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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261005
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SUMMARY:✡️ Simchat Torah
DESCRIPTION:Day of Celebrating the Torah. Celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings\, and the beginning of a new cycle\nTorah: Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12; Genesis 1:1-2:3; Numbers 29:35-30:1\nHaftarah: Joshua 1:1-18\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/simchat-torah-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%e2%9c%a1%ef%b8%8f-simchat-torah-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261020
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1497-1791676800-1792454399@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Navaratri* (H)
DESCRIPTION:Navaratri is a festival dedicated to the worship of the Hindu deity Durga. The word Navaratri means ‘nine nights’ in Sanskrit\, nava meaning nine and ratri meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days\, nine forms of Devi are worshipped
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/navaratri-h-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261020
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261021
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1496-1792454400-1792540799@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Dussehra (H)
DESCRIPTION:Celebration of Lord Rama’s triumph over the evil King Ravana. Also celebrates the conquest by the Goddess Chamundeshwari over the demon King Mahishasura\, a battle which took 10 days
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/dussehra-h-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1498-1793404800-1793491199@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Halloween (Christian)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/halloween-christian-4/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20220817T024954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220817T024954Z
UID:1360-1793404800-1793491199@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Reformation Day (Christian)
DESCRIPTION:Celebration in remembrance of the onset of the Protestant Reformation.
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/reformation-day-christian/2026-10-31/
CATEGORIES:Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20220817T025143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220817T025143Z
UID:1348-1793404800-1793491199@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:All Hallows Eve/Halloween (Christian)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/all-hallows-eve-halloween-christian/2026-10-31/
CATEGORIES:Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1499-1793491200-1793577599@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Samhain (Pagan\, Wiccan)
DESCRIPTION:Festival honoring endings\, beginnings and the dead
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/samhain-pagan-wiccan-4/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1501-1793491200-1793577599@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:All Saints' Day (Christian)
DESCRIPTION:Honors all of the saints known and unknown
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/all-saints-day-christian-4/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20220817T025240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220817T025240Z
UID:1363-1793491200-1793577599@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:All Saints' Day (Christian)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/all-saints-day-christian/2026-11-01/
CATEGORIES:Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20220817T025318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220817T025318Z
UID:1366-1793491200-1793577599@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Samhain (Pagan\, Wiccan)
DESCRIPTION:Begins at sundown on October 31st.
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/samhain-pagan-wiccan/2026-11-01/
CATEGORIES:Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261103
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1500-1793577600-1793663999@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:All Souls' Day (Christian)
DESCRIPTION:Day of prayer for the dead\, particularly but not exclusively one’s relatives
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/all-souls-day-christian-4/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261103
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20220817T025351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220817T025351Z
UID:1369-1793577600-1793663999@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:All Souls' Day (Christian)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/all-souls-day-christian/2026-11-02/
CATEGORIES:Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261109
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1502-1794096000-1794182399@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Diwali (H\, J\, Si)
DESCRIPTION:Festival of Lights. This date is amavasya—when puja is offered to Maha Lakshmi
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/diwali-h-j-si-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261110
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250630T202604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202604Z
UID:1799-1794182400-1794268799@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:✡️ Sigd
DESCRIPTION:Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/sigd-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%e2%9c%a1%ef%b8%8f-sigd-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261111
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1503-1794268800-1794355199@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Birth of the Báb* (Ba)
DESCRIPTION:This Bahá’í holiday celebrates the birth of the Bab\, one of the founders of the Bahá’í Faith.
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/birth-of-the-bab-ba/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261112
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1504-1794355200-1794441599@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Birth of Bahá'u'lláh* (Ba)
DESCRIPTION:Celebrates the birth of Bahá’u’lláh\, the founder of the Bahá’í Faith
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/birth-of-bahaullah-ba/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261124
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153611Z
UID:1505-1795392000-1795478399@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Birth of Guru Nanak (Si)
DESCRIPTION:Celebrates the birth of the founder of Sikhism and the first of the Sikh Gurus
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/birth-of-guru-nanak-si-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261127
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153611Z
UID:1506-1795651200-1795737599@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Day of the Covenant* (Ba)
DESCRIPTION:This Bahá’í holiday is when Bahá’ís celebrate the appointment of `Abdu’l-Bahá as the Centre of Baha’u’llah’s Covenant.
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/day-of-the-covenant-ba/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261129
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153611Z
UID:1507-1795824000-1795910399@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (Ba)
DESCRIPTION:A Bahá’í holy day that commemorates the death of Abbas Effendi\, known as Abdu’l-Baha\, in 1921 in Haifa\, Palestine (now Israel).
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/ascension-of-abdul-baha-ba-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261130
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153611Z
UID:1508-1795910400-1795996799@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:First Sunday of Advent (C)
DESCRIPTION:Season of expectant waiting and preparation of the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/first-sunday-of-advent-c-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261205
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250630T202604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202604Z
UID:1802-1796342400-1796428799@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🕎1️⃣ Chanukah: 1 Candle
DESCRIPTION:Hanukkah\, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights\, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah)\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/chanukah-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%95%8e1%ef%b8%8f%e2%83%a3-chanukah-1-candle-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261213
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153611Z
UID:1510-1796428800-1797119999@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Hanukkah* (Ju)
DESCRIPTION:Festival of Lights commemorating rededication of Second Holy Temple in Jerusalem at time of Maccabean Revolt
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/hanukkah-ju-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261206
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250630T202604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202604Z
UID:1803-1796428800-1796515199@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🕎2️⃣ Chanukah: 2 Candles
DESCRIPTION:Hanukkah\, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights\, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah)\nHaftarah: Zechariah 2:14-4:7\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/chanukah-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%95%8e2%ef%b8%8f%e2%83%a3-chanukah-2-candles-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261207
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250630T202605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202605Z
UID:1806-1796515200-1796601599@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🕎3️⃣ Chanukah: 3 Candles
DESCRIPTION:Hanukkah\, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights\, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah)\nTorah: Numbers 7:18-29\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/chanukah-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%95%8e3%ef%b8%8f%e2%83%a3-chanukah-3-candles-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261208
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250630T202605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202605Z
UID:1805-1796601600-1796687999@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🕎4️⃣ Chanukah: 4 Candles
DESCRIPTION:Hanukkah\, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights\, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah)\nTorah: Numbers 7:24-35\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/chanukah-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%95%8e4%ef%b8%8f%e2%83%a3-chanukah-4-candles-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261209
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153611Z
UID:1509-1796688000-1796774399@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Christian)
DESCRIPTION:Celebrates the solemn belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/feast-of-the-immaculate-conception-christian-4/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261209
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250630T202604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202604Z
UID:1804-1796688000-1796774399@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🕎5️⃣ Chanukah: 5 Candles
DESCRIPTION:Hanukkah\, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights\, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah)\nTorah: Numbers 7:30-41\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/chanukah-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%95%8e5%ef%b8%8f%e2%83%a3-chanukah-5-candles-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261210
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250630T202605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202605Z
UID:1807-1796774400-1796860799@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🕎6️⃣ Chanukah: 6 Candles
DESCRIPTION:Hanukkah\, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights\, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah)\nTorah: Numbers 7:36-47\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/chanukah-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%95%8e6%ef%b8%8f%e2%83%a3-chanukah-6-candles-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261211
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250630T202605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202605Z
UID:1808-1796860800-1796947199@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:✡️ Chag HaBanot
DESCRIPTION:North African Chanukah festival of daughters. Called Eid al-Banat in Arabic\, the holiday was most preserved in Tunisia\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/chag-habanot-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%e2%9c%a1%ef%b8%8f-chag-habanot-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261211
DTSTAMP:20260421T143052
CREATED:20250630T202605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202605Z
UID:1809-1796860800-1796947199@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🕎7️⃣ Chanukah: 7 Candles
DESCRIPTION:Hanukkah\, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights\, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah)\nTorah: Numbers 28:1-15\, 7:42-47\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/chanukah-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%95%8e7%ef%b8%8f%e2%83%a3-chanukah-7-candles-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
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