1. R ELIGIOUS CALENDAR 2011 By Le Mond & Malachi

2. J ANUARY Pesach/ Passover Family festival celebrates the deliverance of Hebrews from Egypt. Firs fruits A week Passover festival ends with spring harvest festival.

3. F EBRUARY Valentines day

4. MARCH Pentecost/ Shavuot A harvest festival celebrated 7 weeks after Passover.

5. A PRIL Good Friday The Solemn memorial of Jesus Peath by crucifixion. Easter Is a time when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.

6. M AY Ascension day The celebration of Jesus ascension to heaven forty days after Easter.

7. 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.

8. J ULY Rosh Hashanah New year/ trumpets A time of reckoning with God.

9. A UGUST Nothing in August

10. S EPTEMBER Ramadan For the whole month,Muslims abstain from the drink during the hours of daylight

11. O CTOBER HALLOWEN ID AL-FIT-the festival which marks the end of Ramadan,gift are given to the poor and children.

12. N OVEMBER Nothing in November

13. 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.