26 Ashu Zarathosht’s Death Zoroastrianism 26 Boxing Day Public Holiday Dec Kwanzaa African Canadian and 01 American January 2017 1 Gantan-sai New Year Shinto - Tamil Heritage Month 1 New Year’s Day International Public Holiday 5 Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sikhism 5 Twelfth Night Christianity 6 of the Epiphany/Dia de los Reyes Othodox and Western Christianity 7 Feast of the Nativity (Christmas Julian Calendar) Orthodox Christianity – 7 Ethiopian Christmas Rastarfari 8 Baptism of Jesus Orthodox Egyptian 8 Pausha Putrada Ekadashi Hindusim 8-15 Theravada Days of Mindfulness Buddhism 12-15 Mahayana New Year** Buddhism 13 Punjabi Hinduism (Punjabi) 13 Maghi Sikhism 14 Makara Sankranti Hindusim 14 New Year Eastern Orthodox 15 World Religion Day Baha’i 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day USA Federal Holiday 16-20 No Name Calling Week Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network 21 Feast of the Wedding of Cana at Galilee Orthodox Ethiopian TBA Birthday of Lord Zoroaster (Khordad Sal) in Zoroastrianism Pakistan 27 International Day of Commemoration in Memory of UN the Victims of the Holocaust 27 St. Sava Devine Service Orthodox Serbian 28 Mehergan (1st Full Moon) Zoroastrian 28 Lunar New Year (Spring Festival) Confucian, Daoist, Buddhism 29 Jashan-e-Sadeh Zoroastrian February 2017 1 Imbolc* Wicca/Pagan - African Heritage Month 1 Vasant Panchami** Hinduism - Black Queering Month 3 Setsubun-sai** Shinto - Chinese Heritage Month 6 Bob Marley’s Earth Day Rastafari 6 International Day of Zero Tolerance on Female WHO Genital Cutting/Mutilation
26 Ashu Zarathosht’s Death Zoroastrianism 26 Boxing Day Public Holiday Dec 01 Kwanzaa African Canadian and American January 2017 - Tamil Heritage Month 1 Gantan-sai New Year Shinto 1 New Year’s Day International Public Holiday 5 Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sikhism 5 Twelfth Night Christianity 6 of the Epiphany/Dia de los Reyes Othodox and Western Christianity 7 Feast of the Nativity (Christmas – Julian Calendar) Orthodox Christianity 7 Ethiopian Christmas Rastarfari 8 Baptism of Jesus Orthodox Egyptian 8 Pausha Putrada Ekadashi Hindusim 8-15 Theravada Days of Mindfulness Buddhism 12-15 Mahayana New Year** Buddhism 13 Punjabi Hinduism (Punjabi) 13 Maghi Sikhism 14 Makara Sankranti Hindusim 14 New Year Eastern Orthodox 15 World Religion Day Baha’i 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day USA Federal Holiday 16-20 No Name Calling Week Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network 21 Feast of the Wedding of Cana at Galilee Orthodox Ethiopian TBA Birthday of Lord Zoroaster (Khordad Sal) in Pakistan Zoroastrianism 27 International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust UN 27 St. Sava Devine Service Orthodox Serbian 28 Mehergan (1st Full Moon) Zoroastrian 28 Lunar New Year (Spring Festival) Confucian, Daoist, Buddhism 29 Jashan-e-Sadeh Zoroastrian February 2017 - African Heritage Month - Black Queering Month - Chinese Heritage Month 1 Imbolc* Wicca/Pagan 1 Vasant Panchami** Hinduism 3 Setsubun-sai** Shinto 6 Bob Marley’s Earth Day Rastafari 6 International Day of Zero Tolerance on Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation WHO
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