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Jewish and Christian holy
days – Winter/Spring 2008:
Editor’s note: People from a number of different religious
traditions visit our website. As an educational service to our
readers, we provide here a listing of upcoming dates in the
ecclesiastical calendars of different Judaeo-Christian
religious traditions. Here you can look up dates from your own tradition
and/or find out the names and dates of celebrations from other
traditions.
Jan. 1, 2008 Tebeth
23, 5768 Feast
of Mary, Mother of God
Jan. 6 Feast of the
Epiphany
Jan. 8 Shebat 1
Jan. 13 Feast
of the Baptism of Jesus
Jan. 21 Shebat 15 Tu b’Shvat (New Year for Trees)
Jan. 25 Memorial
of St. Paul’s Conversion
Jan. 26 Feast
of Saints Timothy and Titus
Feb. 2 Feast
of the Presentation of the Lord
Feb. 3 Shrove
Sunday
Feb. 6 Adar
1 Ash
Wednesday
Feb. 10 1st
Sunday of Lent
Feb. 19 Adar
14 Purim
Katan (Leap Year Purim)
Feb. 23 Feast
of St. Polycarp of Smyrna
March 8 Ve-Adar 1 Shabbat Shekalim
March 16 Palm
Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
March 20 Ve-Adar 13 Holy Thursday / Fast of Esther
March 21 Ve-Adar 14 Good Friday / Purim
March 22 Holy
Saturday
March 23 Ve-Adar 16 Pascha Sunday / Shushan Purim
March 29 Ve-Adar 22 Shabbat Parah
April 6 Nisan
1
April 17 Nisan
12 Fast of
the Firstborn
April 19 Nisan
14 Shabbat
ha-Gadol
April 20 Nisan
15 1st day
of Pesach (Passover)
April 25 Feast
of St. Mark the Evangelist
April 26 Nisan
21 7th day
of Pesach
May 1 Feast
of the Ascension of the Lord
May 3 Feast
of Saints Philip and James, apostles
May 6 Iyar
1
May 11 Feast
of Pentecost
May 14 Feast
of St. Matthias, apostle
May 18 Trinity
Sunday
May 22 Corpus
Christi
May 31 Feast
of the Visitation
June 4 Sivan
1
June 8 Sivan
5 Shabuot (Pentecost – Boethusian)
June 9 Sivan
6 Shabuot (Pentecost – Orthodox)
June 11 Feast
of St. Barnabas, apostle
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