The dates of almost all Buddhist festivals are lunar based, with the full moon in each month marking key events important to Buddhists.
Marks three key events in Buddhas life - his birthday, the enlightenment and his ...
This day observes the departure of Jesus from earth after his resurrection. It is perhaps ...
Guru Arjun Dev was the fifth Sikh Guru and the first Sikh martyr, killed in 1606. ☬
Shavuot is one of the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals. Also known as the Feast of ...
Celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after ...
Commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit in the form of flames to the Apostles.
The Feast of Corpus Christi is a Catholic festival celebrated on the second Thursday ...
The feast day of St John the Baptist marking Midsummer. John by tradition was born six ...
Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. ...
Marks the day when the Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon in India over 2500 years ago
Marks the start of the three month period when Monks have to stay in the one place
Marks Islamic New Year and the Prophet's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622AD.
Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the ...
The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of ...
Ganesh Chaturthi is the day when all Hindus celebrate one of the most popular deities, ...
The Jewish Holiday of Rosh Hashanah is generally known as the New Year' s Day of the ...
Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of ...
Sukkot is also known as Succoth, Sukkos, Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles
Celebrations revolve around the triumph of good over evil, purity over impurity, light ...
Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all ...
Falls on the full moon day of the Kartik month of the Hindu calendar. It is celebrated ...
Punjab. Guru Teg Bahadur was the ninth of ten Gurus (Prophets) of the Sikh religion
It is a day that celebrates the belief that Mary, mother of Jesus, was preserved from ...
Observed for eight days in honour of the historic victory of the Maccabbees against ...
Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on ...
December 26th is the Feast of St. Stephen in Western Christianity. It is observed as a ...
The Orthodox Church recognises January 7th as the day that Jesus was born
Guru Ravidas was a north Indian mystic in the 15th century
Thaipusam is celebrated in honour of Lord Subramaniam, also known as Lord Murugan
Isra and Mi'raj marks the Night Journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and the ascent into heaven
According to Hindu mythology, Shivaratri symbolizes the wedding day of Lord Shiva.
Shortly after Buddha began his teachings, 1250 monks gathered to hear Buddha preach.
Purim remembers the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to destroy them as ...
Originally a harvest and fertility festival, Holi also commemorates a legend from Hindu ...
Celebrates the birth of Lord Rama to King Dasharatha of Ayodhya celebrated on the ninth ...
Passover (Pesach), is an eight day Jewish holiday that remembers the exodus of the ...
Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the ...
Easter is the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million ...
Public holiday for ongoing celebrations to mark Eid Al Fitr