Interfaith Calendar
Some faiths and religions hold that all of life is sacramental and as such do not mark specific days as more sacred or significant than others. These beliefs are not represented in the below calendar, however we would like to express our respect and admiration of these traditions. The Interfaith Church also seeks to promote this line of thought.
All dates are adjusted for the Southern Hemisphere, GMT+10. Some dates are seasonal or based on calendars other than the western calendar in use in Australia, minor variations may occur due to differences in calendars, moon phases, location or specific observances within sects or localities.
Please contact us if you feel there are any errors or omissions.
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2012
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February |
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| 1 |  New Years Day Shogatsu Mary, Mother of God [Catholic] Feast of St Basil [Greek Orthodox] Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus [Orthodox] |
1 | World Interfaith Harmony Week [United Nations](to Feb 7) |
| 2 | New Years Day Holiday |
2 | Candlemas Presentation of Christ in the Temple [Anglican; Greek Orthodox] Triodion begins [Greek Orthodox]  Lughnasadh/ Lammas [Traditional] |
| 3 | 3 | Rissun [Setsubun-sai] Birthday of Maitreya Buddha [Mahayana] |
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| 4 | 4 | Mawlid/ Milad un Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad) [Sunni] Lughnasadh/ Lammas [Astrological] |
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| 5 |  Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Fast of 10 Tevet |
5 | Four Chaplains Sunday Vishwakarma Jayaanti |
| 6 | Epiphany Theophany [Greek Orthodox] |
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| 7 | Feast of the Nativity [Orthodox] Nativity of Our Lord [Slavic Orthodox] Christmas [Orthodox] |
7 | World Interfaith Harmony Week ends Magha Puja Day/ Sangha Day [Theravada] |
| 8 | Baptism of the Lord Jesus |
8 | Tu B'Shevat Full Moon |
| 9 | Mahayana New Year (to 12 Jan) Baptism of the Lord [Catholic] Full Moon |
9 | Mawlid/ Milad un Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad) [Shia] |
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| 11 | 11 | Our Lady of Lourdes |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | Maghi |
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| 14 | Makar Sankranti New Year [Slavic Orthodox] |
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| 15 |  World Religion Day Seijin Shiki |
15 | Parinirvana/ Nirvana Day Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple [Slavic Orthodox] |
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| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | Epiphany of Our Lord [Slavic Orthodox] |
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| 19 | 19 | Meatfare Sunday [Greek Orthodox] Transfiguration |
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| 20 | 20 | Maha Shiv Ratri |
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| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | Ash Wednesday Lent begins Losar Tibetan New Year [Tibetan] |
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| 23 |   Chinese New Year/ Asian Lunar New Year |
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| 24 | 24 | ||
| 25 | Conversion of St Paul (St Paul's Day) |
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| 26 | Australia Day Survival Day/ Invasion Day |
26 | Intercalary Days (to 1 Mar) Cheesefare Sunday [Orthodox] Forgiveness Sunday [Slavic Orthodox] |
| 27 | 27 | Clean Monday, Great Lent begins [Orthodox] |
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| 28 | Vasant Panchami |
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| 31 | Birthday of Guru Har Rai |
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March |
April |
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| 1 | Intercalary Days end |
1 | Palm Sunday Ramanavami Swaminarayan Jayanti Ramayana (Shri Ram Naumi) ends |
| 2 | Nineteen Day Feast Starts (to 21 Mar) |
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| 3 | Hina Matsuri/ Festival of dolls |
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| 4 | Orthodox Sunday [Orthodox] |
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| 5 | Labour Day [WA] The Triumph of Orthodoxy Sunday [Slavic Orthodox] |
5 | Maundy Thursday/ Holy Thursday |
| 6 | 6 | Good Friday Theravadin New Year Good Friday Lord's Evening Meal [Jehovah's Witness] Hanuman Jayanti Mahavir Jayanti Fast of the Firstborn |
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| 7 | Fast of Esther (Taanit Esther) |
7 | Easter Saturday Lazarus Saturday [Orthodox] Holy Saturday [Catholic] Pesach (Passover) (to 14 Apr) Full Moon |
| 8 | Purim Holi Festival Full Moon |
8 | Easter Sunday Easter/ Pascha Palm Sunday [Orthodox] |
| 9 | Hola Mohalla Shushan Purim |
9 | Easter Monday |
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| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | Canberra Day [ACT] Eight Hours Day [Tas] Labour Day [Vic] |
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| 13 |  Birthday of L. Ron Hubbard |
13 | Holy Friday [Orthodox] |
| 14 | 14 | Pesach (Passover) ends Vaisakhi (New Year) |
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| 15 | 15 | Easter/ Pascha [Orthodox] |
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| 16 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Birthday of Gurus Tegh Bahadur and Angad Dev |
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| 19 | St Joseph's Day |
19 | Yom HaShoah |
| 20 | Mabon [Astrological] Autumnal Equinox |
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| 21 | Naw Ruz (New Year) Nineteen Day Feast ends Shubun-sai (Equinox Day) Mabon [Tradtional] Jamshedi Noruz (New Year) |
21 | Declaration of Baha'u'llah First Day of Ridvan |
| 22 | 22 | ||
| 23 | Birthday of Guan Yin (Compassion) Avalokiteshvara [Mahayana] Ugadi/ Samvatsaradi (New Year) Ramayana (Shri Ram Naumi) (to 1 Apr) |
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| 24 | 24 | ||
| 25 | Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary |
25 | ANZAC Day Yom Hazikaron |
| 26 | Khordad Sal (Anniversary of the birth of Zoroaster) |
26 | Yom Ha'Atzmaut Shankaracharya Jayanti |
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| 28 | 28 | Buddha Purnima |
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| 29 | 29 | Ninth Day of Ridvan |
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| 30 | 30 | St James the Great Day All Orthodox Lazarus Saturday Janaki Jayanti Samhain [Traditional]/ All Hallows Eve |
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May |
June |
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| 1 | St. James' Day |
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| 2 | Twelfth Day of Ridvan Birthday of Sri Guru Arjan Dev |
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| 3 | National Day of Prayer [USA] |
3 | Mabo Day National Reconciliation Week ends NAIDOC Week (to July 10) Trinity Sunday |
| 4 | 4 | Foundation Day [WA] Full Moon |
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| 5 | Buddha Day/ Vesak Samhain [Astrological] |
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| 6 | Full Moon |
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| 7 | Labour Day [Qld] May Day [NT] |
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| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | Lag B'Omer |
10 | NAIDOC Week ends All Saints Day [Greek Orthodox] Corpus Christi [Catholic] |
| 11 | 11 | Queens Diamond Jubilee [Qld 2012 Only] Queens Birthday [ACT, NSW, NT, SA, Tas, Vic] Commencement of the Fast of the Apostles [Slavic Orthodox] |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 15 | Sacred Heart of Jesus [Catholic] |
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| 16 | 16 | Guru Arjan Dev's Martyrdom Lailat al Miraj (The Prophet's Ascension) |
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| 17 | Ascension Day [Catholic] |
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| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | Ascension Day Yom Yerushalayim |
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| 21 | St. Konstantine and Helen [Greek Orthodox] |
21 | Yule/ Winter Solstice |
| 22 | 22 | ||
| 23 | Declaration of the Bab Birthday of Guru Amar Das |
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| 24 | Ascension of Jesus [Orthodox] |
24 | St. John the Baptist |
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | National Sorry Day |
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| 27 | National Reconciliation Week (to June 3) Shavuot (to 28 May) Pentecost (Whitsunday) |
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| 28 | Shavuot ends |
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| 29 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah |
29 | Saints Peter and Paul's Day |
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July |
August |
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| 1 | 1 | Loaf Mass Day Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus [Greek Orthodox] Imbolc/ Candlemas/ Lupercalia/ Oimelc [Traditional] |
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| 2 | 2 | Raksha Bandhan Full Moon |
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| 3 | Asalha Puja Day Guru Purnima Lailat al Bara'ah |
3 | Shri Krishna Asthami (to 10 Aug) |
| 4 | Full Moon |
4 | National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day |
| 5 | Birthday of Guru Hargobind |
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| 6 | Birthday of Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama) |
6 | Bank Holiday [NSW] Picnic Day [NT] Transfiguration of the Lord |
| 7 | 7 | Imbolc/ Candlemas/ Lupercalia/ Oimelc [Astrological] |
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| 8 | Fast of 17th Tammuz |
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| 9 | Martyrdom of the Bab |
9 | International Day of the Worlds Indigenous People Children's Day |
| 10 | 10 | Shri Krishna Asthami ends Janmashtami-Kristna Jayanti (Birth of Krishna) |
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| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | Saints Peter and Paul [Slavic Orthodox] |
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| 13 | Obon |
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| 14 | 14 | Commencement of the Dormition Fast [Slavic Orthodox] Lailat al Qadr (Night of Destiny) |
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| 15 | Wan Khao Phansa (Entering Rains Retreat) [Theravada] St. Vladimir Day [Greek Orthodox] |
15 | Royal Qld Show Day [Brisbane area only] Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary [Catholic/ Anglican] Dormition of the Theotokos [Greek Orthodox] |
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| 17 | 17 | Birthday of Marcus Garvey |
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| 18 | 18 | Jamshedi Noruz [Shenshai] |
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| 19 | Avalokitesvara (Enlightenment Day of Guan Yin) [Mahayana] Jamshedi Noruz [Qadimi] |
19 | Eid-Ul-Fitr (Ramadan ends) Transfiguration of Our Lord [Slavic Orthodox] |
| 20 | Ramadan begins (to 19 Aug) |
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| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | Feast of St. Mary Magdalene [Catholic/ Anglican] |
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| 23 | Birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie I Birthday of Guru Har Krishan |
23 | Khordad Sal |
| 24 | Pioneer Day [Mormon] Khordad Sal [Qadimi] |
24 | St. Bartholomew's Day |
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| 26 | 26 | ||
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| 28 | St. Vladimir Day [Slavic Orthodox] |
28 | The Dormition of the Mother of God [Slavic Orthodox] |
| 29 | Tisha B'Av |
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| 30 | 30 | ||
| 31 | 31 | Full Moon |
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September |
October |
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| 1 | Ecclesiastical New Year [Greek Orthodox] |
1 | Queens Birthday [Qld, WA] Labour Day [ACT, NSW, SA] Sukkot (to 7 Oct) |
| 2 | 2 | Feast of the Guardian Angels |
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| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | St. Francis Day [Catholic] |
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| 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Holy Apostle St Thomas Day [Greek Orthodox] |
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| 7 | 7 | Sukkot ends Hoshanah Rabbah |
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| 8 | Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Feast of Nativity of the Theotokos [Greek Orthodox] |
8 | Family & Community Day [ACT] Shemini Atzeret |
| 9 | 9 | Shemini Atzeret Birthday of Guru Ram Das |
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| 10 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | Pavarana Day (End of Rains) [Theravada] Kathina Ceremony
(Robe Offering) [Theravada] |
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| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | Elevation of the Life Giving Cross [Greek Orthodox] The Triumph of the Cross |
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| 15 | 15 | Renunciation Day of Guan Yin (Compassion) Avalokiteshvara [Mahayana] |
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| 16 | 16 | Navaratri (to 24 Sep) |
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| 17 | Rosh Hashana |
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| 18 | Rosh Hashana |
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| 19 | Ganesh Chaturthi Fast of Gedalliah |
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| 20 | Paryushana Parva (to 29 Sep) |
20 | Birth of the Bab Durga Puja festival starts Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth |
| 21 | Nativity of the Mother of God [Slavic Orthodox] Ostara/ Eostre [Traditional] |
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| 22 | 22 | ||
| 23 | Ostara/ Eostre/ Vernal Equinox/ Spring Equinox [Astrological] |
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| 24 | 24 | Dasera (Vijaya Dashmi) Durga Puja festival ends Navaratri ends |
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| 25 | 25 | Christ the King [Catholic] Waqf al Arafa, Hajj Day Eid-Ul-Adha, Qurban (Festival of Sacrifice) |
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| 26 | Yom Kippur |
26 | St. Dimitrios [Greek Orthodox] |
| 27 | Exaltation of the Life Giving Cross [Slavic Orthodox] |
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| 28 | 28 | Milvian Bridge Day [Greek Orthodox] Reformation Day [Protestant] |
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| 29 | Michael and All Angels |
29 | Lakshmi Puja |
| 30 | Pitra Paksha(to 15 Oct) Full Moon |
30 | Full Moon |
| 31 | Beltaine/ Walpurgisnacht [Traditional] |
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November |
December |
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| 1 | All Saints' Day |
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| 2 | All Souls' Day Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I |
2 | First Sunday of Advent |
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| 4 | 4 | The Entrance of the Virgin Mary into the Temple [Slavic Orthodox] |
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| 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Melbourne Cup Day [Vic] |
6 | St. Nicholas Day |
| 7 | Beltaine/ Walpurgisnacht [Astrological] |
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| 8 | St Michael the Archangel & All the Heavenly Host [Greek Orthodox] |
8 | Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary [Catholic] Hanukkah (to 15 Dec) |
| 9 | 9 | Second Sunday of Advent |
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| 10 | 10 | ||
| 11 | Deepavali [to 15 Nov] |
11 | Birthday of Amitaba Buddha [Mahayana] |
| 12 | Birth of Baha'u'llah Lakshmi Pujan |
12 | Feast Day - Our Lady of Guadalupe [Catholic] |
| 13 | Diwali Bandi Chhor Divas |
13 | St Lucy's Day |
| 14 | New Year |
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| 15 | Nativity Fast begins [to Dec 24] [Greek Orthodox] Hijra - New Year Shichigosan |
15 | Hanukkah ends |
| 16 | 16 | Third Sunday of Advent |
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| 17 | 17 | ||
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| 20 | 20 | ||
| 21 | 21 | Litha/ Midsummer/ Summer Solstice |
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| 22 | 22 | ||
| 23 | Niinamesei |
23 | Fourth Sunday of Advent Fast of 10 Tevet |
| 24 | Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom Ashura |
24 | Nativity Fast ends |
| 25 | Christ the King |
25 | Christmas Day Christmas Feast of the Nativity [Greek Orthodox] |
| 26 | Day of the Covenant |
26 | Boxing Day St Stephen, Deacon and Martyr Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathustra) |
| 27 | 27 | St John, Apostle and Evangelist [Anglican] |
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| 28 | Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha Commencement of the Advent Fast [Slavic Orthodox] Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji |
28 | Holy Innocents Full Moon |
| 29 | Full Moon |
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| 30 | St. Andrew's Day |
30 | Feast of the Holy Family [Catholic] |
| 31 | Watch Night Omisoka |
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