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Religious Holidays Calendar

Academic Year 2009-2010

The list that follows is not exhaustive; it includes major festivals and holy days for many, but perhaps not all, religious traditions represented in the Whitman community. If it does not include an important date in the religious calendar of your particular tradition, please notify Adam Kirtley, Stuart Coordinator of Religious and Spiritual Life, at kirtleam@whitman.edu.

Dates marked with an * indicate that observances begin at sundown on the preceding day. For holidays associated with Christianity, the following notations are used to denote observance by particular strands of the Christian tradition: RC-Roman Catholic P-Protestant O-Orthodox

August 2009
Ramadan, 1st Day
22 Saturday
Islam
Food Restriction
Dormition of the Theotokos
28 Friday
Christianity (O)
Special Worship
     
September 2009
Rosh Hashanah
18*-20 Friday to Sunday
Judaism
Work Restriction
Navaratri
19-27 Saturday to Sunday
Hinduism
Special Worship
Eid-ul-Fitr
20 Sunday
Islam
Work/Food  Restriction
Dussehra
28 Monday
Hinduism
Special Worship
Work Restriction
Yom Kippur
27 * Sunday Judaism Work/Food Restriction
October 2009
Sukkot
2*-4 Friday to Sunday
Judaism
Special Worship
Work Restriction
Sukkot
Intermediate Days

5-9 Monday to Friday
Judaism
Special Worship
Work Restriction
Simchat Torah (or Shmini Atzeret)
9-11* Friday
Judaism
Work Restriction
Diwali
17 Saturday
Sikh/Hinduism, Jainism
Special Worship
Birth of the Bab
20 * Tuesday
Baha'i
Work Restriction
November 2009
Birth of Baha'u'llah
13* Friday
Baha'i
Work Restriction
The Day of Arafat
26 Thursday
Islam
Food Restriction
Eid-ul-Adha
27 Friday
Islam
Work Restriction
Advent fast begins
28
Saturday
Christianity (O)
Food restriction
 
December 2009
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)
08 Tuesday
Buddhism
Special Worship
Chanukah
11*-19 Friday - Saturday
(8 days)
Judaism
Special Worship
Christmas
25 Friday
Christian (RC, P)
Special Worship
Kwanzaa
26-1/1 Saturday
(7 days)
African Heritage
Special Worship
Ashoura Islam
27 Sunday
Islam
Food Restriction / Special Worship
January 2010
Epiphany
06 Wednesday
Christian (RC)
Special Worship
Christmas
07 Friday
Christian (O)
Special Worship
Theophany
19 Wednesday
Christian (O)
Special Worship
Tu B'Shvat
29*-30 Friday
Judaism
Special Worship
 
February 2010
Shivaratri
12 Friday
Hinduism
Special Worship
Clean Monday (Lent begins)
15 Monday
Christian (O)
Special Worship, Food Restriction
Chinese New Year
14 Sunday
Confucian/ Daoist/ Buddhist
Special Worship
Ash Wednesday
(start of Lent)
17
Wednesday
Christian (RC, P)
Special Worship, Food Restriction
Fast of Esther
25* Thursday
Judaism
Food Restriction
Purim
28*-29 Sunday
Judaism
Special Worship
Holi
28 Sunday
Hinduism
Special Worship
     
March 2010
The 19 Day Fast Begins
02
Monday
Baha'i
Food Restriction
Women's World Day of Prayer
05 Friday
Multifaith
Naw Ruz (New Year's Day)
21 Sunday
Baha'i / Zoroastrian
Work Restriction
Palm Sunday
28 Sunday
Christian
Special Worship
Passover
29*-30 Monday
Judaism
Work Restriction first two days and last two days; Food restrictions observed for all eight days.
         
April 2010
Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday)
01 Thursday
Christian
Special Worship
Passover (intermediate days)
01-04 Thursday
Judaism
Work Restriction first two days and last two days; Food restrictions observed for all eight days.
Good Friday
02 Friday
Christian
Special Worship, Food Restriction
Buddha's Birthday
03 Saturday
Buddhism
Special Worship
Easter (Pascha)
04 Sunday
Christian
Special Worship
Passover
04*-06 Sunday
Judaism
Work Restriction first two days and last two days; Food restrictions observed for all eight days.
Yom Hashoah
11 * Sunday
Judaism
Special Worship
Baisakhi
14 Wednesday
Hindu New Year/Sikh
Ridvan
21* Wednesday
(through May 2)
Baha'i
Special Worship, Work Restrictions 4/21, 4/29 and 5/2
 
May 2010
Lag B'Omer
01-02 Saturday
Judaism
Special Worship
Twelfth Day of Ridvan
02 Sunday
Baha'i
Work, Food Restriction
Ascension of Christ
13 Thursday
Christian
Special Worship
Vesak
13 Thursday
Buddhism/ Southeast Asian
Special Worship
Shavuot
18*-20 Tuesday
Judaism
Special Worship, Work Restriction
Pentecost
23 Sunday
Christian
Special Worship
Declaration of the Bab
23* Sunday
Baha'i
Work Restriction
Ascension of Baha'u'llah
29* Saturday
Baha'i
Work Restriction