UCME :: Clergy Education
  Search
Multicultural Calendar

January
January 1
New Year's Day, Haitian Independence Day
January 1-7
Prayer Week in Tongan-American churches
January 6
"El Dia de los Reyes" - the Day of the Kings in some Hispanic-American cultures
January 19
Martin Luther King Day

February
February is Black History Month
Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year for the Korean-American, Formosan-American, and Vietnamese-American communities
February 14
Valentine's Day in the Euro-American community
February 19
Day of Remembrance within the Japanese community that recalls the day Japanese-Americans were sent to concentration camps.

March
March 1
Independence Uprising Movement in the Korean-American community
March 3
Girl's Day or Doll Day in Japanese-American churches
March 6
Ghana's Independence Day
March 07, 2004 (14th of Adar, 5764)
Purim

April
April 06, 2004 (15th of Nisan, 5764)
Passover (Pesach)
Second Sunday after Easter
Native American Awareness Sunday
April 13th or 14th
Cambodian and Lao New Year

May
May, first Sunday
Children's Day in Tongan-American churches
May 5
Children's Day in Japanese-American churches
May, second Sunday
Mother's Day in Euro-American community
May 19
Malcolm X Day in the African-American community
May 26, 2004 (6th of Sivan, 5764)
Pentecost (Shavuot)
May, last Monday
Memorial Day (a day to honor those who died in war) in the Euro-American community
May, last Sunday
Day of Remembrance in the Liberian-American community for those who died in the Liberian Civil War

June
June 12
Philippines' Independence Day
June, third Sunday
Children's Day in Liberian-American churches; Father's Day in the Euro-American community
June 19
Juneteenth. Freedom from slavery for African-Americans

July
July 4
Independence Day for the United States of America
July 26
Liberia's Independence Day

August
August 14
Pakistan's Independence Day
August 15
India's Independence Day; Liberia's Independence Day
August, end of Month
during a full moon Autumn Festival for children in the Vietnamese-American community

September
September, first Monday
Labor Day in the Euro-American community
September, second Sunday
Women's Day in Tongan-American churches
September 16, 2004 (1st of Tishrei, 5765)
Trumpets (Rosh Hashana)
September 25, 2004 (10th of Tishrei, 5765)
Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
September 30, 2004 (15th of Tishrei, 5765)
Tabernacles (Sukkot)

October
Children's sabbath in some African-American churches
October, second Sunday
White Sunday in Samoan-American churches where the children take full responsibility for the service dressed in white with white flower leis on their heads
October 10
Fiji's Independence Day from Great Britain

November
November is National American Indian Heritage Month
November, third Sunday
a service of Thanksgiving is celebrated in Korean-American churches
November, last Thursday
American Thanksgiving; Umoja Karamu - the Unity Feast. Substituted for American Thanksgiving in some African-American churches

December
December 07, 2004 (24th of Kislev, 5765)
Hanukkah (Chanukah)
December 17-24
"Las Posadas" in some Hispanic-American churches. It is a time of Preparation for the coming of the Christ child.
December 26- January 1
Kwanzaa in the African-American community
December 31
New Year's Eve Watch Night Services are held in many churches of Various cultures