Cincy MultiFaith Calendar

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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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
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.

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
