Today@Dal

See below for a sample of dates to observe, reflect, and celebrate or view the full Multifaith calendar, available on our website: http://multifaithcalendar.org/cal/dologin.php?id=469
Monday, April 10
Holy Week begins (EASTERN / OLD / ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY)
(For those Christians who follow the Julian calendar.) Holy Week begins in the Eastern Churches the day after Palm Sunday and ends on Holy Friday (April 10 - 14).

Tuesday, April 11
Hanuman Jayanti
Celebrates the the birth of the god Hanuman, a loyal devotee to Lord Rama. Celebrants mark Hanuman’s birth by reciting the sacred text, Hanuman Chalisa, performing special pujas (prayer rituals), processing through the streets and adorning costumes to imitate the deity.

First Day of Pesaḥ (Until April 17 for Reform Jews; Until April 18 for Orthodox and Conservative Jews)
Pesaḥ commemorates the departure of the Israelites from Egypt. It is the first of the three major festivals with both historical and agricultural significance (the other two are Shavuot and Sukkot). The evenings of the first and second days begin with Seders (festive meals and the telling of the Passover story).
In Israel and among Reform Jews, Pesaḥ is celebrated for seven days: eve + the first day + the seventh (last) day are non-working. For Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel, Pesaḥ is celebrated for eight days: eve + first and second days + seventh (second last) and eighth (last) days are non-working.

Theravāda New Year
New Year festival for Theravāda Buddhists (primarily located in Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Laos), celebrated for three days from the first full moon day in April.

Thursday, April 13
Saka New Year
Observed over two days, the Saka calendar’s New Year’s Day is a religious and cultural celebration for Sinhalese, Indians, Burmese, Kampucheans, Laotians and Thais. (Theravāda)

Holy Thursday
(For those Christians who follow the Julian calendar.) Celebrates the institution of the Lord’s Supper by Jesus.

Friday, April 14
Holy (Good) Friday
Commemorates the Passion of Jesus Christ, i.e., his submission to death by crucifixion.

Vaisakhi
Vaisakhi is important for Sikhs because on this day in 1699, Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth Guru, removed the clerical system from Sikhism. Thus he reaffirmed the direct connnection between Sikhs and the Divine. Guru Gobind Singh Ji also created the Khalsa Panth, the Fellowship of the Pure.

Sunday, April 16
Easter
Celebrates the resurrection of Jesus. It initiates the fifty-day period culminating in Pentecost.

Pascha
(Easter for those Christians who follow the Julian calendar.) Celebrates the resurrection of Jesus. It initiates the fifty-day period culminating in Pentecost.