This is the “festival of colors" or the "festival of love. The festival signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, and a festive day to meet others and plaster each other with colored powders and colored water. It is also celebrated as a thanksgiving for a good harvest.
Hola Mohalla takes place on the first day of the lunar month of Chet, which generally falls in March. This tradition was established by the tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, in 1701 for Sikhs to demonstrate their martial skills in controlled battles. Hola Mohalla became an annual event and continues to be celebrated with martial […]
Feast day of the Carpenter and Stepfather of Jesus and husband of Mary. Patron of the Universal Church. He died in the presence of Jesus and Mary before Jesus began his public ministry. For this reason, St. Joseph is the patron saint of a holy death. More Information
Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of Lent, the beginning of Holy Week, and commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified. In the Gospels, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a young donkey, and to the lavish praise of the townspeople who threw clothes, or possibly palms or small branches, in […]
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 of the Buddha on the one day, the first full moon day in May, except in a leap year when the festival is held in […]
Christian: Holy Thursday is the commemoration of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, when he established the sacrament of Holy Communion prior to his arrest and crucifixion. Later that evening he prays in the Garden of Gethsemane. More Information
Good Friday is the day on which Christians commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. More Information A day of fast and abstinence from meat for Catholics over the age of 14.
A festival and holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead three days after his crucifixion. It is the most important day of the Christian calendar. More Information Holiday Greeting: Happy Easter
Easter is the Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. After Christ died on the cross, His body was placed in a sepulchre, where it remained, separated from His spirit, until His Resurrection, when His spirit and His body were reunited More information from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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"Everything you should do you will find in this: Do nothing to others that would hurt you if it were done to you."
- Mahabharata 5:1517
Hinduism
