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  • Good Friday (Christian)

    Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. For many it is a day of fasting and religious services. (Wikipedia)

  • Easter Sunday (Christian)

    Easter Sunday is a Christian festival commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. It brings an end to Holy Week which began with Palm Sunday. The western and eastern churches celebrate Easter on different days. (Wikipedia)

  • Laylat al Qadr (Islam)

    Laylat al Qadr or Night of Power is commemorated as the night the Quran was first sent down from heaven to the world and also the night when the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. (Wikipedia)

  • Ugadi / Gudi Padwa (Hindu)

    This day, which goes by different names depending on the region of India is the Hindu New Year. The day is celebrated with colourful floor and mango leaf decorations, and, of course, festive foods. (Wikipedia Ugadi Gudi Padwa)

  • Eid al-Fitr (Islam)

    Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting. The day is commemorated with prayers and festive meals. (Wikipedia)

  • Vaisakhi (Sikh/Hindu)

    Vaisakhi a spring harvest celebration primarily in Punjab and Northern India. For Sikhs Vaisakhi as a major festival marking the birth of the Khalsa order by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of Sikhism. (Wikipedia)

  • Rama Navami

    Rama Navami is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Rama, one the most popularly revered deities in Hinduism, also known as the seventh avatar of Vishnu. (Wikipedia)

  • Passover begins (Jewish)

    Passover is a major Jewish holiday commemorating the story of the Israelite's escape from slavery in Egypt. It specifically refers to God passing over the houses of the Israelites and killing the firstborn sons of the Egyptians. (Wikipedia)

  • Yom Hashoah (Jewish)

    Yom Hashoah is the Holocaust Remembrance Day. A day to commemorate the approximately six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, and for the Jewish resistance. (Wikipedia)