Jewish and Christian holy
days – Fall 2011:
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.
29
Sept. 2011 Tishri 1, 5772 Rosh ha-Shanah
(Yom Teruwah)
Feast of the Archangels (Michaelmas)
1
Oct.
Tishri
3
Shabbat Shuvah
(Sabbath of Repentance)
2
Oct.
Tishri 4 Tzom Gedaliah
(Fast of Gedaliah)
Feast of the Guardian Angels
7
Oct.
Tishri
10 Yom
ha-Kippurim (Day of Atonement)
13
Oct.
Tishri 15 1st day of Chag ha-Sukkot
(Feast of Tabernacles)
18
Oct. Feast of St. Luke the Evangelist
19 Oct.
Tishri
21 Hoshana Rabba
(7th day of Sukkot)
20
Oct.
Tishri
22 Shemini Azteret
(Eighth Day)
21
Oct.
Tishri
23 Simchat Torah (Rejoicing in the
Law)
28
Oct. 2011 Heshvan
1 Feast of Sts. Simon and
Jude the Apostles
31
Oct. Feast of Christ the King
(traditional)
1
Nov. Feast of All Saints
2
Nov.
Feast of All Souls
20
Nov.
Feast of Christ the King
(Last Sunday)
27
Nov. 2011 Kislev
1 1st Sunday of Advent
30
Nov. Feast of St. Andrew the
Apostle
8
Dec. Feast of the Immaculate Conception
18 Dec. 4th Sunday of Advent
21
Dec.
Kislev 25 1st day of Hanukkah (Dedication)
25
Dec.
Feast of Our Lord's Nativity
(Christmas)
26
Dec.
Feast of St. Stephen Protomartyr
28
Dec. Feast of the Holy Innocents of
Bethlehem
27
Dec. 2011 ebeth 1
28
Dec.
Tebeth 2 8th day of Hanukkah
5 Jan.
2012 Tebeth
10 Asara B'Tebeth
(Fast of Jerusalem's Siege)
