C) December 2008Shalako Kachina Ceremony (AI) 8 Mon. Bodhi Day (Bd) 8 Mon. Immaculate Conception (C,RC) 21 Sun. Hanukkah (begins at sundown) (J) 22 Mon. Hanukkah (first day) (J) 26 Fri. Death of Prophet Zarathustra (Z) 29 Mon. Hanukkah (last day) (J) 29 Mon. First of Muharram (Is) Religious Traditions Key
AcknowledgmentsSome of the information herein is provided by The Multifaith Calendar (1986-2006), a publication of the Multifaith Action Society, 604.469.1164. Used with permission. Copies of The Multifaith Calendar can be purchased by calling Unity Arts, 800.465.3287, or by sending email to mfcalendar@pacificcoast.net. Additional thanks to the editors of the Interfaith Calendar; the Chicago and Illinois Regional Office of the National Conference for Community and Justice and their Interfaith Calendar; the Anti-Defamation League; Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary of Brookline, Massachusetts; Multifaith Resources, California; the New England Hindu Temple; the Baha'i Community of Greater Boston; the New York Office of the National Conference for Community and Justice; the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.; James Yellowbank and the Anawim Center; and several scholars of religion, who provided information and advice.
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This calendar is offered by the Religious and Spiritual Life
staff as a resource to the Harvard Divinity School community. As we seek to increase our awareness of and respect for the growing religious diversity among us, we hope it will facilitate thoughtful planning of our schedules and activities by drawing attention to some of the holy days and seasons that members of our campus may be observing. Administrators and faculty members may find the calendar helpful as a reminder of the occasional religious observances that may result in student absences.
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