Christian Festival Calendar

Christian Festival Calendar 2024: Christians Religious Holidays

Christian Festival Calendar 2024: India, the land of vibrant culture and ethnicity, is known for the celebration of a number of colorful festivals in myriad ways. In this secular nation, people following different religions coexist in harmony. All the important festivals of the religions are celebrated with equal pomp and gaiety. Although Hindus predominate the total population of the country, a considerable proportion of people are following Christianity. They celebrate Christian festivals including Christmas, Easter and Good Friday with great enthusiasm and fanfare. Friends and acquaintance following religions other than Christianity also eagerly take part in the celebrations of the Christian festivals, which speaks volumes of the unity in diversity in India.

Some places of India are well known for their celebrations of Christian festivals. The celebration of Christian festivals in Goa, an erstwhile Portuguese colony, is worth special mention. Some of the oldest and most beautiful Indian churches are in Goa. Apart from the regular Christian festivals, these churches observe auspicious days in the Christian calendar by feasting, prayers and processions. While Goa is predominant, when it comes to Christian festivals, other states are also equally enthusiastic about celebrating the occasions. In many parts of the country, streets are filled with carolers and other entertainers, during the festive season.

Christmas is the prominent Christian festival, celebrated with great fanfare all over India. Apart from the Christians, people belonging to other religions also take part in the celebrations of the festival, which is its specialty. Easter and Good Friday are observed with utmost religious fervor. They also hold a prominent position among the calendar of events in India. Holiday is declared in schools and other educational institutions, for both the festivals.

Christian Festival Calendar 2024: Printable

Christian Holidays 2024: Christianity is a big religion, followed by many people in different parts of the world. India is a country with people of different religions, from Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, to Sikhism and Christianity. Every religion has its set of festivals and holidays and this blog will tell you about the major festivals and Christian Holidays 2023. We will discuss the significance and the dates of each and every Christian festival and holidays this year.

Christian Festival Calendar 2024
DAY DATE HOLIDAY
Saturday Jan 06, 2024 Epiphany
Sunday Jan 07, 2024 The Baptism of Jesus
Friday Feb 02, 2024 Candlemas
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024 St. Valentine’s Day
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024 Ash Wednesday
Sunday Mar 17, 2024 St. Patrick’s Day
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024 St. Joseph’s Day
Sunday Mar 24, 2024 Palm Sunday
Thursday Mar 28, 2024 Maundy (Holy) Thursday
Friday Mar 29, 2024 Good Friday
Sunday Mar 31, 2024 Easter
Monday Apr 01, 2024 Easter Monday
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024 St. George’s Day
Thursday May 09, 2024 Ascension of Jesus
Sunday May 19, 2024 Pentecost
Sunday May 26, 2024 Trinity Sunday
Thursday May 30, 2024 Corpus Christi
Saturday Jun 29, 2024 Saints Peter and Paul
Monday Jul 15, 2024 Saint Vladimir
Thursday Jul 25, 2024 St. James the Great Day
Thursday Aug 01, 2024 Lammas
Thursday Aug 15, 2024 The Assumption of Mary
Saturday Sep 14, 2024 Holy Cross Day
Sunday Sep 29, 2024 Michael and All Angels
Thursday Oct 31, 2024 All Hallows Eve
Friday Nov 01, 2024 All Saints’ Day
Saturday Nov 02, 2024 All Souls’ Day
Sunday Nov 24, 2024 Christ the King
Thursday Nov 28, 2024 Thanksgiving (USA)
Saturday Nov 30, 2024 St. Andrew’s Day
Sunday Dec 01, 2024 Advent – first Sunday
Friday Dec 06, 2024 St. Nicholas Day
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024 Christmas Eve
Wednesday Dec 25, 2024 Christmas
Saturday Dec 28, 2024 Holy Innocents
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024 Watch Night

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