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Jan Register

Administrative Assistant for the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life

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Mahavir Jayanti – Jain

September 15, 2015

Festival honoring Lord Mahavira on the founder's birthday. Shrines are visited and teachings are reviewed and reflected upon.

 

Easter – Christian

September 15, 2015

Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year and includes a joyous celebration of Mass or a Service of Christ’s Resurrection.

 

New Year – Hindu

September 15, 2015

This event celebrates the dawn of a new year and new beginnings.  It is a spring festival marking the end of winter and looking forward to a time of expectation.

 

Lord's Evening Meal – Jehovah's Witness Christian

September 15, 2015

This was first observed by Jesus Christ on Jewish Passover in 33 C.E.  It is observed only once per year.  Celebrants partake of bread and wine which are symbols of Christ’s body and blood.

Good Friday – Christian

September 15, 2015

On this solemn day, Christians commemorate the passion, or suffering, and death on the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. Many Christians spend this day in fasting, prayer, repentance, and meditation on the agony and suffering of Christ on the cross.

 

Holy (Maundy) Thursday – Christian

September 15, 2015

The Thursday before Easter commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles as described in the gospels. Mass or services may include the symbolic washing of feet.

Purim – Jewish

September 15, 2015

This merry holiday celebrates a time when Jewish people in Persia were saved from destruction. It is customary to hear the reading of the Book of Esther, eat, drink, and be joyful, give gifts of food and drink and gifts to charity, and hold carnival-like celebrations. This holiday begins at sundown on March 20 and ends at sundown on March 21.

 

Holi – Hindu

September 15, 2015

This springtime festival of colors includes music, dancing, laughter and teasing.  It is a fun-filled, joyous celebration. This holiday begins at sundown on March 20 and ends at sundown on March 21.