Maidyozarem Gahambar (Zoroastrian)
Maidyozarem (literally: midgreening) Gahambar is a seasonal festival celebrated in mid-spring. It is considered a religious duty to participate in a communal jashan prayer ceremony; as well as, fraternize and […]
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May
Vesak – Buddha’s Birthday (Buddhism)
Traditionally, Buddha's Birthday is known as Vesak or Visakah Puja (Buddha's Birthday Celebrations). Vesak is the major Buddhist festival of the year as it celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death […]
Declaration of the Bab (The Bahá’í Faith)
Commemorates May 23, 1844 when the Bab, the Martyred Prophet Herald of the Bahá’í Faith, announced in Persia, that he was the Herald of a new messenger from God in […]
Ascension of Baha’u’llah (The Bahá’í Faith)
Baha'is observe the anniversary of the death in exile of Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i Faith outside of Akka (Acre) in northern Israel. Work is to be suspended and […]
