Religious and Cultural Festivals Calendar 2013
January 2013
1st -Circumcision (Christian) New Year’s Day (secular) Oshogatsu (or Shogatsu)(shinto) Festival of St Basil the Great (Christian) 10th Tevet (Jewish) 5th- Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Nanakshahi calendar) (Sikh) 6th- Epiphany (Christian) Christmas day (Armenian Orthodox) (Christian) Theophany (Orthodox) (Christian)
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7th- Christmas Day (Orthodox) (Christian) Christmas Day (Ethiopian) (Rastafari) 13th-St Hilary’s Day (Christian) Baptism of the Lord (Christian) 14th- Makar Sankranti (Hindu) 15th- Seijin Shiki (Adults day) (shinto) 18th- Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (start) (Christian) 21st- St Agnes (Christian) 24th- Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the prophet Muhammad) (Muslim) 25th- St Paul’s Day (Christian) 26th Tu B’Shevat (Jewish) 28th- St Thomas Aquinas (Christian) 29th- Milad un Nabi (Shia) (Muslim) 31st- Birthday of Guru Har Rai (Nanakshahi calendar (Sikh)
2nd- Candlemas (Christian) Imbolc (Pagan)
February 2013
3rd Rissun (Setsubun) (Shinto) 8th- Parinirvana – Nirvana Day (Buddhist) 10th- Chinese New Year (Chinese) 11th- Our lady of Lourdes (Christian)
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12th- Shrove Tuesday (Christian) 13th- Ash Wednesday (Christian)
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14th- St Valentines Day (Christian) 15th- Nirvana Day (alternative date) (Buddhist) Vasant Panchami (Hindu) 21st- Fast of Esther (Taanit Esther) (Jewish) 24th-
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25th- Shushan Purim (Jewish) Magha Puja (Buddhist)
March 2013
1st- St David’s Day (Christian) 2nd- Nineteen Day Fast (start) (Bahai) 3rd- Hina- matsuri – Festival of Dolls (Shinto) 5th- St Piran’s day (Christian) 10th- Mothering Sunday (Christian) 17th- St Patricks Day (Christian) 18th- Clean Monday – Beginning of Lent (Orthodox) (Christian)
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19th- St Joseph, husband of the blessed Virgin Mary (Christian) 20th- Spring Equinox- Eoster (Pagan) 21st- Naw- Ruz (Bahai) Jamshedi Noruz (Fasli) (Zoroastrain) Shubun-sai - Equinox Day (Shinto) 24th-Palm Sunday (Christian) 25th- Annunciation (Christian) Fast of the Firstborn (Jewish)
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26th- Passover (1st day) (Jewish) Khordad Sal (Fasli) (Zoroastrian) 28th-
Maudy Thursday (Christian) Hola Mohalla (Lunar Calendar) (Sikh)
29th- Good Friday (Christian) 30th- Holy Saturday (Western) (Christian) 31st- Easter Sunday (Western) (Christian)
April 2013
2nd- Passover (final day) (Jewish) 7th- Yom Hashoah (Jewish) 11th- Ugadi (Yugadi) (Hindu) 13th- Vaisakhi (Sikh) 14th- Birthday of Guru Nanak (Nanakshahi calendar) (Sikh)
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Hola Mahalla (Nanakshah calendar) (Sikh) Yom Hazikaron (Jewish) 15th- Yom Ha’atzmaut (Jewish) 18th- Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar) (Sikh) 19th- Swaminarayan Jayanti (Hindu) 21st- Ridvan- first day (Bahai) Anniversary of Haile Selassies visit to Jamaica (Rastafari) 23rd- St George’s day (Christian) 25th- Theravada New Year (Buddhist) 28th – Lag B’Omer (Jewish) 29th- Ridvan – ninth day (Bahai)
May 2013
1st- Beltane (Pagan) 2nd- Ridvan – twelfth day (Bahai) Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar) (Sikh) 5th- Easter (Orthodox) (Christian) 8th- Yom Yerushalayim (Jewish) 9th-
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Ascension Day (Christian)
12th- Ascension Day (Catholic Church in England and Wales) (Christian) 15th- Shavuot (1st day) (Jewish) 19th- Pentecost – Whitsun (Christian) 23rd- Declaration of the Bab (Bahai) Birthday of Guru Amar Das (Nanakshahi calendar) (Sikh) 25th- Wesak or Buddha Day (Buddhist) St Bede the Venerable (Christian) 26th- Trinity Sunday (Christian) 29th- Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Bahai) 30th- Corpus Christi (Christian)
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June 2013
2nd- Corpus Christi (Catholic Church in England and Wales) (Christian) 16th- Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar) (Sikh) 21st- Summer Solstice – Litha (Pagan)
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29th- St Peter and St Pauls Day (Christian) 30th- All saints Day (Orthodox) (Christian)
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July 2013
Birthday of Guru Hargobind (Nanakshahi Calendar) (sikh)
9th- Martyrdom of the Bab (Bahai) Ramadan (start) (Muslim) 15th- St Swithins Day (Christian) 16th- Tisha B’Av (Jewish) 19th- Jamshedi Noruz (Qadimi) (Zoroastrian) 22nd-St Mary Magdalene (Christian) 23rd- Birthday of Guru Har Krishen (Nanakshahi calendar) (Sikh) Birthday of Haile Selassie I (Rastafari) 24th- Pioneer Day (Mormon) Khordad Sal (Qadimi) (Zoroastrian)
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August 2013
1st- Lughnasadh- Lammas (Pagan) 3rd- Lailat al Qadr (Muslim) 6th- Transfiguration (Christian) 8th- Eid-UL-Fitr (Muslim) 15th-Dormition of the Theotokos (Christian) Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)
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17th-Birthday of Marcus Garvey (Rastafari) 18th- Jamshedi Noruz (Shenshai) (Zoroastrian) 23rd-Khordad Sal (Shenshai) (Zoroastrian)
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5th- Rosh Hashanah (1st day) (Jewish) 7th – Fast of Gedalliah (Jewish) 8th- Nativity of the Theotokos (Christian)
September 2013
Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian) 11th- Ethiopian New Year (Rastafari) 14th- Yom Kippur (Jewish)
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19th- Sukkot (Jewish) 22nd- Autumn Equinox (Pagan) 23rd- Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Catholic)
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25th-Hoshanah Rabbah (Jewish) 26th- Shemini Atzeret (Jewish) 27th- Simchat Torah (Jewish) 29th- Michaelmas/St Michael, St Gabriel and St Raphael’s Day (Christian)
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October 2013
2nd- Feast of the Guardian Angels (Christian) 5th- Navaratri (Start) (Hindu) 9th- Birthday of Guru Ram Das (Nanakshahi calendar) (Sikh) 13th- St Edwards Day (Christian) 14th- Dussera (Hindu)
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15th- Eid-UL-Adha (Muslim) 20th- Birth of the Bab (Bahai) 31st- Samhain (Hallowe’en) (Pagan)
1st- All saints Day (Hallowmas, All Hallows) (Christian) 2nd- Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I (Rastafari)
November 2013
All Souls’ Day (Christian) 3rd- Diwali (Hindu) Diwali (Jain) Diwali (Sikh) 4th-
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11th- Armistice Day (Multifaith)
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12th- Birth of Baha’u’llah (Bahai) 13th- Ashura (Muslim) 15th-
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17th- St Hilda (Christian) Birthday of Guru Nanak (Lunar Calendar) (Sikh) 23rd-Niinamesei (Shinto) 24th-Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi Calendar) ( Sikh) 26th- Day of the Covenant (Bahai) 28th- Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha (Bahai) Hanukkah (Jewish) 30th- St Andrew’s Day (Christian)
December 2013 1st- Advent Sunday (Christian) 8th- Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic) Bodhi Day (Buddhist)
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12th- Our lady of Guadeloupe (Catholic)
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25th- Christmas Day ( Christian) 26th-St Stephen’s Day (Christian) Boxing Day (Secular)
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