Religious Studies

This Bahá'í holiday is when Bahá'ís celebrate the appointment of `Abdu'l-Bahá as the Centre of Baha'u'llah's Covenant.

A Bahá'í holy day that commemorates the death of Abbas Effendi, known as Abdu'l-Baha, in 1921 in Haifa, Palestine (now Israel).

Season of expectant waiting and preparation of the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas

Celebrates the solemn belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Gītā Jayantī is the date that Lord Krishna revealed the Bhagvad Gītā to Prince Arjuna while on the Kurukshetra battlefield. It is recorded in the epic Mahabharata and as a sacred text of its own. It is celebrated annually on Shukla Ekadashi, the 11th day of the waxing moon in the Hindu month of Margashirsha.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Day, on December 12, draws millions of Catholics every year from across Mexico and other countries to pay pilgrimage to see an image of Mary in the Basilica of Guadalupe. It is the site of her apparitions to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatz in 1531, now the most visited Catholic site in the […]

Winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, time to meditate on cycle of life, death and rebirth

Winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, time to meditate on cycle of life, death and rebirth

Celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ

Festival of Lights commemorating rededication of Second Holy Temple in Jerusalem at time of Maccabean Revolt

This holiday is a celebration of Mary's motherhood of Jesus. It is a reminder of the role she played in the salvation of humankind.