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2005 Faith Festival Dates >>

December 2005
8	Bodhi Day	Buddhist
8	Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary	Catholic Christian
12	Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe	Catholic Christian
6 - 25	Posadas	Christian
21	Yule	Christian
21	Yule/Winter Solstice	Wicca
21	St Thomas the Apostle	Christian
24	Christmas Eve	Christian
25	Christmas Day	Christian
25	Feast Day of the Nativity	Orthodox Christian
26	Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)	Zoroastrian
26	St Stephen's Day	Christian
26 - Jan 1	Kwanzaa	Interfaith
26 - January 2	Hanukkah	Jewish
28	Holy Innocents	Christian
28	Holy Family	Catholic Christian
31	Watch Night	Christian

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January 2006
1	Mary, Mother of God	Catholic Christian
1	Feast Day of St Basil	Orthodox Christian
1	Shogatsu/Gantan-sai (New Years)	Shinto
5	Twelfth Night	Christian
5	Guru Gobindh Singh Sahib birthday	Sikh
6	Epiphany	Christian
6	Feast of the Epiphany(Theophany)	Orthodox Christian
6	Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day)	Christian
7	Feast of the Nativity	Orthodox Christian
8	Baptism of the Lord Jesus	Christian
8	Waqf al Arafa	Islam
8	Feast of the Holy Family	Catholic Christian
10	Eid al Adha	Islam
13	Maghi	Sikh
14	Mahayana Buddhist New Year	Buddhist
14	Makar Sankranti	Hindu
15	World Religion Day	Baha’i
17	Blessing of the the Animals	Hispanic Catholic Christian
18-25	Week of Prayer for Christian Unity	Christian
25	Conversion of St. Paul	Christian
29	Chinese New Year	Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
31	Hijra - New Year	Islam

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February 2006
2	Vasant Panchami	Hindu
2	Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple	Christian
2	Imbolc (Candlemas)	Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
2	Lughnassadh	Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
3	St. Blaze Day	Catholic Christian
3	Setsebun	Shinto
5	Four Chaplains Sunday	Interfaith
9	Ashura	Islam
12	Triodion	Orthodox Christian
13	Tu B'shvat	Jewish
14	St. Valentine's Day	Christian
15	Nirvana Day	Buddhist
26	Meat Fare Sunday	Orthodox Christian
26	Transfiguration Sunday	Christian
26	Maha Shivaratri	Hindu
28	Shrove Tuesday	Christian

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March 2006
1	Ash Wednesday	Christian
1	Lent begins - ends April 8	Christian
1	St. David of Wales	Christian
5	Cheesefare Sunday	Orthodox Christian
6	Lent begins (Clean Monday)	Orthodox Christian
12	Orthodox Sunday	Orthodox Christian
14	Purim	Jewish
14	Magha Puja Day	Buddhist
14	Holi	Hindu
14	New Year's Day	Sikh
15	Hola Mohalla	Sikh
17	St Patrick's Day	Christian
21	Norooz (New Year)	Persian/Zoroastrian
21	Naw-Rúz (New Year)	Baha'i
21	Ostara	Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
21	Mabon	Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
25	Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary	Christian
26	Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra)	Zoroastrian
30	Hindi New Year	Hindu
30	Ramayana begins (to April 6)	Hindu

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April 2006
6	Rama Navami (close of Ramayana)	Hindu
9	Palm/Passion Sunday	Christian
11	Mawlid an Nabi	Islam
12	Lord's Evening Meal	Jehovah's Witness Christian
13-20	Pesach (Passover)	Jewish
13	Hanuman Jayanti	Hindu
13	Baisakhi	Sikh
13	Maundy Thursday	Christian
13	Therevadin Buddhist New Year	Buddhist
14	Good Friday	Christian
14	Baisakhi (Vaisakhi)	Sikh
15	Lazarus Saturday	Orthodox Christian
16	Easter	Christian
16	Palm Sunday	Orthodox Christian
21	Holy Friday	Orthodox Christian
21	First Day of Ridvan	Baha'i
23	Easter/Pascha	Orthodox Christian
23	St. George's Day	Christian
25	Yom HaSho'ah	Jewish
30	St. James the Great Day	Orthodox Christian

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May 2006
1	Beltane	Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
1	Samhain	Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
2	Last day of Ridvan	Baha'i
3	Saints Philip & James	Christian
4	National Day of Prayer - USA	Interfaith
13	Buddha Day - Visakha Puja	Buddhist
16	Lag B'Omer	Jewish
23	Declaration of the Bab	Baha'i
25	Ascension of Christ	Christian
29	Ascension of Baha'u'llah	Baha'i
31	Ascension of Christ	Orthodox Christian

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June 2006
1	Ascension of Jesus	Orthodox Christian
2	Shavuot	Jewish
4	Pentecost	Christian
9	St. Columba of Iona	Celtic Christian
11	Trinity	Christian
11	Pentecost	Orthodox Christian
15	Corpus Christi	Catholic Christian
16	Guru Arjan martyrdom	Sikh
18	All Saints	Orthodox Christian
19	New Church Day	Swedenborgian Christian
22	First Nations Day	Canadian Native People
22	Litha Summer Solstice	Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
22	Yule	Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
23	Sacred Heart of Jesus	Catholic Christian
24	Saint John the Baptist	Christian
29	Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul	Christian

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July 2006
9	Martyrdom of the Bab	Baha'i
11	St Benedict Day	Catholic Christian
11	Guru Purnima	Hindu
11	Asalha Puja Day	Buddhist
13	Obon (Ulambana)	Buddhist/Shinto
15	St Vladimir the Great Day	Orthodox Christian
24	Pioneer Day	Mormon Christian
25	St. James the Great Day	Christian

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August 2006
1	Lammas	Christian
1	Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus	Orthodox Christian
1	Lughnassad	Wicca/Neo Pagan
1	Imbolc	Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
3	Tisha B'av	Jewish
6	Transfiguration of the Lord	Orthodox Christian
9	Raksha Bandhan	Hindu
15	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Orthodox Christian
15	Dormition of the Theotokos	Orthodox Christian
15	Sri Krishan Jayanti	Hindu
16	Krishna Jayanti (Janmashtami)	Hindu
22	Lailat al Miraj	Islam
27	Ganesh Chaturthi	Hindu
29	Beheading of St. John the Baptist	Christian

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September 2006
1	Religious year begins	Orthodox Christian
8	Nativity of Virgin Mary	Christian
9	Lailat al Bara'ah	Islam
14	Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross)	Christian
21	Mabon	Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
21	Ostara	Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
23	Rosh Hashana	Jewish
23	Navaratri begins (to October 21)	Hindu
24	Ramadan begins (through Oct. 23)	Islam
29	Michael and All Angels	Christian

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October 2006
1	Navaratri ends	Hindu
2	Dushera	Hindu
2	Yom Kippur	Jewish
4	St Francis Day	Catholic Christian
4	Blessing of the Animals	Christian
6	St. Thomas Day	Orthodox Christian
7-13 (6-7 Primary Obligation Days)	Sukkot	Jewish
14	Shemini Atzeret	Jewish
15	Simchat Torah	Jewish
18	St. Luke, Apostle & Evangelist	Christian
20	Birth of the B'ab	Baha'i
20	Laylat el qadr	Islam
20	Jummatul Wida	Islam
20	Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth	Sikh
21	Diwali (Deepavali)	Hindu
24	Eid al Fitr begins	Islam
28	Milvian Bridge Day	Christian
31	All Hallows Eve	Christian
31	Reformation Day	Protestant Christian
31	Samhain	Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
31	Beltane	Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
31	Deep Diwali	Jain

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November 2006
1	All Saints’ Day	Christian
2	All Souls' Day	Catholic Christian
5	Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib	Sikh
12	Birth of Baha’u’llah	Baha'i
15	Nativity Fast begins (through Dec 24)	Orthodox Christian
23	Thanksgiving	Interfaith
24	Guru Tegh Bahadur martyrdom	Sikh
26	Christ the King	Christian
26	Day of Covenant	Baha’i
28	Ascension of Abdul-Baha	Baha’i
30	St Andrew's Day	Christian

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December 2006
3,10,17,24	Advent - Sundays	Christian
6	St. Nicholas Day	Christian
8	Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)	Buddhism
8	Immaculate Conception of Mary	Catholic Christian
12	Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe	Catholic Christian
16-24	Hanukkah	Jewish
16-25	Posadas Navidenas	Hispanic Christian
21	Yule	Christian
21	St. Thomas Day	Christian
22	Yule/Winter Solstice	Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
22	Litha	Wicca Neo-Pagan southern hemisphere
24	Christmas Eve	Christian
25	Christmas Day	Christian
25	Feast Day of the Nativity	Orthodox Christian
26	Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)	Zoroastrian
26	St Stephen's Day	Christian
28	Holy Innocents	Christian
30	Holy Family	Catholic Christian
30	Waqf al Arafa (Hajj Day)	Islam
31	Watch Night	Christian
31	Feast of the Holy Family	Catholic Christian
31	Eid al Adha	Islam

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