Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
A celebration of the wedding night of Lord Shiva and his consort Goddess Parvati.
A celebration of the wedding night of Lord Shiva and his consort Goddess Parvati.
Losar is the Tibetan word for "new year". lo holds the semantic field "year, age"; sar holds the semantic field "new, fresh" Losar is an important holiday in Tibet, Bhutan […]
Day of fasting that commemorates first day of Lent. * Not work restricted but involves daytime fasting, so work accommodations may be called for.
Clean Monday, also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent or Green Monday, is the first day of Great Lent throughout Eastern Christianity and is a moveable feast, […]
Rabbi Beth Lieberman will take us on a journey through the history of Jewish translations of the Hebrew Bible, offer a glimpse into the translation process for the forthcoming JPS […]