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Religious Holidays (2025)

The is a list of religious holidays compiled as a resource for our community to review as they plan events and meetings. It does not represent a comprehensive list of all religions, nor does it represent the HMSOM and HMH Holiday Calendar.

January 2025

DATE DAY HOLIDAY OBSERVED BY PRACTICE NOTES GREETING
1/1/25 Mon Solemnity of Mary Roman Catholicism worship    
1/6/25 Mon Epiphany Christianity worship    
1/7/25 Mon Christmas Eastern Orthodoxy worship    
1/14/25 Sun Pongal Hinduism worship    

This list of religious holidays is compiled as a resource for our community to review as they plan events and meetings. It does not represent a comprehensive list of all religions, nor does it represent the HMSOM and HMH Holiday Calendar.

February 2025

DATE DAY HOLIDAY OBSERVED BY PRACTICE NOTES GREETING
2/1/25 Sun Imbolc Paganism worship    
2/25/25-2/28/25 Tue-Fri Ayyám-i-Há Bahá’í Faith worship/celebration/service    
2/26/25 Wed Shivaratri Hinduism worship/food    
2/28/25 Fri Losar Buddhism worship/celebration/service Tibetan New Year  
2/28/25-3/30/25 Sat-Mon Ramadan Islam worship/daylight fast APPROXIMATE DATES (moon dependent)

Ramadan Kareem

This list of religious holidays is compiled as a resource for our community to review as they plan events and meetings. It does not represent a comprehensive list of all religions, nor does it represent the HMSOM and HMH Holiday Calendar.

March 2025

DATE DAY HOLIDAY OBSERVED BY PRACTICE NOTES GREETING
3/1/25-3/19/25 Sat-Wed Nineteen Day Fast Bahá’í faith worship/daylight fast    
3/3/25 Mon Clean Monday Eastern Orthodoxy worship/partial fast beginning of Orthodox Lent (through April 19)  
3/3/25-4/19/25 Mon-Sun Great Lent Eastern Orthodoxy worship/food restrictions    
3/5/25 Wed Ash Wednesday Christianity worship/food restrictions beginning of Lenten season  
3/5/25 Wed Ash Wednesday Eastern Orthodoxy worship/food restrictions beginning of Lenten season  
3/13/25 Thu Fast of Esther Judaism daylight fast    
3/14/25 Fri Purim Judaism worship/celebration begins previous eve  
3/14/25 Fri Holi Hinduism/Sikhism/Jainism worship/celebration   Shubh Holi
3/20/25 Thu Ostara Paganism worship Spring Equinox  
3/20/25 Thu Naw Ruz Bahá’i faith bworship/celebration/no work begins previous eve

Happy New Year

3/25/25 Thu Laylat al-Qadr Islam worship/no work/food APPROXIMATE DATE (moon dependent); begins previous eve; daylight fast  
3/30/25 Sun Eid al-Fitr Islam worship/no work APPROXIMATE DATE (moon dependent); begins previous eve Eid Mubarak

This list of religious holidays is compiled as a resource for our community to review as they plan events and meetings. It does not represent a comprehensive list of all religions, nor does it represent the HMSOM and HMH Holiday Calendar.

April 2025

DATE DAY HOLIDAY OBSERVED BY PRACTICE NOTES GREETING
4/8/25 Tue Vesak Buddhism worship    
4/10/25 Thu Fast of the First Born Judaism worship/daylight fast    
4/12/25 Sat Hanuman Jayanti Hinduism worship begins previous eve  
4/13/25-4/20/25 Sun-Sun Passover Judaism worship/significant food restrictions; first 2 & last 2 days no work begins previous eve Chag Sameach
4/13/25 Sun Palm Sunday Christianity worship    
4/13/25 Sun Palm Sunday Eastern Orthodoxy worship/food restrictions    
4/13/25 Sun Vaisakhi/Solar New Year Hinduism/Sikhism worship Hindu New Year  
4/17/25 Thu Holy Thursday Christianity worship    
4/18/25 Fri Good Friday Christianity worship/food restrictions    
4/18/25 Fri Great Friday Eastern Orthodoxy worship/food    
4/19/25 Sat Holy Saturday Christianity worship    
4/20/25 Sun Easter Christianity worship    
4/20/25 Sun Easter Eastern Orthodoxy worship    
4/20/25-5/1/25 Sun-Tue Riḍván Bahá’í Faith worship/work work restrictions on 1st, 9th & 12th days; begins previous eve  
4/24/25 Thu Yom HaShoah Judaism worship/mourning Holocaust Memorial Day; begins previous eve  

This list of religious holidays is compiled as a resource for our community to review as they plan events and meetings. It does not represent a comprehensive list of all religions, nor does it represent the HMSOM and HMH Holiday Calendar.

May 2025

DATE DAY HOLIDAY OBSERVED BY PRACTICE NOTES GREETING
5/1/25 Thu Beltane Paganism worship    
5/1/25 Thu Ascension Day Christianity worship    
5/8/25 Thu Pentecost Christianity worship    
5/23/25 Fri Declaration of the Báb Bahá’í faith worship/no work begins previous eve; celebrated 2 hrs after sunset; work restriction  
5/26/25 - 6/4/25 Mon-Wed First 10 Days of Dhu'l Hajj Islam n/a begins previous eve  
5/28/25 Wed Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh Bahá’í faith worship/no work begins previous eve; observed 3am; work restriction  
5/29/25 Thu Ascension of the Lord Eastern Orthodoxy worship    

This list of religious holidays is compiled as a resource for our community to review as they plan events and meetings. It does not represent a comprehensive list of all religions, nor does it represent the HMSOM and HMH Holiday Calendar.

June 2025

DATE DAY HOLIDAY OBSERVED BY PRACTICE NOTES GREETING
6/5/25 Thu Eid al-Adha Islam worship/work APPROXIMATE DATE (moon dependent); begins previous eve Eid Mubarak
6/12/25-6/13/25 Thur-Fri Shavuot Judaism worship/no work begins previous eve Chag Sameach
6/20/25 Thu Litha Paganism worship Summer Solstice  
6/23/25 Sun Pentecost Eastern Orthodoxy worship    
6/26/25 Thu Ashura Islam      

This list of religious holidays is compiled as a resource for our community to review as they plan events and meetings. It does not represent a comprehensive list of all religions, nor does it represent the HMSOM and HMH Holiday Calendar.

July 2025

DATE DAY HOLIDAY OBSERVED BY PRACTICE NOTES GREETING
7/9/25 Tue Martyrdom of the Báb Bahá’í faith worship/work begins previous eve; observed 12n; work restriction  

This list of religious holidays is compiled as a resource for our community to review as they plan events and meetings. It does not represent a comprehensive list of all religions, nor does it represent the HMSOM and HMH Holiday Calendar.

August 2025

DATE DAY HOLIDAY OBSERVED BY PRACTICE NOTES GREETING
8/1/25 Fri Lammas/Lughnasadh Paganism worship    
8/3/25 Sun Tisha B'Av Judaism worship/food begins previous eve; 25 hr fast  
8/15/25 Fri Krishna Janmashtami Hinduism worship

begins previous eve

 
8/26/25 Tue Ganesh Chaturthi Hinduism worship

begins previous eve

 

This list of religious holidays is compiled as a resource for our community to review as they plan events and meetings. It does not represent a comprehensive list of all religions, nor does it represent the HMSOM and HMH Holiday Calendar.

September 2025

DATE DAY HOLIDAY OBSERVED BY PRACTICE NOTES GREETING
9/5/25 Fri Birth of Muhammad, Mawlid-an-Nab Islam worship/celebration

begins previous eve; approximate date (moon dependent)

 
9/22/25 Mon Mabon Paganism worship Fall Equinox  
9/22/25-10/1/25 Mon-Wed Navratri Hinduism worship/partial fast with significant food restrictions

begins previous eve

 
9/23/25-9/24/25 Tue-Wed Rosh Hashanah Judaism worship/no work begins previous eve

Happy New Year

This list of religious holidays is compiled as a resource for our community to review as they plan events and meetings. It does not represent a comprehensive list of all religions, nor does it represent the HMSOM and HMH Holiday Calendar.

October 2025

DATE DAY HOLIDAY OBSERVED BY PRACTICE NOTES GREETING
10/1/25 Wed Navratri Hinduism worship/partial fast with significant food restrictions

begins previous eve

 
10/2/25 Thu Yom Kippur Judaism worship/no work/25-hr fast

begins previous eve

 
10/2/25 Thu Dussehra Hinduism worship    

10/7/25-10/13/25

Tue-Mon Sukkot Judaism worship/no work for 1st 2 days

begins previous eve

 
10/14/25 Tue Shemini Atzeret Judaism worship/no work

begins previous eve

 
10/15/25 Wed Simchat Torah Judaism worship/no work

begins previous eve

 
10/20/25 Mon Diwali Hinduism/Jainism/Sikhism worship/celebration begins previous eve Shubh Diwali
10/22/25 Wed Birth of the Báb Bahá’í faith worship

begins previous eve

 
10/23/25 Thu Birth of Bahá’u’lláh Bahá’í faith worship

begins previous eve

 

This list of religious holidays is compiled as a resource for our community to review as they plan events and meetings. It does not represent a comprehensive list of all religions, nor does it represent the HMSOM and HMH Holiday Calendar.

November 2025

DATE DAY HOLIDAY OBSERVED BY PRACTICE NOTES GREETING
11/1/25 Sun Samhain Paganism worship

begins previous eve

 
11/1/25 Sun All Saints’ Day Christianity worship    
11/2/25 Mon All Souls' Day Christianity worship    
11/5/25 Wed Guru Nanak Jayanti Sikhism worship

begins previous eve

 
11/25/25 Tue Day of the Covenant Bahá’í faith worship

begins previous eve

 
11/27/26 Thu Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá’í faith worship

observed at 1 AM

 
11/30/25 Sun First Sunday of Advent Christianity worship    
11/30/25 Sun Gita Jayanti Hinduism worship/text study    

This list of religious holidays is compiled as a resource for our community to review as they plan events and meetings. It does not represent a comprehensive list of all religions, nor does it represent the HMSOM and HMH Holiday Calendar.

December 2025

DATE DAY HOLIDAY OBSERVED BY PRACTICE NOTES GREETING
12/8/25 Sun Feast of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholicism worship    
12/12/25 Fri Our Lady of Guadalupe Roman Catholicism worship    

12/15/25-12/22/25

Mon-Mon Chanukah Judaism worship begins previous eve  
12/21/25 Sun Yule Paganism worship    
12/23/25 Tue Joseph Smith’s Birthday Mormonism worship    
12/25/25 Thu Christmas Christianity worship