Event Category: Religious Observances

Tradition: Latter Day SaintsLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html Mormon observance of the arrival of Brigham Young at the site of Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1847….Continue Reading Pioneer Day

Tradition: Indigenous AmericanLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html A time of renewal and purification that involves fasting and dances, and for some, participation in sweat lodge rituals. …Continue Reading Green Corn Ceremony (or Stomp Dance)

Tradition: Indigenous AmericanLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html A sixteen-day purification ceremony which includes the gathering and blessing of snakes. …Continue Reading Hopi Snake Dance

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: Wicca/PaganismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html The first harvest festival, celebrating the sacrifices of the Earth, the sun for the harvest, and the diminishing strength of summer….Continue Reading Lammas/Lughnasa

Tradition: JudaismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html A day of communal mourning of the destruction of the First and Second Temples. Tisha B’Av is the saddest day of the Jewish calendar and is recognized by fasting….Continue Reading Tisha B'Av

Tradition: HinduismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html Also abbreviated to Rakhi, it is the Hindu festival that celebrates brotherhood and love. It is celebrated on the full moon in the month of Sravana in the lunar calendar….Continue Reading Raksha Bandhan

Tradition: Christianity-Protestant,Christianity-Roman CatholicLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html Commemorates the assumption of Mary, mother of Jesus, into heaven….Continue Reading Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Tradition: Christianity-OrthodoxLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html Commemorates the death of Mary, the mother of Jesus….Continue Reading Dormition of the Theotokos

Tradition: HinduismLink: http://www2.hds.harvard.edu/spiritual/multifaith_about.html  Celebrates the birthday of Krishna. According to the Hindu epics, Krishna was the eighth incarnation of the God Vishnu, opposed to the demon Kansa, who was responsible for the increase of evil in the world. Worship of Krishna is characteristically expressed in dance and song….Continue Reading Krishna Janmashtami