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2007-2008 Religious Holidays

Faculty are asked to recognize the obligations of their students who may be participating in the observance of religious holidays. Read about the Accommodation for Religious Practices ( ACD 304-04) policy.

AUGUST

• 15 Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)
• 28 Raksha Bandhan (Hindu)

SEPTEMBER

• (*12), 13, 14 **Rosh Hashanah (Jewish) (Jewish New Year)
• (*12), 13 1 st Day of Ramadan (Islam) (Holy Month of Fasting)
• (*21), 22 **Yom Kippur (Jewish) (Day of Atonement)
• (*26), 27, 28 **Sukkot (Jewish) (Feast of Tabernacles)

OCTOBER

• 2 Dasera (Hindu)
• (*3), 4 **Shemini Atzeret (Jewish) (Eighth Day of Sukkot)
• (*4), 5 **Simchat Torah (Jewish) (Rejoicing of the Light)
• 12-20 Navaratra Dashara (Hindu) (Celebrating Good over Evil)
• 13 Eid-al-Fitr (Islam) (Feast to end Fasting)
• (*19), 20 **Birth of the B'ab (Baha'i)
• 21 Diwali (Hindu)

NOVEMBER

• 1 All Saints Day (Catholic)
• (*11), 12 Birth of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)
• (*25), 26 Day of Covenant (Baha'i)
• (*27), 28 Ascension of Abdul'l-Baha (Baha'i)

DECEMBER

• (*4), 5-12 *Hanukkah (Jewish) (Festival of Lights)
• 8 Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary (Catholic)
• 8 Bodhi Day (Buddhist)(Rohatsu)
• (*19), 20 Eid-al-Adha (Islam) (Festival of Sacrifice)
• 25 Christmas (Christian)
• 26-Jan. 1 Kwanzaa (Interfaith/African-American)

JANUARY

• 1 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Catholic)
• 6 Epiphany (Christian)
• 7 Christmas (Orthodox Christian)
• *(9), 10 Hijra (Islam) (New Year)
• 14 Maghi (Sikh)
• 22 Mahayana Buddhist New Year (Buddhist)

FEBRUARY

• 6 Ash Wednesday (Christian) (Beginning of Lent)
• 7 Chinese New Year (Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist)
• 11 Vasant Panchami (Hindu)
• 15 Nirvana Day - Buddhism

MARCH

• 7 Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
• 10 Beginning of Lent (Orthodox Christian) (Clean Monday)
• 16 Palm Sunday (Christian)
• (*20), 21 *Purim (Jewish) (Festival of Lots)
• (*20), 21 Nawruz (Baha'i) (New Year)
• 21 Good Friday (Christian)
• 21 Magha Puja Day (Buddhist)
• 22 Holi (Hindu)
• 23 Easter (Christian)

APRIL

• 6 Hindu New Year (Hindu)
• 6 Ramayana Begins (Hindu)
• 14 Ramanavami (Hindu) (End of Ramayana)
• 20 Palm Sunday (Orthodox Christian)
• 20 Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu)
• 20 Theravadin Buddhist New Year (Buddhist)
• (*19), 20, 21 **Pesach-Passover (Jewish) (First two days)
• (*20), 21 **1 st Day of Rivdan (Baha'i)
• (*25), 26, 27 **Pesach-Passover (Jewish) (Last two days)
• 27 Easter Sunday (Orthodox Christian)
• (*28), 29 **9 th Day of Rivdan (Baha'i)

MAY

• (*1), 2 Yom Ha'Shoah (Jewish) (Day of Remembrance)
• (*1), 2 **12 th Day of Rivdan (Baha'i)
• (*7), 8 Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Jewish) ( Israel Independence Day)
• 11 Pentecost (Christian)
• 20 Buddha Day - Visakha Puja (Buddhist)
• (*22), 23 **Declaration of the B'ab (Baha'i)
• (*28), 29 **Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)

JUNE

• (*8), 9, 10 **Shavout (Jewish)(Feast of Weeks)
• 15 Pentecost (Orthodox Christian)

JULY

• (*8), 9 **Martyrdom of the B'ab (Baha'i)
• 13 Obon (Buddhist) (Ulambana)
• 18 Guru Purnima (Hindu)
• 18 Asalha Puja Day (Buddhist)

AUGUST

• (*9), 10 **Tisha B'av (Jewish) (Ninth of Av)
• 15 Assumption of Blessed Virigin Mary (Catholic)
• 16 Raksha Bandhan (Hindu)

Each Friday 12:40 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. Jumma Prayer (Islam). (This time for worship occurs each Friday and would be comparable to Christian worship on Sunday. This prayer time is considered mandatory for Muslims).

Jewish Sabbath begins at sundown each Friday and concludes at dark on Saturday.

Please Note: Native American Spiritual Ceremonies should be given the same consideration as the above religious occasions.

(*) Denotes Holidays beginning at sunset of that day.
(**) Denotes Holidays for which labor is suspended.

Information taken from:

Calendar of Major Jewish Holidays 2006-2011
Jewish Holiday Calendar 2002 - 2012 - www.jcrcny.org/calendar/calendar2.htm
Interfaith Calendar 2007-2008 - www.interfaithcalendar.org .
Global Islamic Calendar - http://moonsighting.com/globaldates.htm
Hindu Festivals - http://www.hinduism.co.za/hindu.htm

 

 

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