R ELIGIOUS CALENDAR 2011 By Le Mond & Malachi
J ANUARY Pesach/ Passover Family festival celebrates the deliverance of Hebrews from Egypt. Firs fruits A week Passover festival ends with spring harvest festival.
F EBRUARY Valentines day
MARCH Pentecost/ Shavuot A harvest festival celebrated 7 weeks after Passover.
A PRIL Good Friday The Solemn memorial of Jesus Peath by crucifixion. Easter Is a time when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.
M AY Ascension day The celebration of Jesus ascension to heaven forty days after Easter.
J UNE Pentecost and Whitsun The celebration of the day when God sent his holy spirit to the Apostle ten days after Jesus ascension this marks the birth of the church.
J ULY Rosh Hashanah New year/ trumpets A time of reckoning with God.
A UGUST Nothing in August
S EPTEMBER Ramadan For the whole month,Muslims abstain from the drink during the hours of daylight
O CTOBER HALLOWEN ID AL-FIT-the festival which marks the end of Ramadan,gift are given to the poor and children.
N OVEMBER Nothing in November
D ECEMBER CHRISTMAS. FINALY SANTAS SKINNY. DHU AL-HIJJA/the month of Pilgrimage The great pilgrim age to Mecca should be made during the month.