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Various New Year's Celebrations around
History and Meaning of the Months |
Rosh Hoshanah began the Hebrew Year 5769 on 30 September 2008 Yom Kippur Chart of Events for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Jewish Calendar Holidays Chinese New Year! Chinese New Year Lantern Festival The date of this varies, since it is based on a lunar calendar. We are now in the Chinese (Lunar) Year of the Monkey, 4701! Islamic New Year is also based on the lunar calendar. |
Valentine's Day -- February 14
The Meaning and History of Valentine's Day Who was St. Valentine? You can send a Musical Valentine all year long! |
St. Patrick's Day is March 17
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The Parsee celebration of Nauroze occurs in March The celebration of "Nauroze" welcomes the beginning of spring in the new year on March 21st (at the time of the Vernal Equinox). It is celebrated by Persians, Parsees, Zoroastrians
and Bahá'ís.
Other forms of the name are: Navruz, Nuroz, Eid Norouz, Naw Rúz,
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Different churches celebrate it according to different calendars. In 2001, by another quirk of the calendars, the Eastern Orthodox and Western Easters fell on the same Sunday, a rare occurrence. Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter, and celebrates the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.
Good Friday remembers the death of Jesus (good because his death brings salvation)
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