Cincy MultiFaith Calendar

Memorial of 1984 Ghallughara (Sikh)
2025-06-04
The Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, ordered a military assault of one of the most significant and historic sites, the Harminder Sahib (Golden Temple). Prior to the attacks, the Indian military deployed 100,000 troops across Punjab. This Indian military operation attacked innocent civilians who had gathered at the Harminder Sahib complex to commemorate the martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev in the early days of June. All communications and phone lines were disabled, roads were blocked, and journalists were not allowed to be present in Punjab. Hundreds of bullet holes were counted on the various buildings in the complex and eyewitness accounts witnessed the deaths of nearly 8,000 while the official government record is less than 500. During this attack, many historic records and manuscripts were destroyed, the library was burned down, and the complex was looted. This military operation is more widely known as Operation Bluestar. Within the next decade, more than 70,000 Sikhs were detained with terrorism charges and hardly one percent of those were eventually convicted of a crime.
More Information:
8 Invasions of Siri Harmandir Sahib
June 1984 Ghallughara Lies List Light
Students and/Co-Workers may visit their local Gurdwara at some point during the day.

Feast of Nur / Light (Baha'i)
2025-06-04
Wherever they live, Baha’is gather every 19 days for what we call a Feast. This is a members-only event comprising three parts:
1. A spiritual portion that’s the time for prayer and reflection;
2. A business portion for consultation about administrative issues (plans for forming classes, organizing to perform community service, observing holy days, or any ideas or projects community members wish to discuss. It’s also a time when local members can ask their Local Assembly to forward their concerns to the National Assembly;
3. A social portion that can consist of anything from just glasses of water to a full-course dinner.

Eid al-Adha (Islam)
2025-06-05 - 2025-06-09
This holiday marks the completion of the Hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca and is observed by Muslims to commemorate the faith of Abraham. Students will miss school to attend congregational prayers at the mosque and celebrate the holiday with their families/friends.
More Information:
Eid al-Adha 101
Islamic Networks Group
Holiday Greeting: “Eid Mubarak! (Happy Eid)”

Pentecost Sunday (Catholic / Christian Protestant/ Episcopal)
2025-06-08
Pentecost is known by Christians as the birthday of their church community. The word Pentecost is Greek for “50th day.” It is celebrated fifty days after Easter Sunday, to commemorate when the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles and their followers, inspiring them to begin their Earthly ministry to make disciples of all nations.
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Pentecost (Orthodox Christianity)
2025-06-08
Pentecost is known by Christians as the birthday of their church community. The word Pentecost is Greek for “50th day.” It is celebrated fifty days after Easter Sunday, to commemorate when the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles and their followers, inspiring them to begin their Earthly ministry to make disciples of all nations. Orthodox Christianity, which follows the Julian Calendar, celebrates this feast today.
You can learn more about this here.

Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Sahib (5th Guru) (Sikh)
2025-06-10
In June 1606, the Mughal emperor, Jahangir, ordered that Guru Arjan be arrested, tortured, and sentenced to death because he refused to stop sharing the ideals of Oneness as started by Guru Nanak. The first Sikh martyr, Guru Arjan, is also remembered for his contributions to and compilation of the Sikh Scriptures.
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Trinity Sunday (Catholic & Episcopal)
2025-06-15
Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost. It is a day when catholics attend mass, but the mass traditionally honor the Holy Trinity, the divine union of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit; three divine persons in one God.
More information about the celebration can be found here.

Corpus Christi (Catholic)
2025-06-19
Also known as The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, today is a Solemnity, a feast of the highest rank in the Roman Catholic Church, honoring the Holy Eucharist, bread and wine which is ritually blessed and consumed during mass. Catholics believe this ritual blessing transubstantiates, or changes the substance of the bread and wine, so that it becomes the Real Presence, or body and blood of Jesus Christ. This solemnity places a special emphasis on the Real Presence of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. It is celebrated the Sunday after Trinity Sunday.
More Information:
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Corpus Christi

Summer Solstice (Pagan)
2025-06-21
Summer Solstice is celebrated June 21st or 22nd. It is also called Midsummer or Litha. This is the longest day and shortest night of the year. The sun is at maximum power. Themes here are growth, fruitfulness, abundance. From now on the days get shorter, the nights longer. This is a good time for handfastings and honeymoons.
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Feast of Rahmat / Mercy (Baha'i)
2025-06-23

Sacred Heart of Jesus (Catholic)
2025-06-27
Today is a Solemnity – a Feast of the highest rank in the Roman Catholic Church – celebrating the love of Jesus Christ for all humankind. It is celebrated the Friday after Corpus Christi Sunday.
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The First of Muharram - Islamic New Year (Islam)
2025-06-27 19:00 - 2025-06-28 19:00 (America/New_York)
The First of Muharram (the first month of the Hijrah Calendar) commemorates the migration of the prophet to Madina and the start of the new Islamic state.

Maidyoshahem Gahambar (Zoroastrian)
2025-06-29 - 2025-07-03
Maidyoshahem (literally: Midsummer) Gahambar is a seasonal festival celebrated on the summer solstice. It is considered a religious duty to participate in a communal jashan prayer ceremony; as well as, fraternize and share a simple meal with fellow co-religionists from all walks of life, rich and poor.
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Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Catholic)
2025-06-29
Today is the feast celebrating the martyrdom of two of the most important apostles, Peter and Paul, the founders of the Christian Church.
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Jashan-e Tiragan (Zoroastrian)
2025-07-01
A mid-summer festival honoring water and rain. It is celebrated by splashing water on friends and family. It is also associated with the legend of the arrow.
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Annual Tribute to Vivekananda (Vedanta)
2025-07-04
July 4th marks the annual tribute to Vivekananda.
Learn More:
https://vedantasociety.net/vivekananda

Martyrdom of the Bab (The Bahá’í Faith)
2025-07-09
Commemorates the anniversary of the execution of the Bab (Siyyid Ali-Muhammad), the Herald of the Baha’i Faith by firing squad on July 9, 1850 in Tabriz Iran
Work is to be suspended and children excused from school.
More information:
https://www.bahai.us/commemoration-of-the-martyrdom-of-the-bab/

Guru Purnima Honoring Line of Teachers (Vedanta)
2025-07-10
July 3rd marks the Guru Purnima Honoring Line of Teachers in the Vedanta tradition.
Learn More:
https://www.vedanet.com/guru-purnima-spreading-the-message-of-indias-gurus/

Asalha Puja (Buddhism)
2025-07-10
Asalha Puja means to pay homage to the Buddha on the full moon day of the 8th lunar month (approximately July). It commemorates the Buddha’s first teaching: the turning of the wheel of the Dhamma (Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta) to the five ascetics at the Deer Park (Sarnath) near Benares city, India. Where Kondanna, the senior ascetic attained the first level of enlightenment (the Sotapanna level of mind purity).
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Feast of Kalimat / Words (Baha'i)
2025-07-12

Feast of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (Catholic)
2025-07-14
Informally known as Lily of the Mohawks, St. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American saint in the United States. It is said that after her death, the marks on her face from smallpox faded away. St. Kateri Tekakwitha is the patroness of ecology and the environment, as well as people in exile and Native Americans.
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Birth of Guru Harkrishan (8th Guru) (Sikh)
2025-07-23
Guru Harkrishan is the eighth and youngest of the Sikh Gurus. In 1663, Guru Harkrishan was in Delhi when the cholera and smallpox epidemic broke out. He served and tended to the sick with complete love and devotion at the young age of seven. Soon after, he became sick himself and passed away at the age of eight.
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Traditional Greeting: “Vadhaaiaa Ji” – Congratulations!

Pioneer Day (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
2025-07-24
Pioneer Day commemorates the arrival of the first group of Latter-day Saint pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley, on July 24, 1847. In Utah it is an official state holiday, and the associated celebration, including a parade, is referred to as Days of ’47. It is a time for recognizing all people who have contributed to building the state, regardless of religion or background.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/2010/07/to-the-point/what-is-the-significance-of-pioneer-day-is-it-celebrated-all-over-the-church?lang=eng

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Bv60HRR38

Jashan-e Amardad (Zoroastrian)
2025-07-25
Jashan-e Amardad is a celebration ceremony, a Jashan, performed on Amardad day of Amardad month, in honor of Amardad, a Pehlavi name derived from the ancient Avestan term “Ameretat” from the Gathas of Zarathushtra. Ameretat, according to Zarathushtra, is that attribute of Ahura Mazda which represents “deathlessness” and “immortality.” Together with Haurvatât, it is the ultimate goal and represents the completion of our evolutionary development and the final achievement of our life on earth. It reminds a Zoroastrian that when mankind collectively will live their lives with complete righteousness in their thoughts, words, and deeds, our world will achieve immortal/eternal happiness and peace, and will become completely free of all evil – it will become perfect – like the kingdom of God on Earth! In later Zoroastrian religious history, the wise men/priests associated Amardad to be the steward/guardian of the plant kingdom in the world. Plants/vegetation on Earth is the longest living of all of God’s creation, and hence the Zoroastrians associate it with God’s attribute of eternity/immortality. Due to our immense reverence for nature and plants, protecting nature from pollution and keeping it pure and prosperous for everyone in the world is our religious duty.

Feast of Kamal / Perfection (Baha'i)
2025-07-31

Lammas (Pagan)
2025-08-01
Lammas also called Loafmas or Lughnassadh, after a Celtic God Lugh, is celebrated July 31st or August 1st. The days shorten but the weather is still warm. This is the first harvest and celebrates the grains harvested for the baking of bread.
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Tisha B’Av (Jewish)
2025-08-02 18:00 - 2025-08-03 21:00
Tisha B’Av is the annual fast day commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and the subsequent exile of the Jews from the land of Israel. Over the centuries, other tragic events have come to be commemorated on this day, including the massacres of the Crusades, the Jewish expulsion from Spain, and the Holocaust. Today in many modern Jewish communities, Tishah B’Av stands as a day to reflect on the suffering that still occurs in our world.
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Holiday Greeting: On Tisha B’Av we do not exchange greetings; we do not say “hello” or “how are you” and the like.
Observant Jews will fast, mourn and pray on this day.

Muktad or Fravardegan (Parsi Zoroastrian)
2025-08-05 - 2025-08-14
Today marks the first of ten days of commemoration, at the end of the Zoroastrian year. During this time, the community commemorates and remembers fravarshis (departed souls) with fresh flowers and a lighted oil lamp. Homes and temples are thoroughly cleaned; for it is believed that the fravashis visit the physical world during this time, to bless and protect the living.
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Raksha Bandham (Hindu)
2025-08-08
Also called Rakhi or Rakhi Purnima, this day celebrates the bonds between sisters and brothers. Sisters of all ages tie a sacred thread, called the rakhi, around the wrists of their brothers, symbolically protecting them, and in return they receive a gift from their brothers. Traditionally, brothers also promise to take a share of the responsibility for ensuring the well-being of their sisters.
More information can be found here and here.

Pateti (Parsi Zoroastrian)
2025-08-15
Pateti (literally: penitence) is the last day of the Parsi Zoroastrian year. It is a day for a person to reflect on their thoughts, words and deeds of the previous year and to repent for those that were not good. The repentance allows dedicating the new year to good thoughts, words and deeds in a process of ethical growth.
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