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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