Event Category: Multifaith Calendar

Tradition: Indigenous AmericanLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html Pueblo peoples (Arizona) perform Eagle dances dramatizing the relationship of their communities with the Sky-World….Continue Reading Eagle Dances

Tradition: Baha’iLink: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/life-at-hds/religious-and-spiritual-life/multifaith-calendar/about-the-multifaith-calendar Commemorates the 12 days that Baha’u’llah spent in the Garden of Ridvan in the last days of his exile in Baghdad, during which time he proclaimed himself as the one announced by Bab. Work is suspended for the first, ninth, and twelfth days….Continue Reading Ridvan

Tradition: ZoroastrianismLink: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/life-at-hds/religious-and-spiritual-life/multifaith-calendar/about-the-multifaith-calendar Celebrates the creation of the sky and harvesting of the winter crop….Continue Reading Ghambar Maidyozarem

Tradition: Wicca/PaganismLink: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/life-at-hds/religious-and-spiritual-life/multifaith-calendar/about-the-multifaith-calendar The final fertility festival, celebrating the Earth’s fecundity and anticipating the power of the sun and the Earth in summer….Continue Reading Beltane

Tradition: Indigenous AmericanLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html These dances take place throughout late spring and early summer in which long lines of Kachina Dancers, representing various spirit-powers, perform in the open plazas of Hopi pueblos in Arizona….Continue Reading Hopi Kachina Dances

Tradition: BuddhismLink: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/life-at-hds/religious-and-spiritual-life/multifaith-calendar/about-the-multifaith-calendar The commemoration of Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana, celebrated on the day of the full moon of the sixth lunar month in Southeast Asian cultures; in Tibetan culture, Wesak commemorates only the the enlightenment and parinirvana. The dates of this celebration vary significantly among Buddhist cultures and communities….Continue Reading Wesak (Buddha Day)

Tradition: Baha’iLink: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/life-at-hds/religious-and-spiritual-life/multifaith-calendar/about-the-multifaith-calendar Commemorates the day in 1844 on which he announced his identity as the “Bab” (“Gate”), the herald of the new age. Begins at sundown….Continue Reading Declaration of the Bab

Tradition: Baha’iLink: http://hds.harvard.edu/life-at-hds/religious-and-spiritual-life/multifaith-calendar/about-the-multifaith-calendar Marks the anniversary of the death of the founder of the Baha’i faith. Work is suspended on this day….Continue Reading Ascension of Baha'u'llah

Tradition: Christianity-OrthodoxLink: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/life-at-hds/religious-and-spiritual-life/multifaith-calendar/about-the-multifaith-calendar The celebration of Jesus’ ascension into heaven and enthronement as universal sovereign. It comes 40 days after Easter. The date observed by Protestants and Roman Catholics is often different from the date observed by Orthodox Christians, but in some years they fall on the same day. …Continue Reading Ascension of Jesus

Tradition: Christianity-Protestant,Christianity-Roman CatholicLink: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/life-at-hds/religious-and-spiritual-life/multifaith-calendar/about-the-multifaith-calendar The celebration of Jesus’ ascension into heaven and enthronement as universal sovereign. It comes 40 days after Easter. The date observed by Protestants and Roman Catholics is often different from the date observed by Orthodox Christians, Celebrates the resurrection from death of Jesus Christ. It is the oldest and most important festival…Continue Reading Ascension of Jesus