JEWISH FESTIVITIES

PASSOVER Passover (Pesach in Hebrew) is celebrated to commemorate the liberation of the Children of Israel who were led out of slavery in Egypt by Moses.

ROSH HASHANAH – JEWISH NEW YEAR Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival and commemorates the creation of the world.

YOM KIPPUR – DAY OF ATONEMENT Yom Kippur, the most sacred and solemn day of the Jewish year, brings the Days of Repentance to a close.

SUKKOT/SUKKOTH Sukkot commemorates the years that the Jews spent in the desert on their way to the Promised Land.

ISLAM FESTIVITIES

RAMADAN (RAMADHAN) Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and a time when Muslims across the world will fast (do not eat) during the hours of daylight.

EID-UL-FITR (ID-UL-FITR) Eid-ul-Fitr is the festival for the first day after Ramadan. It marks the breaking of the fast for Muslims at the end of Ramadan.

EID-UL-ADHA Eid-ul-Adha is the Festival of Sacrifice which occurs 70 days after Eid-al-Fitr. This is the second most important festival in the Muslim calendar. It is to remember the time when Abraham was going to sacrifice his own son to prove obedience to God

CHRISTIAN FESTIVITIES

CHRISTMAS Christmas is the feast where Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

EPIPHANY Epiphany is the Christian feast that celebrates the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ.

PALM SUNDAY Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

EASTER Easter is the feast celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ.