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2023 Calendar

Date Religious and Cultural Observances

1

Shogatsu/Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto

Feast Day of St. Basil - Orthodox Christianity
Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
Holy Name of Jesus - Orthodox Christianity
5 Twelfth Night - Christianity
Birthday of Guru Gobindh Singh - Sikhism

6

Feast of Epiphany - Orthodox Christianity

Epiphany - Christian

Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany) - Orthodox Christian

Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) - Christian

Nativity of Christ - Armenian Orthodox

7

Nativity of Christ - Orthodox Christian 

Christmas Day - Rastafarian

Mahayana New Year - Buddhism

8 Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christianity

13

Punjabi Lohri - Hinduism (Punjabi)

14 New Year - Eastern Orthodox
15 Makara Sankranti - Hinduism
World Religion Day - Baha'i
17 Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christianity
19 Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity
18 - 25 Week of Prayer for Christianity Unity - Christianity

22

Lunar New Year

25

Conversion of St. Paul - Christianity

26

Vasant Panchami - Hinduism

27 St. Sava Divine Service - Christianity Serbian Orthodox
Date Religious and Cultural Observances

2

Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian

Imbolc-Lughnassad - Wicca/Neo Pagan

3

Setsubun (beginning of spring) - Shinto

15

Nirvana Day - Buddhist - Jain

18 Maha Shivaratri - Hindu

19

Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian

21

Shrove Tuesday - Christian

Losar - Tibetan

22

Lent Begins - Christian

Ash Wednesday - Christian

26 Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
27 Great Lent - Clean Monday - Orthodox Christian
Date Religious and Cultural Observances

6


Magha Puja Day - Buddhist

Purim begins - Judaism

8

Holi - Hindu

20

Ostara - Vernal Equinox - Wicca/Neo Pagan

21 Norooz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
Naw-Rúz (New Year) - Baha'i
 22

Ramadan begins - Islam


30

Ramanavami - Hindu

Date Religious and Cultural Observances

2

Palm Sunday - Christian

5

Passover begins - Judaism

6

Lent Ends - Christian

Maundy Thursday - Christian

Theravadin New Year - Buddhism

Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu

7

Good Friday - Christian

8

Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian

9

Easter (Western) - Christian

13

Passover ends- Judaism

14

Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) - Sikh

 16

Easter (Pascha) - Orthodox Christian

17

Yom HaShoah - Judaism

19

Ramadan finishes - Islam

20


Eid al Fitr begins - Islam

22

Eid al Fitr ends - Islam

25

Yom Ha Zikaron - Judaism

Yom Ha'Atzmaut - Judaism
Date Religious and Cultural Observances

1


Beltane - Samhain - Wicca/Neo Pagai Northern and Southern hemispheres

2


Twelfth Day of Ridvan - Baha'i

5 Visakha Puja - Buddha Day - Buddhism

8-9

Lag B'Omer - Judaism

18

Ascension of Jesus - Christian

24

Declaration of the Bab - Baha'i

25

Shavout begins - Judaism

27

Shavout ends - Judaism

28

Pentecost - Christian

Date Religious and Cultural Observances
1 Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
Litha - Summer Solstice - Wicca/Neo Pagan
 4

Trinity Sunday - Christian

8

Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian

11 All Saint's Day - Orthodox

16

Guru Arjan martyrdom - Sikh

19 New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian

21

National Indigenous Peoples Day

29


Eid al-Adha begins - Islam

Date Religious and Cultural Observances
2 Eid al-Adha ends - Islam

3

Asalha Puja Day (Dhamma Day) - Buddhism

10

Martyrdom of the Bab - Baha'i

15 St. Vladimir - Christian

23

Emperor Haile Selassie birthday - Rastafarian

24

Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian

26

Tish'a B'av - Judaism

Date Religious and Cultural Observances

1

Lammas - Christian

Lughnassad (Lammas) - Wicca/Neo Pagan

6

Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian

13

Obon (Ulambana) - Buddhist/Shinto

15 Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
Obon (Ulambana) ends - Buddhist/Shinto

30

Raksha Bandhan - Hindu

Date Religious and Cultural Observances

1

Religious year begins - Orthodox Christian

6 - 7

Krishna Janmashtami - Hindu

12

Ethiopian New Year - Rastafarian

15

Rosh Hashanah begins-Judaism

17 Rosh Hashanah ends-Judaism

19

Ganesh Chaturthi - Hindu

23

Fall Equinox - Wicca/Neo Pagan

24 - 25

Yom Kippur - Judaism

29

Fall Equinox - Wicca/Neo Ends

Sukkot begins - Judaism

30

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Orange Shirt Day

Date Religious and Cultural Observances

6

 

Shemini Atzeret - Judaism

Sukkot ends - Judaism

7-8

Simchat Torah - Judaism

15

Navaratri Begins - Hindu

16-17 Birth of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i
23

Navaratri ends - Hindu

31

Reformation Day - Protestant Christian

Samhain - Wicca/Neo Pagan

Date Religious and Cultural Observances

1

All Saints Day - Christian

2

Crowning of Emperor Haile Selassie - Rastafarian

12 Diwali (Deepavali) - Hindu
Deep Diwali - Jain
Bandi Chhor Divas - Sikh

15

Nativity Fast begins - ends Dec. 24 - Orthodox Christian

24

Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur - Sikh

26

Day of the Covenant - Baha'i

27 Birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji - Sikh

28

Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha - Baha'i

Date Religious and Cultural Observances
7 Hanukkah Begins - Judaism
8 Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) - Buddhism
15 Hanukkah ends - Judaism
21 Yule - Christian
25 Christmas - Christian
Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
26 Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) Zoroastrian
Dec 26 - Jan 1 Kwanzaa
31 Watch Night - Christian