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Religious events:
 | Month of APRIL:
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| APR-01: April Fools Day. | ||||||
| APR-15: Income Tax Day for Americans. | ||||||
| APR-16: Librarian Day. | ||||||
| APR-26 & 27: Days of Interfaith Youth Service, by the Interfaith Youth Core. See: http://www.ifyc.org/events/DIYS | ||||||
| APR-22: Earth Day: Events will be held in thousands of locations from Buenos Aires to Togo to focus concern on the state of the Earth. This year's observance will concentrate on climate change. They are circulating a petition at: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/ | ||||||
| APR-23: Administrative Professionals Day. | ||||||
| APR-25: Day of Silence is being observed in many public schools and colleges. Its purpose is to focus on the level of harmful anti-homosexual behavior including such as name-calling, bullying, harassment, physical violence, etc. The 2008 event is held in memory of Lawrence King, an openly gay eighth grade boy who was shot and killed by a classmate in March. | ||||||
| APR-27: Internet Evangelism Day: Its purpose is to communicate the outreach potential of the Internet to the Christian church worldwide. | ||||||
| APR-30: Income Tax Day for Canadians. | ||||||
| MAY-01:
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| MAY-11,2008: Pluralism Sunday: The Center for Progressive
Christianity is promoting Pluralism Sunday.
http://www.beatitudessociety.org/ | ||||||
| JUN-01: Soles4Souls sponsors a National Barefoot Sunday Campaign to help some of the over 300 million children around the world who live barefoot. Churchgoers will take off their shoes, leave their shoes on the altar, and walk out of services, barefoot. Non-churchgoers, shoe companies, retailers, and other individuals are encouraged to donate new and used footwear, money and/or their time. See: http://www.soles4souls.org/ | ||||||
| JUN-03: Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate All Saints Day. It is the day to celebrate the lives of all saints of the Church: both known and unknown. Saints are Christians who have lived lives of great holiness and devoutness. | ||||||
| JUN-16: Sikhs observe the martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev and recall all who have suffered for their faith. | ||||||
| JUN-07: Roman Catholic and some Anglican Christians observe Corpus Christi (Latin for the Body of Christ). It honors the Sacrament of the Eucharist - in which Roman Catholics believe a wafer and wine offered by the priest become the actual body and blood of Christ. It is a national holiday in some Catholic countries. 1 | ||||||
| JUN-21 @ 18:06 Universal Time: The Summer Solstice is the first day of summer and is the one day in the year when the daytime is longest and the nighttime is shortest. This day is celebrated by many aboriginal, Neopagan and other religions, past and present. The observance is also known as Alban Heflin, Alben Heruin, All-couples day, Feast of Epona, Feast of St. John the Baptist, Feill-Sheathain, Gathering Day, Johannistag, Litha, Midsummer, Sonnwend, Thing-Tide, Vestalia, etc. | ||||||
| JUN-21: Native Canadians, Indians, Metis and Inuit, celebrate First Nations Day. Native communities hold feasts and celebrate. | ||||||
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Non-religious days:
"National" refers to the U.S.:
April 22: Earth Day
June 6 – Child Health Day
June 8 – Best Friend's Day
June 14 – Flag Day
June 14 – World Sea Turtle Day
June 17 – Father's Day
June 17 – World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought
June 20 – World Refugee Day
June 21 – Summer Solstice
June 26 – International Day Against Drug Abuse & Trafficking
Note:
These dates are approximate. If you need to know the precise date for planning purposes, we suggest that you confirm the date with other information sources. In particular, Jewish and Muslim observances begin at sundown on the evening prior to the date cited. The Islamic calendar is based on unaided human observation of the crescent moon following the new moon. Thus, the above dates may vary by one or two days.
References used:
The following information sources were used to prepare and update the above essay. The hyperlinks are not necessarily still active today.
- "Corpus Christi (feast), Wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi
- "When-is" at: http://www.when-is.com/
- "Long list of holidays and special days," About.com, at: http://familycrafts.about.com/
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Originally written: 2007-JUN-01
Latest update: 2008-MAR-01
Author: B.A. Robinson
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