Event Category: Religious Observances

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: ZoroastrianismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html Celebrates the creation of plants, the sowing of the winter crop, and the return of herds from pasture. …Continue Reading Ghambar Ayathrem

Tradition: JudaismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html Joyous festival in which the annual cycle of the reading of the Torah in the synagogue is completed and its first book begun again. The celebration typically includes singing, dancing, and marching with Torah scrolls….Continue Reading Simchat Torah

Tradition: HinduismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html Perhaps the most popular of all Hindu festivals, also known as the Festival of Lights, it is dedicated to the Goddess Kali in Bengal and to Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth, in the rest of India. As with several other festivals, Diwali is associated with one of the stories about the destruction…Continue Reading Diwali (Dipavali)

Tradition: SikhismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html This day celebrates Gobind Singh Ji’s passing on guru-ship to Scripture, henceforth known as the Guru Granth Sahib. (1708 C.E.) …Continue Reading Installation of Granth Sahib Ji as Guru

Tradition: JainismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html See Diwali….Continue Reading Diwali/Mahavir Nirvana

Tradition: Baha’iLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html The anniversary of the birth of the Bab, the herald of the new age for Bahá’ís. The Shrine of the Bab in Haifa, Israel, is part of the World Center of the Bahá’í faith….Continue Reading Birth of the Bab

Tradition: Baha’iLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html The anniversary of the birth of Baha’u’llah, the founder of the Bahá’í faith. Work is suspended on this day. …Continue Reading Birth of Baha'u'llah

Tradition: Christianity-ProtestantLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html Commemorates the beginning of the Protestant Reformation of Christianity with Martin Luther’s challenge to the Roman church in the 16th century C.E….Continue Reading Reformation Day

Tradition: Wicca/PaganismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html The New Year and the final harvest festival, celebrating the last gifts of the Earth before winter and the return of the spirits of the dead. …Continue Reading Samhain