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DAYS OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE 2015A GUIDE
ENGAGEENABLE ENRICH
RELIGIOUS DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE FORWARD
FORWARDMulticultural NSW exists to build and maintain a cohesive and harmonious multicultural society that enriches the lives of all people in NSW. It is driven by three key principles: Engage with all sections of society and break down barriers to participation; enable equitable access to services and programs; and enrich social and economic capacity through cultural diversity as an asset of our State.
Through its enabling Act, Multicultural NSW promotes the equal rights and responsibilities of all the people of New South Wales where individuals share a commitment to New South Wales and Australia, diversity is regarded as an asset, and English is the common language.
This calendar is not a totally comprehensive list of all days of religious observance, but is a guide for employers and managers to assist them in accommodating the need of employees.
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RELIGIOUS DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE JANUARY 2015
Advice was sought from religious leaders in developing this list. The ethnic descriptor preceding religion is not exhaustive and other ethnic groups may also celebrate the same day. Some dates may be slightly different depending on the lunar calendar.
DAY OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE RELIGION
JAN
UA
RY 2
015
1st Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of GodNew Years Day
Catholic and Certain Orthodox Christian
3rd Mawlid an-Nabi (Prophet Muhammad Birth) Islam
5th Gurupurab/Birth of Guru Gobind Singh Sikh
5th Eve of Feast of Holy Nativity and Theopany ofJesusChrist Armenian Orthodox
6th Feast of Holy Nativity and Theopany of Jesus Christ
Holy Epiphany/The Baptism of our Lord
Catholic and Certain Orthodox Christian
6th Christmas Day/Nativity of Christ Armenian Orthodox
7th Christmas Day/Holy Nativity of our Lord Feast Orthodox Christian
14th Lohri Sikh
16th Makarsankranti/Pongal Hindu
19th Holy Epiphany Orthodox Christian
24th Vasant Panchami Saraswati Puja Hindu
24th Jashan-e Sadeh Zoroastrian
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RELIGIOUS DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE FEBRUARY 2015
DAY OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE RELIGION
FEB
RUA
RY 2
015
2nd Three Days Fast of Nineveh Syrian Orthodox
9th St Marouns Day Maronite Catholic
15th Parinirvana Nirvana Day Buddhist
15th Meeting of Our Lord in the Temple Orthodox Christian
16th Great Lent/Ash Monday Chaldean and MaroniteCatholic
17th Maha Shivaratri Hindu
17th Shrove Tuesday Christian
18th Ash Wednesday (Lent begins) Christian
19th Lunar New Year Buddhist (Mahayana)
19th Losar/Tibetan New Year Buddhist (Vajrayana)
19th Saint Vartans Day Armenian Orthodox
23rd Clean Monday Beginning of the Great Lent Orthodox Christian
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RELIGIOUS DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE MARCH 2015
DAY OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE RELIGION
MA
RC
H 2
015
1st Feast of St Ephraim the Syrian Syrian Orthodox
2nd-20th Bahai Fasting Period Bahai
5th Magha Puja/Sangha Day Buddhist
5th-6th Purim (Esther) Jewish
6th Holi Hindu
18th Mid Lent, Elevation of the Holy Cross, King Abgar ofEdessaand Syriac Martyrs Day
Syrian Orthodox
21st Hindi New Year Telugu New Year/Ugadi/Gudi Padwa
Hindu
21st Jamshedi Noruz (New Year in Fasli Calendar) IranianandKurdish New Year
Zoroastrian (Fasli)
21st Bahai New Year Bahai
23rd St Rafqa Day Maronite Catholic
25th Annunciation of the Virgin Mary Annunciation of the Lord
Orthodox Christian andCatholic
26th Khordad Sal (Zoroasters Birthday in Fasli calendar) Zoroastrian (Fasli)
27th The Renunciation of Shakyamuni Buddha Buddhist Mahayana
29th Palm Sunday Catholic
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RELIGIOUS DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE APRIL 2015
DAY OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE RELIGION
Apr
il 20
15
2nd Maundy Thursday/Holy Thursday Catholic
3rd Good Friday Catholicand Anglican
3rd Memorial of the Death of Jesus Jehovahs Witnesses
4th Holy Saturday (Eve of Jesus Christs Resurrection) Easter Saturday
Catholic and Anglican
4th Hanuman Jayanti Hindu
4th-5th Pesach/Passover (first 2 days) Jewish
5th Easter SundayFeast of the Glorious Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Catholicand Anglican
5th Palm Sunday Orthodox Christian
7th Guan Yin Bodhisattvas Enlightenment Day Buddhist
9th Maundy Thursday Orthodox Christian
10th Good Friday Orthodox Christian
10th-11th Pesach/Passover (last 2 days) Jewish
12th Easter Sunday Orthodox Christian
14th Vaisakhi/Baisakhi/Vishu Hindu
14th Sikh New Year, Creation of Khalsa Sikh
13th-15th Theravada New Year(Cambodia, Lao, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Burma)
Buddhist Theravada
21st First Day of Ridvan (Holy Day) Bahai
29th The Ninth Day of Ridvan (Holy Day) Bahai and Hindu
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RELIGIOUS DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE MAY/JUNE 2015
DAY OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE RELIGION
MAY
201
5
2nd The Twelfth Day of Ridvan (Holy Day) Bahai and Hindu
4th or 11th Visakha Puja/ Buddha Day (The Birthday of Shakayamuni Buddha)
Buddhist
14th Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ into Heaven Christian
16th Night of Isra and Mi^ raj (27 Rajab) Islam
24th Declaration of the Bab in Shiraz (Holy Day) Bahai
24th Pentecost/Whitsunday Catholic
24th-25th Shavuot/Pentecost Jewish
29th Ascension of Bahaullah (Holy Day) Bahai
31st Feast Day of the Holy Spirit/Feast of Pentacost Orthodox Christian
JUN
E 20
15
2nd The Night of 15th of Sha^aban/Lailatul Barat Islam
16th Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib Sikh
18th Ramadan begins Islam
29th St Peter and St Pauls Feast Day Christian
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RELIGIOUS DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE JULY 2015
DAY OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE RELIGION
JULY
201
5
1st Jashne Tirgan (Celebration of Tishtar) Zoroastrian
2nd Asalha Puja Dhamma Day Buddhist
10th Martyrdom of the Bab (Holy Day) Bahai
13th Night of Al-Qadr/Laylat al-Qadr/Night of Power (27 of Ramadan)
Islam
17th Eid Al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) Islam
18th Mandaean New Year Mandaean
19th Jamshedi Noruz (New Year in Qadimi calendar) Zoroastrian (Qadimi)
19th St Charbels Feast Day Maronite Catholic
24th Khordad Sal (Zoroasters Birthday in Qadimi) calendar) Zoroastrian (Qadimi)
31st Guru Purnima Hindu
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RELIGIOUS DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE AUGUST 2015
DAY OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE RELIGION
AU
GU
ST 2
015
6th Transfiguration of Our Lord (Feast) Orthodox Christian
7th-9th Regional Convention (Sydney) Jehovahs Witnesses
8th St Mary of the Cross (Mary MacKillop) Catholic
14th-16th Regional Convention (Sydney and Canberra) Jehovahs Witnesses
15th or 28th Dormition of the Theotokos Orthodox Christian
18th Jamshedi Nowrus/Shenshai Nowruz or Parsi NewYearinShenshaicalendar
Zoroastrian (Shenshai)
23rd Khordad Sal (Zoroasters Birthday in Shenshai calendar) Zoroastrian
28th Ullambana Day Buddhist
28th-30th Regional Convention (Sydney) Jehovahs Witnesses
29th Raksha Bandhan Hindu
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RELIGIOUS DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE SEPTEMBER 2015
DAY OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE RELIGION
SEP
TEM
BER
201
5
1st First Parkash Of Guru Granth Sahib (Opening of the Holy Book)
Sikh
5th Krishna Janmastami/Jayanti Hindu
11th-13th Regional Convention (Sydney) Jehovahs Witnesses
12th Nayrouz/Coptic New Year Coptic Christian
14th Rosh HaShana (Jewish New Year) Jewish
17th Ganesh Chaturthi Hindu
22nd Day of Arafat (Hajj pilgrimage/9th of Dhul-Hijjah) Islam
23rd Eid Al-Adha (10th of Dhul-Hijjah) Islam
23rd Yom Kippur (Jewish Day of Atonement) Jewish
25th-27th Regional Convention (Sydney and Tamworth) Jehovahs Witnesses
28th Sukkot/Feast of Tabernacles (Harvest Festival) first day Jewish
29th Holy Archangel Michael Christian
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RELIGIOUS DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE OCTOBER 2015
DAY OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE RELIGION
OC
TOB
ER 2
015
2nd Jashn-e Mehregan (Persian Festival of Autumn) Zoroastrian
4th Sukkot (Harvest Festival) last day Jewish
9th-11th Regional Convention (Sydney) Jehovahs Witnesses
13th-21st Navaratri Hindu
14th Islamic New Year (Hiraj/ 1st Muharram) Islam
18th-23th Durga Puja Hindu
20th Gurugaddi Day of Guru Granth Sahib Sikh
22nd Vijay Dashmi (Dussera) Hindu
23rd-25th Regional Convention (Sydney) Jehovahs Witnesses
24th Ashura (10th of Muharram) Islam
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RELIGIOUS DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2015
DAY OF RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE RELIGION
NO
VEM
BER
201
5
1st All Saints Day Catholic
2nd All Souls Day Catholic
4th Dehwa Honina (Prosperity Feast) Mandaean
11th Deepavali/Diwali Hindu
13th Bhai Dooj Hindu
13th Birth of Bab Bahai
14th Birth of Bahaullah Bahai
24th Martyrdom Day of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Sikh
25th Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sikh
DEC
EMB
ER 2
015
7th-14th Hanukkah/Chanukah Jewish
8th Bodhi Day (Enlightenment of Shakyamuni Buddha) Buddhist
14th St Nemetallah Hardini Maronite Catholic
25th Christmas Catholic, Anglican and Certain Orthodox Christian
26th Zartosht No-Diso (Death Anniversary of Zarathushtra) Zoroastrian
26th Second Day of Christmas Chaldean Catholic
NOTES1. The Islamic days may adjust one or two days from either side of the dates above, subject to the Lunar cycle.2. The Jewish days commence at sunset the previous day.
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