by Multifaith Calendar 2023 – The 2022-2023 Interfaith Calendar is a joint project of the IFC and the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington Download the Interfaith Calendar here View the Jewish Calendar from the Jewish Community Relations Council here Description of the Holy Days.
8th Ashura (Islam): Commemoration of Martyr Hussain III Imam and grandson of Prophet Muhammed. It marks the day when the Muslim prophet Musa was saved by Allah when he parted the sea while leading the children to the land of Israel.
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15. Assumption B. of the Virgin Mary: According to Roman Catholic tradition, marking the day is the Virgin Mary assumed body and soul into heaven.
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25th Paryushan Parva (Jain): 8 days he begins to think of festivals and ask for forgiveness of sins. Mainly practiced by the Shwetamabar Jains, they tend to obscure their focus on worldly affairs.
31st Ganesh Chaturi (Hindu): Today is a festival around the venerable Lord Ganesh, the God of wisdom and prosperity.
First Samvatsari (Jain): A day that goes around asking for forgiveness for sins committed intentionally or in the past year.
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First Bible in Darbar Sahib (Sikh Institute): Observing when the Fifth Guru Sikhism officially added hymns from previous Gurus, both Muslim and Hindu works, to the official holy book.
1st Das Lakshan Parva (Jain): 10 days post-paryushan festival to reflect the 10 main virtues of Jainism. It is mainly used by Digambara Jains.
Day 26 (October 5) Navatri (Hindu): Hindu festival of the Divine Mother who worships Durga, wife of God Shiva, and invokes her blessings. It is celebrated according to local custom.
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October 2, 2022 Mehrgan (Zoroastrian): One of the oldest known festivals and a time of love and gratitude for life. Mehrgan is a celebration of the community (Jashn), and prayers of thanksgiving and blessing of the community (Afrinagan) are prominent in the ceremonies.
5. Dussehra (Hindu): The festival celebrates the victory of good over evil. Obviously Lord Rama’s victory over Ravana, the Demon King of Lanka.
5 Yom Kippur* (Jewish): Jewish day of atonement. The Jewish holiday year is marked by strict fasting, prayer and penance.
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Sukkot* (Jewish) 10-16: The Feast of Tabernacles, or Jewish Tabernacles, commemorates the time of harvest and the journey of the Israelites through the desert.
17. Shemini Atzeret* (Jewish): Celebration on the 8th and last day of Sukkot. Mark the completion of the annual Torah reading cycle.
21. Diwali (Hindu): The festival of lights signifies the human urge to light. One of the four celebrations of the season in India.
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24 Shree Mahavir/Nirvan Day/Diwali (Jain): Also known as the festival of lights. In Jainism, it celebrates the enlightenment and liberation of Mahavira, the most recent of the Jain Tirthankaras, from the cycle of birth and death. The light of the lamps honors the light of Mahavira’s divine knowledge.
24 Bandi Chhor Divas (Sikh): Prison liberation day, when the 6th Guru, Guru Hargobind, was freed from Gwalior Fort, taking 52 others with him.
26th Jain New Year (Jain): The day after Diwali begins and marks the beginning of the new Jain year.
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26-27, Twins of the Bab and Baha’u’lla (Baha’i): the births of both the Bab and Baha’u’lla, two prophets associated with Baha’i, are celebrated in sequence. The reason is that their birthdays follow each other according to the Islamic calendar in which they were born, yet they were not born in the same year.
November 2022 8th Gurgaddi Diwas (Sikh) (Sikh): marks the event when the 10th Guru passes in the Guru’s boat to the Guru Granth Sahib, where he confirms the Holy Book which will be the guiding force of the next.
24 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh): Celebrating the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the 9th Guru.
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Hanukkah 18-26* (Hebrew): Festival of lights, commemoration of the recovery of the Maccabees and the dedication of the second temple in 165 BC.
21st Chelleh (Zoroastrian): The winter solstice is also celebrated as Shab-e Yalda (Yalda Night) on the longest night of the year, signifying “the night that opens the first forty days of the three winter months”, hence the name Chelleh fortieth.
26 Commemoration of Zarathustra (Zoroastrian): death anniversary of the prophet Zarathustra (Zoroaster). Although this day is an occasion for sadness, there is eternal hope and no mourning. Just remember the deceased.
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6th Epiphany (Christianity): It concludes the 12 days of Christmas and celebrates the visitation of the three Kings to the baby Jesus. Meaning for Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism.
7th Orthodox Christmas (Chistian): Celebration of the Nativity of Jesus Christ for Orthodox Doctors using the Julian Calendar.
30. Sadeh (Zoroastrian): A winter festival marking the beginning of the warming of the earth as well as the day celebrating the fire given to man. As Chelleh marks the forty days for Sadeh, this celebration also marks the remaining fifty days and fifty nights of winter for Nowruz or spring, from which the name Sadeh, “hundred,” is derived.
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February 2023 6 Tu Bishvat (Judaea): The 15th Shevat holiday marking the New Year of Trees, falls between autumn and spring. When half of the winter has passed, the forces weaken, the cold is not intense, and the process begins.
22 nd Ashes (Christian): marks the beginning of Lent, which is 40 days before Easter (excluding Sunday) and is dedicated to penance, reflection and fasting. At this time, Jesus was put in the wilderness after being tempted for 40 days.
8th Holi (Hindu): A spring festival dedicated to the God of Pleasure. It is a festive day filled with purple colors, processions and bonfires.
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14th Sikh (Sikh) Environment Day: Environment Day honors both the 7th Sikh Guru Har Rai who was an advocate of conservation. It is customary to plant trees today.
Day 20 at 5:22:12 pm EST Nowruz (Zoroastrian): Persian New Year and the first day of spring. Also known as Jamshedi Navroz, it has been celebrated by different communities for over 3,000 years in Western Asia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Pontus Basin, the Balkans and South Asia.
21. Naw-Ruz (Baha’i): Baha’i and Iranian New Year. It marks the Baha’i lessons, and a month later the celebration of fasting signifies spring and the manifestations of God.
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23. The first day of the month of Ramadan (Islam): the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; 30 days of abstinence from sunrise to sunset. In honor of the first revelation of the Prophet Muhammed.
Zarathushtra (Zoroastrian) 26th Birthday: Also known as Zadrooz-e Zartosht or Khordad Sal, this is considered one of the most important festivals in the Zoroastrian calendar. Celebrated six days after Nowruz, Zoroaster honored the prophet with prayers at the fire temple and the festival.
26 Adinath Swami Jayanti (Jain): The festival honors the first Tirthankara who conquered the cycle of death and rebirth.
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April 2023 4th Mahavir Swami Jayanti (Jain): Celebrating the birth of the 24th and last Tirthankara. The idol of Lord Mahavir is ridden in a chariot and most Jains are involved in charitable works.
8. Farvardingan (Zoroastrian): The first festival of the year, also known as Furudog, is a day to commemorate Fravahars and dead souls. Not to be confused with Frawardigan which is also known as Panjeh or Moktad, this is also an important festival to worship the souls of the dead during the next ten days of the year.
9 Easter (Christian): Commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Family gatherings are held and we thank Jesus Christ for dying for man’s sins and being resurrected.
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14. Vaisakhi (Sikh): Celebrating the foundation of Sikhism. There are often special parades and processions as well as many baptisms taking place during this festival.
21 Ridvan (Baha’i): Commemorating the preaching of Baha’u’llah to his disciples in 1863. Work will be suspended for the first, 9th and 12th.
9 Ridvan* (Baha’i): Work was suspended and commemorated when Baha’u’llah discovered that he had been officially banned by the Ottoman Empire for fear of the Baha’i faith. When he was fleeing, he was separated from his people, but the Tigris divided the river and allowed them to unite.
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Rivdan 12 May 2023* (Baha’i): The last day of Rivdan, they stopped working. Baha’u’llah spent his last day celebrating in the Ridvan Garden in Baghdad and preached his prophetic vision with the faithful.
The 24th Edict of the Bab* (Baha’i): Commemoration when the Bab declared himself to be the new message of God.
26-27 Shavuot* (Jew): Feast of Weeks; it commemorates the harvest of the first fruits and the descent of Moses from Mount Sinai with the Torah and the commandments.
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28 Pentecost (Christianity): Observe the day of the Holy Spirit to the disciples, after Jesus ascended into heaven. The name indicates 50 days after Easter.
June 2023 27 Hajj* (Islam): Muslims make a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia at least once in their lifetime.
July 4, 2023 Tirgan (Zorastrian): Summer rain festival and one of the three most famous festivals (along with Mehrgan and Nowruz) of ancient Iran.
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9 Martyrdom of the Bab* (Baha’i): Ali Mohammed was executed by Persian political and religious powers in 1850. It is observed by abstaining from commerce and work.
19 Muharram* (Islam): Muslim New Year.
