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Interfaith Calendar 2023


Interfaith Calendar 2023

These occasions are primarily solar calendar dates and go on the same from year to year.
Note: 1. * Holy days usually begin at sundown the day before this date. 
       2. ** Local or regional customs may use a variation of this date.

Resource: www.interfaith-calendar.org

JANUARY  

  • 1
    • Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
    • Feast Day of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
    • Shogatsu/Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
    • Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus - Orthodox
  • 5
    • Twelfth Night - Christian
    • Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
  • 6
    • Epiphany - Christian
    • Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany) - Orthodox Christian
    • Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) - Christian
  • 7
    • Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
  • 8
    • Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
  • 13
    • Maghi - Sikh
  • 17
    • Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
  • 18
    • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
  • 25
    • Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
  • 30
    • Mahayana New Year 3 days** - Buddhism
  • Definitions

FEBRUARY

  • 2
    • Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian
    • Imbolc (Candlemas) * - Wicca/Neo Pagan
    • Saint Brighid of Kildare - Christian
  • 3
    • St. Blaze Day - Christian
    • Setsebun (beginning of spring) - Shinto
  • 14
    • St. Valentine's Day - Christian
  • 15
    • Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist 
  • 24
    • Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist - Christian
  • Definitions

MARCH


  • 1
    • St. David of Wales - Christian
  • 17
    • St. Patrick's Day - Christian
  • 19
    • St. Joseph's Day - Christian
  • 21
    • Norooz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
    • Naw-Rúz (New Year) * - Baha'i
    • Ostara * - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • 25
    • Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
  • 26
    • Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) Zoroastrian
  • 30
    • Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhism
  • Definitions

April
  •  9
    • Easter - Christian
  • 13-15
    • Theravada New Year (Songkran Day) 3 days ** - Buddhism
  • 14
    • Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) - Sikh
  • 21
    • First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
  • 23
    • St. George's Day - Christian
  • 25
    • Saint Mark, Apostle and Evangelist - Christian
  • 29
    • Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
  • 30
    • St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
  • Definitions

MAY

  • 1
    • Beltane * - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • 2
    • Twelfth Day of Ridvan *  - Baha'i
  • 3
    • Saints Philip & James - Christian
  • 4
    • National Day of Prayer - USA - Interfaith
  • 24
    • Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
  • 27
    • Theravada Visakha Puja - Buddha Day ** - Buddhism
  • 29
    • Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i

    Definitions

JUNE 

  • 9
    • St. Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
  • 16
    • Guru Arjan martyrdom - Sikh
  • 19
    • New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
  • 22
    • First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
    • Litha Summer Solstice * - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • 24
    • Saint John the Baptist - Christian
  • 29
    • Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
  • Definitions

JULY 

  • 10
    • Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
  • 11
    • St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
  • 13
    • Obon (Ulambana) ** - Buddhist/Shinto 
  • 15
    • St. Vladimir the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
    • Saint Vladimir - Christian
  • 24
    • Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
  • 25
    • St. James the Great Day - Christian
  • 26
    • Asalha Puja Day (Dhamma Day) ** - Buddhism
  • Definitions

AUGUST 

  • 1
    • Lammas - Christian
    • Lughnassad (Lammas) * - Wicca/Neo Pagan
    • Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Jesus - Orthodox
  • 6
    • Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
  • 15
    • Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
    • Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
  • 29
    • Beheading of St. John the Baptist - Christian
  • Definitions

SEPTEMBER

  • 1
    • Religious year begins - Orthodox Christian
  • 8
    • Nativity of Virgin Mary - Christian
  • 14
    • Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) - Christian
  • 21
    • Fall Equinox * - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • 29
    • Michael and All Angels - Christian
  • Definitions

OCTOBER 

  • 4
    • St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
    • Blessing of the Animals - Christian
  • 6
    • Saint Thomas Day - Christian
  • 18 
    • St. Luke, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian
  • 20
    • Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
  • 26
    • Birth of the Bab * - Baha'i
  • 27
    • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
  • 28
    • Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
  • 31
    • All Hallows Eve - Christian
    • Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
    • Samhain - * Wicca/Neo Pagan
    • Deep Diwali - Jain
  • Definitions

NOVEMBER 

  • 1
    • All Saints Day - Christian
  • 2
    • All Souls Day - Catholic Christian
  • 12
    • Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
  • 15
    • Nativity Fast begins - ends Dec. 24 - Orthodox Christian
  • 24
    • Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur - Sikh
  • 26
    • Day of the Covenant * - Baha'i
  • 28
    • Ascension of  'Abdu'l-Baha * - Baha'i
  • 30
    • St. Andrew's Day - Christian
  • Definitions

DECEMBER 

  • 6
    • Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
  • 8
    • Bodhi Day  (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism
    • Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic Christian
  • 12
    • Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
  • 16-25
    • Posadas Navidenas - Hispanic Christian
  • 21
    • Yule - Christian
    • Saint Thomas the Apostle - Christian
  • 22
    • Yule/Winter Solstice * - Wicca/Neo Pagan
  • 24
    • Christmas Eve - Christian
  • 25
    • Christmas * - Christian
    • Feast of the Nativity ** - Orthodox Christian
  • 26
    • Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)  Zoroastrian
    • St Stephen's Day - Christian
  • 28
    • Holy Innocents - Christian
  • 30
    • Holy Family - Catholic Christian
  • 31
    • Watch Night - Christian
  • Definitions