Humber Interfaith Calendar - Multifaith Holy Days & Festivals
August 2016
In the spirit of diversity and inclusion, we provide the following Multifaith Holy Days & Festivals realizing that it is not exhaustive. Should you wish your faith’s days to be included, please contact the Chaplain at 416.675.6622 x4427 or chaplain@humber.ca for due consideration.
01 Monday
Civic Holiday (Canada)
Most Canadian Territories and Provinces celebrate some aspect of their culture & history.
August = Datkaagmini Giizis / Wiihoon (Aboriginal)
Datkaagmini Giizis is also known as Thimbleberry Moon (Ojibwe). Wiihoon is the season of the late salmon runs (Other).
Kamal to August 19 (Baha’i)
Kamal, meaning Perfection, is the eighth month of the Baha’i year.
Lugnasad / Lammas (Wicca)
Celebrates the grain harvest, the Harvest of First Fruits, which many traditions celebrate as the funeral of Lugh, the sun God, whose strength is visibly waning by late summer.
02 Tuesday
New Moon The moon is at its least visibility.
08 Monday
Fravardeghan / Muktad to August 17 (Zoroastrianism)
Memorializes ancestors in preparation for Nowruz (New Year) observed by followers of the Shensai calendar.
14 Sunday
Tisha B’Av (Judaism)
A day of mourning and fasting for the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BCE and the Second Temple in 70 CE
15 Monday
Assumption (Christian-Catholic/Orthodox)
Celebrates the death and ascent to heaven of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
18 Thursday
Full Moon The moon is at its greatest visibility.
Now Ruz (Zoroastrianism)
Now Ruz means New Day, the Zoroastrian New Year in the Shenshai calendar, when the prophet Zarathustra (Zoroaster) received a revelation.
20 Saturday
Asma to Sep 07 (Baha’i)
Asma, meaning Names, is the ninth month of the Baha’i year.
24 Wednesday
Birth of Zarathustra (Zoroastrianism)
Denotes the birth of Zoroaster, the founder and prophet of the Persian-based faith by the Shensai calendar.
25 Thursday
Janmashtami (Hinduism)
Celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna and his survival of an early life threat.
30 Tuesday
Paryushana Parva to Sep 05 (Jainism)
The holiest period of the Year for the Shvetambara sect, celebrated for 8 days and a time of dedication to Jain ideals through fasting, worship of the Jina and public reading of the life-story of Lord Mahavira from the Kalpastura.