FEBRUARY 2008

• 1
  • Lammas - Christian - Southern hemisphere
• 2
  • Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian
  • Imbolc - Wicca- Northern Hemisphere
  • Lughanssad - Wicca- Southern Hemisphere
• 3
  • Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
  • Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
  • Setsubun Sai - Shinto
• 5
  • Shrove Tuesday - Christian
• 6
  • Ash Wednesday - Lent begins - Christian
• 7
  • Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
• 11
  • Vasant Panchami  - Hindu
• 14
  • St. Valentine's Day - Christian
• 15
  • Nirvana Day  - Buddhist
• 17
  • Triodion - Orthodox Christian
• 26-March 1
  • Intercalary Days  - Baha'i

   

         MARCH 2008

• 1
  • Saturday of Souls - Orthodox Christian
  • St. David of Wales - Christian
• 2
  • Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 6
  • Maha Shivaratri  - Hindu
• 9
  • Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
  • Passion Sunday  - Christian
• 10
  • Lent begins - Clean Monday- Orthodox Christian
• 13
  • L. Ron Hubbard Birthday - Scientology
• 16
  • Palm/Passion Sunday - Christian
  • Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 17
  • St Patrick's Day - Christian
• 20
  • Mawlid an Nabi (The Prophet's Birth) - Islam
  • Maunday Thursday - Christian
• 20  Vernal Equinox
  • Ostara  - Wicca - Northern Hemisphere
  • Mabon - Wicca - Southern Hemisphere
• 21
  • Good Friday - Christian
  • Purim  - Jewish
  • Norouz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
  • Naw Ruz (New Year)  - Baha'i
  • Magha Puja  - Buddhist
• 22
  • Holi - Hindu
  • Hola Mohalla - Sikh
• 23
  • Easter  - Christian
• 25
  • Annunciation of the Virgin Mary - Christian
• 26
  • Khordad Sal - Zoroastrian

   

         APRIL 2008

• 6
  • New Year  - Hindu
• 6-14
  • Ramayana  - Hindu
• 8
  • Birthday of Buddha - Buddhist - Mahayana
• 14
  • Ramanavami - Hindu
  • Baisakhi - Sikh
• 18
  • Mahavir Jayanti - Jain
• 19
  • Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 20
  • Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu
  • Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 20-23
  • Theravadin New Year - Buddhist
• 20-21 *
  • Pesach (Passover) first two days  - Jewish
• 21
  • First Day of Ridvan  - Baha'i
• 23
  • St. George's Day - Christian
• 25
  • Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 26-27
  • Pesach (Passover) final two days - Jewish
• 27
  • Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
• 29
  • Ninth Day of Ridvan - Baha'i
• 30
  • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

   

         MAY 2008

• 1
  • Ascension of Christ - Christian
  • Beltane  - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
  • Samhain  - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
• 2
  • Yom HaSho'ah - Jewish
  • Twelfth Day of Ridvan - Baha'i
• 8
  • Yom Ha'Atzmaut - Jewish
• 11
  • Pentecost - Christian
• 18
  • Trinity Sunday - Christian
• 20
  • Buddha Day - Visakha Puja  - Buddhist
• 22
  • Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
• 23
  • Declaration of the Bab  - Baha'i
  • Lag B'Omer - Jewish
  • 29
    • Ascension of Baha'u'llah  - Baha'i
  • 30
    • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian

     

  JUNE 2008

  • 4
    • Pentecost - Christian
  • 5
    • Ascension of Jesus- Orthodox Christian
  • 9
    • St. Columba of Iona - Christian
  • 9-10
    • Shavuot  - Jewish
  • 11
    • Trinity - Christian
  • 15
    • Corpus Christi- Catholic Christian
    • Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
  • 16
    • Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh
  • 19
    • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
  • 20 Summer Solstice
    • Litha - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
    • Yule  - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
  • 21
    • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
  • 22
    • All Saints - Orthodox Christian
  • 23
    • Sacred Heart of Jesus- Catholic Christian
  • 29
    • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

     

    JULY 2008

  • 9
    • Martyrdom of the Bab - Baha'i
  • 11
    • St. Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
  • 13-16
    • Ulambana - Obon  - Buddhist
  • 18
    • Asalha Puja Day - Dharma Day - Buddhist
  • 19
    • Mandaen New Years - Mandaen
  • 23
    • Birthday of Emperor Hailie Selassi I - Rastafaria
  • 24
    • Pioneer Day - Mormon Christian
  • 25
    • St. James the Great Day - Christian
  • 31
    • Lailat al Miraj  - Islam

     

     AUGUST 2008

  • 1
    • Lammas - Christian
    • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
  • 2
    • Lughnassad  - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
    • Imbolc  - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
  • 6
    • Transfiguration of Our Lord - Orthodox Christian
  • 10
    • Tisha B'Av  - Jewish
  • 15
    • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
    • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
  • 16
    • Raksha Bandhan - Hindu
  • 18
    • Lailat al Bara'ah - Islam
  • 24
    • Krishna Janmashtami  - Hindu
  • 25
    • Assumption of the Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
  • 28
    • Paryushana - Jain
  • 29
    • Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian
  • 31
    • Lailat al Miraj  - Islam

     

              SEPTEMBER 2008

• 1
  • Church year begins - Orthodox Christian
• 2
  • Ramadan begins - Islam
• 3
  • Ganesa Chaturthi  - Hindu
• 8
  • Nativity of Mary - Christian
• 14
  • Holy Cross Day - Christian
• 15
  • Moon Cake Festival - Chinese Taoist tradition
• 22 Autumnal Equinox
  • Mabon  - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
  • Ostara  - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
• 28
  • Laylat al Kadar - Islam
• 29
  • Michael and All Angels - Christian
• 30-Oct 1
  • Rosh Hashanah - Jewish
• 30-Oct 8
  • Navaratri  - Hindu

   

          OCTOBER 2008

• 2
  • Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends - Islam
• 4
  • St Francis Day - Catholic Chrisian
• 9
  • Yom Kippur - Jewish
• 9
  • Dasera  - Hindu
• 13
  • Thanksgiving -  Interfaith - Canada
• 14-20 
  • Sukkot  - Jewish
• 20
  • Birth of the B'ab  - Baha'i
  • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
• 21
  • Semini Atzeret  - Jewish
• 22
  • Simhat Torah - Jewish
• 27
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
• 28
  • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
  • Diwali - Deepavali  - Hindu - Sikh - Jain
• 31
  • All Hallows Eve - Christian
  • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian

   

       NOVEMBER 2008

• 1
  • All Saints' Day - Christian
  • Samhain  - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
  • Beltane  - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
• 2
  • All Souls' Day - Christian
• 12
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah  - Baha'i
• 13
  • Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib - Sikh
• 15
  • Nativity Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
• 23
  • Christ the King - Christian
• 24
  • Guru Tegh Bahadur Martydrom - Sikh
• 26
  • Day of Covenant  - Baha'i
• 27
  • Thanksgiving - Interfaith - USA
• 28
  • Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha  - Baha'i
• 30
  • First Sunday of Advent - Christian
  • St. Andrew's Day - Christian

   

        DECEMBER 2008

• 6
  • Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
• 6-9
  • Hajj (The holy Pilgrimage) - Islam
• 8
  • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) - Buddhism
  • Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
• 9
  • Eid al Adha  - Islam
• 12
  • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
  • Advent Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
• 16-25
  • Posedas Novidenas - Christian
• 21
  • Yule - Christian
  • Yule  - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
  • Litha  - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
• 22-29 
  • Hanukkah  - Jewish
• 25
  • Christmas - Christian
  • Feast of the Nativity  - Orthodox Christian
• 26
  • Zarathosht Diso  -  Zoroastrian
• 28
  • Holy Innocents - Christian
  • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
• 29
  • Muharram (first day of new year)  - Islam
• 31
  • Watch Night - Christian