Event Category: Multifaith Calendar

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: ZoroastrianismLink: 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

Tradition: HinduismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html A nine-night (nav-rat) celebration of nine auspicious forms of Shakti/Devi (feminine divine power/the Goddess). …Continue Reading Navaratri

Tradition: Indigenous AmericanLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html October marks the beginning of the new year….Continue Reading Cherokee Great New Moon Festival

Tradition: HinduismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html The concluding day of a 10-day festival honoring various goddesses, especially Durga, and Lord Rama, a manifestation of the God Vishnu. The 10-day festival is known as Navaratri (“nine nights”) and Durga Puja (“worship of Durga”). Its pervading theme is the victory of good over evil. Vijaya greetings are sent to friends…Continue Reading Dussehra (or Vijaya Dashami)

Tradition: JudaismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html The conclusion of the 10 Days of Awe, Yom Kippur is the holiest and most solemn of all days in the Jewish year. It is characterized by repentance, fasting, and forgiveness….Continue Reading Yom Kippur

Tradition: JudaismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html An eight-day Jewish festival of booths (or tabernacles) and the fall harvest. The name refers to the booths (sukkot) used by Israelites during desert wanderings and constructed in the fields during the harvest season. It is a time of thanksgiving for God’s presence in creation and among the Jewish people. The Eighth…Continue Reading Sukkot