List of articles in "Holiday" category - Page 92

Shemini Atzeret (שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶֽרֶת – Eighth [day of] Assembly; Sefardic/Israeli pron. shəmini atzèret; Ashkenazic pron. shmini-atsères) is a Jewish holiday. It is celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew […]

Father’s Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood paternal bonds and the influence of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June but […]

Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring mothers and motherhood maternal bonds and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world […]

Zamenhof Day (Zamenhofa Tago in Esperanto) also called Esperanto Day is celebrated on 15 December the birthday of Esperanto creator L. L. Zamenhof. It is the most widely celebrated day […]

Yom Kippur (Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר IPA: [ˈjom kiˈpuʁ] or יום הכיפורים) also known as Day of Atonement is the holiest day of the year for the Jewish people. Its central […]

Yule or Yuletide (Yule time) is a pagan religious festival observed by the historical Germanic peoples later being absorbed into and equated with the Christian festival of Christmas. The earliest […]

Sukkot Succot or Sukkos (Hebrew: סוכות‎ or סֻכּוֹת sukkōt or sukkos Feast of Booths Feast of Tabernacles) is a biblical Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month […]

Samhain (pronounced /ˈsɑːwɪn/ SAH-win or /ˈsaʊ.ɪn/ SOW-in) is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the darker half of the year. […]

Ramadan (Arabic: رمضان‎ Ramaḍān IPA: [rɑmɑˈdˤɑːn]; Persian: رَمَضان‎ Ramazān; Urdu: رَمْضان‎ Ramzān; Turkish: Ramazan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; Muslims worldwide observe this as a month of […]

Remembrance of the Dead (Dutch: Dodenherdenking) is held annually on May 4 in the Netherlands. It commemorates all civilians and members of the armed forces of the Kingdom of the […]