I guess we should not have posted a ride on a religious holiday. I am truly sorry that you will not be able to make it. I look forward to the ride and to hanging with those that can make it.
Here is a list for the rest of 2009. Hopefully we will not make the mistake again
APRIL 2009
• 3
o Ramanavami ** - Hindu
• 5
o Palm Sunday - Christian
• 7
o Mahavir Jayanti ** - Jain
• 9-10 * (9-16 in full)
o Pesach (Passover) first two days * - Jewish
• 9-12
o Theravadin New Year ** - Buddhist
• 9
o Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
o Maundy Thursday - Christian
o Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu
• 10
o Good Friday - Christian
• 12
o Easter - Christian
o Palm Sunday - Orthodox Christian
• 13
o Easter Monday Christian
• 14
o Baisakhi - Sikh
• 15-16
o Pesach (Passover) final two days * - Jewish
• 11
o Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
• 17
o Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
• 19
o Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
• 21
o Yom HaSho'ah * - Jewish
o First Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 23
o Saint George's Day - Christian
• 29
o Yom Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
o Ninth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 30
o St. James the Great Day - Orthodox Christian
MAY 2009
• 1
o Beltane * - Wicca Northern hemisphere
o Samhain * - Wicca Southern hemisphere
• 2
o Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i
• 7
o National Day of Prayer (USA) - Interfaith
• 9
o Buddha Day - Visakha Puja - Vesak ** - Buddhist
• 12
o Lag B'Omer * - Jewish
• 21
o Ascension of Jesus - Christian
• 23
o Declaration of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 28
o Ascension of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 29-30
o Shavuot * - Jewish
• 29
o Ascension of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 31
o Pentecost - Christian
JUNE 2009
• 7
o Trinity - Christian
o Pentecost - Orthodox Christian
• 11
o Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
• 9
o Saint Columba of Iona - Celtic Christian
• 14
o All Saints - Orthodox Christian
• 16
o Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom - Sikh
• 19
o Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian
o New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian
• 21 Solstice
o Litha * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
o Yule * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
o First Nations Day - Canadian Native People
• 24
o Saint John the Baptist Birth - Christian
• 29
o Saints Peter and Paul - Christian
JULY 2009
• 7
o Asalha Puja Day ** Buddhist
• 9
o Martyrdom of the Bab * - Baha'i
• 11
o St Benedict Day - Catholic Christian
• 13
o Ulambana (Obon) ** Buddhist
• 15
o Saint Vladimir's Day - Christian
• 19
o Lailat al Miraj * ** - Islam
• 23
o Haile Selassi I birthday - Rastafari
• 24
o Pioneer Day- Mormon Christian
• 25
o St. James the Great Day - Christian
• 30
o Tisha B'Av * - Jewish
AUGUST 2009
• 1
o Lammas - Christian
o Fast Day in honor of Holy Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 2
o Lughnassad - Wicca Northern hemisphere
o Imbolc* - Wicca Southern hemisphere
o Fast in honor of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian
• 5
o Raksha Bandhan ** - Hindu
o Lailat al Bara'ah * - Islam
• 6
o Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian
• 14
o Krishna Janmashtami ** - Hindu
• 15
o Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
o Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian
• 17
o Paryushana ** - Jain
• 22
o Ramadan begins * ** - Islam
• 23
o Ganesha Chaturthi ** - Hindu
• 25
o Assumption of Virgin Mary - Catholic Christian
• 29
o Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian
SEPTEMBER 2009
• 1
o Ecclesiastical Year begins - Orthodox Christian
• 8
o Nativity of Mary - Christian
• 14
o Elevation of the Life Giving Cross - Christian
• 16
o Lailat al Kadr * ** - Islam
• 19-20
o Rosh Hashanah * - Jewish
• 19-27
o Navaratri ** - Hindu
• 20
o Eid al Fitr * ** - Ramadan ends - Islam
• 22 Equinox
o Mabon * - Wicca Northern Hemisphere
o Ostara * - Wicca Southern Hemisphere
• 27
o Meskel - Ethiopian/Eritrean Orthodox Christian
• 28
o Yom Kippur * - Jewish
o Dasera ** - Hindu
• 29
o Michael and All Angels - Christian
OCTOBER 2009
• 3-9 (3-4 Primary Obligation Days)
o Sukkot * - Jewish
• 4
o St Francis Day - Catholic Christian
• 10
o Shemini Atzeret * - Jewish
• 11
o Simchat Torah * - Jewish
• 12
o Thanksgiving - Interfaith - Canada
• 17
o Diwali (Deepavali) ** - Hindu, Jain
• 20
o Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth - Sikh
o Birth of the Bab - Baha'i
• 25
o Reformation Day ** - Protestant Christian
• 28
o Milvian Bridge Day - Christian
• 31
o All Hallows Eve - Christian
NOVEMBER 2009
• 1
o All Saints' Day - Christian
o Samhain * - Wicca Northern hemisphere
o Beltane * - Wicca Southern hemisphere
• 2
o All Souls' Day - Catholic Christian
o Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday Sikh
• 12
o Birth of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i
• 15
o Nativity Fast begins (through Dec 24) - Orthodox Christian
• 22
o Christ the King - Christian
• 24
o Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh
• 25-28
o Hajj * - Islam
• 26
o Thanksgiving - Interfaith - USA
o Day of Covenant * - Baha'i
o Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day * ** - Islam
• 27
o Eid al Adha * ** - Islam
• 28
o Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha * Baha'i
• 29
o First Sunday of Advent - Christian
• 30
o Saint Andrew's Day - Christian
DECEMBER 2009
• 6
o Saint Nicholas Day - Christian
• 8
o Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) ** - Buddhism
o Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian
• 12
o Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian
o Advent Fast begins - Orthodox Christian
• 12-19
o Hanukkah * - Jewish
• 16-Dec 25
o Posadas Navidenas - Christian
Pastafarian Holiday
(approx, no set date)
• 18
o Hijra - New Year * ** - Islam
• 21 Solstice
o Yule - Christian
o Yule * - Wicca northern hemisphere
o Litha * - Wicca southern hemisphere
• 25
o Christmas * - Christian
• 26
o Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra ** - Zoroastrian
• 27
o Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
o Ashura * - Islam
• 28
o Holy Innocents - Christian
• 31
o Watch Night - Christian
