2011
This calendar
focuses on the Roanoke Valley, Virginia area. Click here for a calendar
of world religion sacred times.
January
1st New Years Day
6th Epiphany, Feast of the Theophany (Orthodox)
12th Creation
Care Conference Planning meeting, 3 pm, Our Lady Of Nazareth Catholic
Church
Monday 17th Martin Luther King Day
18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
28th - 30st 92nd Annual Council of the Episcopal Diocese of
Southwestern Virginia, Hotel Roanoke
February
2nd Candlemas
3rd Chinese New Year (Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist)
14th St Valentine's Day
23rd Creation
Care Conference meeting, 3 pm, Our Lady Of Nazareth
March
7th Clean Monday - Great Lent begins (Orthodox)
9th Ash Wednesday -
Lent begins
13th Orthodox Sunday
20th Equinox - Purim (Jewish)
22nd World Water Day
25th Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
26th Annual Clean Valley Day
April
2nd Faith, Hope, Love + Deeds: Interfaith Proaction for Care of Creation
Conference, Our Lady of Nazareth Church
7th Palm Sunday
19-26 Pesach (Passover - Jewish)
22nd Good Friday, Earth
Day
24th Easter / Paska
29th Arbor Day
May
1st May Day, International Labor Day
5th Cinco De Mayo
8th Mother's Day
17th Buddha Day (Visakha Puja - Buddhist)
21st Local
Colors - 11 am to 6 pm, Elmwood Park, Downtown Roanoke
June
ECLA Virginia Synod Assembly, Roanoke College
5th World Environment Day
12th Pentecost
19th Father's Day, Juneteenth
21st Solstice
July
15th Asalha Puja Day (Buddhist)
August
1st Ramadan begins (Islam), Lammas
22nd Krisha Janmashtami (Hindu)
31st Eid al Fitr (Islam)
September
21st International Day of Peace
23rd Native American Day
28th Navaratri (Hindu)
29-30 Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
29th Feast of St. Michael and All Angels
October
4th Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
8th Yom Kippur (Jewish)
13-19 Sukkot (Jewish)
19th
(tentative) Latino Festival, Elmwood Park, Roanoke
26th Diwali (Jain - Hindu - Sikh)
30th Reformation Day (Protestant)
31st Hallween
November
1st All Saints Day
6th Eid al Adha (Islam)
24th Thanksgiving Day
December
6th St. Nicholas Day
21st Hanukkah begins
25th Feast of the Nativity, Christmas
28th Holy Innocents
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