Religious Observances

Below you will find a list of some commonly celebrated religious observances. No list such as this could be complete. If you would like to see a religious observance added to this list please write to deicomm@uoregon.edu.

 

2022 

Date

January 7

Various dates in Spring

February 1

March 2

March 18

March 21

April 2*-May 1

Various dates in April

April 15*-23

April 15

April 17

April 22

April 24

April 27*-28

May 2* – 3

May 16

June 4 

June 5 

June 16 

July 13 

July 14 

July 29 

Holy Day

Feast of the Nativity

Buddhist New Year

Lunar New Year

Ash Wednesday

Holi

Nowruz (New Year)

Ramadan

Water Festival

Pesach/Passover

Good Friday

Easter

Holy Friday

Pascha

Yom HaShoah

Eid al-Fitr

Vesak (Buddha Day)

Shavuot 

Pentecost 

Corpus Christi

Asalha Puja 

Buddhist Lent 

Islamic New Year 

Tradition

Orthodox Christian

Buddhist

Various Asian nations

Catholic/Protestant Christian

Hindu

Zoroastrian/Persian

Muslim

Various Asian nations

Jewish

Catholic/Protestant Christian

Catholic/Protestant Christian

Orthodox Christian

Orthodox Christian

Jewish

Muslim

Buddhist

Jewish 

Christian 

Christian

Buddhist 

Buddhist 

Islam 

 

2022 - 2023  

Date 

August 7 – 8

September 25 – 27

September 26 – October 4

Various dates in October

October 2

October 4 – 5

October 9 – 16

October 24

November 1

December 18 – 26

December 25

January 7

January 22

Various dates in Spring

February 22

March 7

March 21

March 22 – April 21

Various dates in April

April 5 – 12

April 7

April 9

April 14

April 16

April 17 – 18

April 21 – 22

May 5

May 25 – 26

May 28 

June 8

July 3  

July 18

August 2 

Holy Day 

Ashura

Rosh Hashanah

Navratri

Kathina

Mehregan

Yom Kippur

Sukkot

Diwali/Tihar  begins (5 days)

All Saints’ Day

Hanukkah

Christmas

Feast of the Nativity

Lunar New Year

Buddhist New Year

Ash Wednesday

Holi

Nowruz (New Year)

Ramadan

Water Festival

Pesach/Passover

Good Friday

Easter

Holy Friday

Pascha

Yom HaShoah

Eid al-Fitr

Vesak (Buddha Day)

Shavuot

Pentecost 

Corpus Christi

Asalha Puja 

Islamic New Year 

Buddhist Lent 

Tradition 

Muslim

Jewish

Hindu

Theravada Buddhist

Zoroastrian/Persian cultural

Jewish

Jewish

Hindu/Jain

Western Christian

Jewish

Christian

Orthodox Christian

Various Asian nations

Buddhist

Catholic/Protestant Christian

Hindu

Zoroastrian/Persian

Muslim

Various Asian nations

Jewish

Catholic/Protestant Christian

Catholic/Protestant Christian

Orthodox Christian

Orthodox Christian

Jewish

Muslim

Buddhist

Jewish

Christian 

Christian

Buddhist 

Islam 

Buddhist 

 

2023 - 2024  

Date 

September 15 – 17

September 24 – 25

September 29 - October 6

Various dates in October

October 2

October 15 - 23

November 1

November 12 – 16

December 7 – 15

December 25

January 7

February 10

Various dates in Spring

February 14

March 10 – April 9

March 21

March 25

March 29

March 31

Various dates in April

April 9 – 10

April 22 – April 29

May 3

May 5

May 5 – 6

May 23 (dates vary by region)

May 19 

May 30

July 7 

July 29 

July 29 

 

 

Holy Day 

Rosh HaShanah

Yom Kippur

Sukkot

Kathina

Mehregan

Navratri

All Saints' Day

Diwali/Tihar begins (5 days)

Hanukkah

Christmas

Feast of the Nativity

Lunar New Year

Buddhist New Year

Ash Wednesday

Ramadan

Nowruz (New Year)

Holi

Good Friday

Easter

Water Festival

Eid al-Fitr

Pesach/Passover

Holy Friday

Pascha

Yom HaShoah

Vesak (Buddha Day)

Pentecost 

Corpus Christi

Islamic New Year 

Asalha Puja 

Buddhist Lent 

Tradition 

Jewish

Jewish

Jewish

Theravada Buddhist

Zoroastrian/Persian cultural

Hindu

Western Christian

Hindu/Jain

Jewish

Christian

Orthodox Christian

Various Asian nations

Buddhist

Catholic/Protestant Christian

Muslim

Zoroastrian/Persian

Hindu

Catholic/Protestant Christian

Catholic/Protestant Christian

Various Asian nations

Muslim

Jewish

Orthodox Christian

Orthodox Christian

Jewish

Buddhist

Christian 

Christian

Islam 

Buddhist

Buddhist