Religious Observances

There is a Day for That! provides you with a list of observances and national days related to Religious.

Purim

Purim

Purim remembers the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to destroy them as recorded in the Book of Esther.

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Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter and commemorates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem.

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Holi

Holi

Originally a harvest and fertility festival, Holi also commemorates a legend from Hindu Mythology

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Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday

Also known as Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday commemorates the last supper and established the ceremony known as the Eucharist.

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Good Friday

Good Friday ✝️

Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.

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Easter

Easter 🥚

Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus had been placed.

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Eid Al Fitr

Eid Al Fitr ☪️

The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan.

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Passover Begins

Passover Begins ✡️

Passover (Pesach), is an eight day Jewish holiday that remembers the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

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Lazarus Saturday

Lazarus Saturday

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Lazarus Saturday.

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National Day of Prayer

National Day of Prayer

Each year since 1957, the president has signed a proclamation encouraging all Americans to pray on this day.

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Orthodox Easter

Orthodox Easter 🥚

Easter is the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million Orthodox Christians. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus has been placed after his crucifixion.

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Ascension

Ascension ✝️

This day observes the departure of Jesus from earth after his resurrection. It is perhaps the earliest observed celebration in Christianity.

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Pentecost Sunday

Pentecost Sunday

Celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter

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Vesak, the Day of the Full Moon 

Vesak, the Day of the Full Moon  🌕

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Vesak, the Day of the Full Moon 

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Lag BaOmer

Lag BaOmer

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Lag BaOmer.

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Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi is celebrated on the second Thursday after Whitsun. Corpus Christi means the Body of Christ and refers to the elements of the Eucharist

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Shavout

Shavout ✡️

Shavuot is one of the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals. Also known as the Feast of Weeks

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Eid Al Adha

Eid Al Adha 🕋

Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.

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Eastern Orthodox All Saints Day

Eastern Orthodox All Saints Day ☦️

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, All Saints Day is observed on the first Sunday after Pentecost.

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Islamic New Year

Islamic New Year 🕌

Marks Islamic New Year and the Prophet's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622AD.

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Baptism Day of Kyivan Rus

Baptism Day of Kyivan Rus ☦

Find out the dates, history and traditions of the Baptism Day of Kyivan Rus.

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Saviour of the Apple Feast Day

Saviour of the Apple Feast Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Saviour of the Apple Feast Day

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Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving

Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving

The Schwenkfelder Church is a small American Christian body rooted in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation teachings of Caspar Schwenkfeld von Ossig.

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Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah 🕎

The Jewish Holiday of Rosh Hashanah is generally known as the New Year' s Day of the Jewish calendar

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Clergy Appreciation Day

Clergy Appreciation Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Clergy Appreciation Day (or Pastor Appreciation Day or Ministry Appreciation Day)

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All Saints' Day

All Saints' Day

Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrs

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Diwali

Diwali 🪔

Celebrations revolve around the triumph of good over evil, purity over impurity, light over darkness.

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All Saints' Day

All Saints' Day

Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrs

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All Souls' Day

All Souls' Day

Dedicated to the remembrance of the departed. All Souls' Day follows All Saints' Day.

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All Saints' Day

All Saints' Day

Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrs

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The eve before Saint Martins day

The eve before Saint Martins day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of The eve before Saint Martins day

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St. Martin's Day

St. Martin's Day

Traditionally, in many parts of Europe, St Martin's Day marked the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter.

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Sunday of the Dead

Sunday of the Dead

Totensonntag is a Protestant religious holiday in Germany and Switzerland, commemorating the faithfully departed.

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Sigd

Sigd

A holiday observed by Ethiopian Jews to commemorate their return from exile to Israel.

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Advent

Advent

This day marks the start of the period of Advent that ends on Christmas Eve.

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Day of the Little Candles

Day of the Little Candles 🕯️

Candles are lit across the country in honor of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.

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Bodhi Day

Bodhi Day

Buddha's Enlightenment Day commemorates Siddhartha Gautama attaining enlightenment — some 2,600 years ago, becoming the Buddha.

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Anna's Day

Anna's Day

It's Anna's Day, marking the start of making the lutefisk to be consumed on Christmas Eve.

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St. Lucia Day

St. Lucia Day

Marks the beginning of the Christmas season and honours the memory of St. Lucia, an early Christian martyr.

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Las Posadas

Las Posadas

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Las Posadas in Mexico.

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Go Caroling Day

Go Caroling Day

Celebrate the harmony and joy of Go Caroling Day on December 20th, uniting communities with festive songs and holiday spirit.

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Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve 🎅

Christmas Eve marks the culmination of the Advent period before Christmas that started on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve.

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