January 2025Do not schedule Scouting events on red highlighted dates. If programs must be scheduled on red highlighted dates, councils should arrange alternate dates for the events that do not conflict with that religion’s holidays.Islamic, Jewish and some other observances begin at sundown on the first day listed and generally end at sundown the next day. | ||||||||||||
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| Fast of the Holy Nativity, Eastern Orthodox; Feast of St. Basil, Eastern Orthodox; Gantan Sai Hanukkah, Jewish; Maidyarem Gahambar, Zoroastrian; Solemnity of Mary. Catholic | Fast of the Holy Nativity; Hanukkah; Maidyarem Gahambar | Fast of the Holy Nativity; Maidyarem Gahambar | Fast of the Holy Nativity; Maidyarem Gahambar | |||||||||
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| Guru Gobind Sink Sahib birthday, Sikh; Fast of the Holy Nativity | Christmas, Eastern Orthodox; Epiphany, Christian; Fast of the Holy Nativity | Christmas | ||||||||||
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| Baptism of the Lord, Catholic | Makar Sankranti (Pongol), Hindu | |||||||||||
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| Feast of the Theophany, Eastern Orthodox | Sadeh, Zoroastrian – Kermani Tradition | |||||||||||
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| Laylat al Isra and Miraj, Islam | Laylat al Isra and Miraj | Chinese New Year; Magha Puja Day, Buddhist | ||||||||||
- Fast of the Nativity is a period of abstinence and penance in preparation for the Nativity.
- St. Basil is the father of Monasticism in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- Gantan Sai is the Shinto New Year.
- Hanukkah is the celebration of the liberation of Israel from the Greeks and the purification of the Temple.
- Maidyarem Gahambar is the winter thanksgiving.
- Solemnity of Mary celebrates Mary as the Holy Mother of God.
- Guru Gobind Singh, born in 1660, was the 10th Sikh guru.
- Christmas Eve is the night before the birth of Jesus. Christmas Day celebrates the birth of Jesus.
- Epiphany celebrates the revelation of the manifestation of God in his son, Jesus.
- Baptism of the Lord celebrates the baptism of Jesus.
- Theophany is the revelation of Jesus as the Son of God.
- Makar Sankranti (Pongal) is the Hindu Winter Harvest Festival.
- Sadeh reveres the discovery of fire and celebrates light, energy and the enlightenment of the soul.
- Laylat al Isra & Miraj celebrates the Night Journey and the Ascension of Muhammad to Heaven.
- Chinese New Year celebrates the New Year on the Chinese calendar.
- Magha Puja Day celebrates freedom from sin.
February 2025Do not schedule Scouting events on red highlighted dates. If programs must be scheduled on red highlighted dates, councils should arrange alternate dates for the events that do not conflict with that religion’s holidays.Islamic, Jewish and some other observances begin at sundown on the first day listed and generally end at sundown the next day. | |||||||||||||
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