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Newspaper Clipping “Mark religious holidays on your business calendar”

Description: A newspaper clipping in which the Bahá’í Holy Days are mentioned. A PDF of the clipping is reproduced below.

Mark religious holidays on your business calendar

Knight Ridder News Service
Mark prominent religious celebrations, commemorations and holy days on your calendar.
Too often, significant business and school events conflict with holy days, which are important to a variety of people in your communities.
Following is a list of religious observances on the 2000 calendar, including the religion it is associated with.
Jan. 7, Christmas, some Eastern Christians
Jan. 8, Eid-ul-Fitr, Islam
Feb 5. Chinese and Vietnamese New Year, Buddhism
March 4, Mahashivaratri, Hindu
March 8, Ash Wednesday, Western Christianity
March 16, Eid-ul-Adha, Islam
March 20, Holi, Hindu
March 21, Naw Ruz, Baha’i
April 12, Ramanavami, Hindu
April 13, Vaisakhi, Hindu/Sikhism
April 16, Palm Sunday, Western Christianity
April 19 (evening)-27 (especially April 19, 20, 21, evening of 25, 26, 27) Pesah or Passover, Judaism
April 20, Maundy Thursday, Western Christianity
April 21, Good Friday, Western Christianity
April 21-May 2, (especially April 29, May 2) Ridvan, Baha’i
April 23, Easter, Western Christianity
April 23, Palm Sunday, Eastern Christianity
April 23-30, Holy Week, Eastern Christianity
April 27, Holy Thursday, Eastern Christianity
April 28, Holy Friday, Eastern Christianity
April 30, Pascha, Eastern Christianity
May 2, Yom Hashoah/Holocaust, Judaism
May 8, Wesak, Buddhism
May 23, Declaration of Bab, Baha’i
May 29, Ascension of Baha’u’llah, Baha’i
June 9-10, Shavuot, Judaism
July 9, Martyrdom of the Bab, Baha’i
Aug. 22, Janmasthami/Sri Krishna Jayanti
Sept. 1, Ganesh Chaturhi, Hindu
Sept. 29 (evening)-Oct. 1, Rosh Hashanah, Judaism
Oct. 8 (evening)-15 Sukkot, Judaism
Oct. 20 and 26, Installation of the Holy Scriptures (Guru Granth Ji), Sikhism
Oct. 20 (evening)-21, Shimini Atzeret, Judaism
Oct. 21 (evening)-22, Simchat Torah, Judaism
Oct. 20, Birth of Bab, Baha’i
Oct 26, Diwali, Hindu
Nov. 12, Birth of Baha’u’llah, Baha’i
Nov. 11, Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Sikhism
Nov. 27, First Day of Ramadan, Islam
Dec. 22-29, Hanuakkah, Judaism
Dec. 24 (evening)-25, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Western Christianity and some Eastern Christianity
Dec. 26-Jan 1, Kwanzaa, (cultural observation)
Dec. 27, Eid-ul-Fitr, Islam

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