Event Category: Multifaith Calendar

Tradition: JainismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html Considered the holiest period of the year, these eight days are marked for Jains by fasting, meditation, prayer. and public readings of the life story of Lord Mahavira. Observed especially by the followers of the Shvetambara sect, Paryushana concludes on Samvatsari, the most solemn occasion of self-scrutiny and forgiveness. On this day,…Continue Reading Paryushana Festival

Tradition: HinduismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html A celebration of Ganesh’s birthday, one of the major Hindu deities. Ganesh, who has the head of an elephant, is the God of Success and is invoked at the beginning of all new undertakings….Continue Reading Ganesh Chaturthi

Tradition: JainismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html A 10-day festival that is considered to be a holy convocation. During these days, Jains impose some restraints on their daily activities by fasting, meditation, and prayer. The last day of Paryushana is the most solemn occasion of forgiveness and the examination of one’s own thoughts and feelings. On this day, Jains…Continue Reading Das Laxana Festival

Tradition: Indigenous AmericanLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html A time of renewal involving fasting, dances, offerings, and readings from the code of Handsome Lake….Continue Reading Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony

Tradition: Indigenous AmericanLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html New Mexico. …Continue Reading Jicarilla Apache Ghost Dance

Tradition: IslamLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html The birthday of the Prophet Muhammad….Continue Reading Mawlid an-Nabi

Tradition: Christianity-OrthodoxLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html Celebrates the belief that Mary, mother of Jesus, was born without sin. …Continue Reading Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos

Tradition: ZoroastrianismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html Celebrates the creation of the Earth and the harvesting of the summer crop. …Continue Reading Ghambar Paitishem

Tradition: Wicca/PaganismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html Autumnal Equinox and the second harvest festival, celebrating the equivalence of light and dark, the arrival of Autumn and thanksgiving for the Earth’s bounty….Continue Reading Mabon

Tradition: JudaismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html The Jewish New Year and the anniversary of the creation of the world, Rosh Hashanah is the first of the Ten Days of Awe (also known as the Ten Days of Repentance) that conclude on Yom Kippur. It marks the beginning of the holiest time of the year for Jews. …Continue Reading Rosh Hashanah