A great range of festivals and holy days are celebrated within each of the major religious traditions. A selected list for Brookes staff and students has been drawn up by the chaplaincy.

More detailed information is available from the BBC Religion and Ethics site web site.

9 May
Buddhist

Vesakha Puja / Wesak / Buddha Day
Theravadins celebrate the birth, enlightenment under the Boddhi Tree, and final passing away of Gautama Buddha.

21 May
Christian

Ascension Day
40 days after Easter, commemorating the ascension of Jesus to heaven.

27 May
Zoroastrian

Zartusht-no-Diso
Zoroastrians commemorate the death of the Prophet Zarathustra.

29 May
Jewish

Shavuot
Celebrating the revelation of the Torah on Mount Sinai and the early harvest season in Israel.

31 May
Christian

Pentecost / Whitsun
Celebrated as the 'birthday' of the church, the day when the Holy
Spirit enabled the disciples to proclaim the gospel.

11 June
Christian

Corpus Christi
Day of thanksgiving for the Holy Communion or Mass.

16 June
Sikh

Martyrdom of Guru Arjan
Commemorating the execution of the fifth Guru.

24 June
Christian

John the Baptist
Christians remember the birth of John the Baptist, the forerunner and baptiser of Jesus

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