Religious & Spiritual Life Calendar

Spiritual, Religious, and Cultural
Observances & Holidays 2025-2026

Shabbat - Jewish
Weekly/Friday Sunset-Saturday Sunset

Buddhist Sitting Group - Buddhist
Weekly/Sunday Morning & Thursday Night

Chapel Service - Christian
1^st Sunday of the month at 4:00 p.m.

Sunday Unplugged - Secular
2^nd Sunday of the month at 4:00 p.m.

The Nudge (Interfaith Dialogue Group) - Multi-faith
2^nd and 4^th Thursday of the month

Water Communion - Unitarian Universalism
 September 7

Rosh Hashanah - Jewish
September 11-13

Laurentian Weekend 
     Stained Glass Window Tour - Multi-faith
     September 19
     Jewish Bagel Brunch - Jewish
     September 20

Yom Kippur - Jewish
October 1-2

Blessing of the Animals - Multi-faith
October 4 - Observing October 8

Sukkot - Jewish      
October 6-13

Indigenous Peoples' Day - Indigenous
October 13

Diwali/Festival of Lights - Hindu
October 20

Birth of the Báb & Bahá’u’lláh - Bahá’í
October 22

All Saint’s Day - Christian
November 1

Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead - Meso-American/Indigenous
November 1-2 

All Soul’s Day - Christian 
November 2

Day of the Covenant - Bahá’í
November 24-25

Candlelight Service - Christian
December 10

Hanukkah - Jewish
December 14-22

Winter Solstice - Earth-Based/Pagan
December 21

Christmas - Christian 
December 25

Kwanzaa - Secular
December 26-January 1

Epiphany - Christian
January 6

Eastern Orthodox Christmas - Orthodox Christian
January 7

Martin Luther King Celebration - Multi-faith
January 19

Tu B’Shevat - Jewish
February 1-2

Chinese New Year - Buddhist/Confucian/Taoist
February 17

Ramadan - Muslim
February 17-March 18

Ash Wednesday - Christian
February 18

Lenten Bible Study - Christian
February 18-April 1

Eastern Orthodox Beginning of Lent - Orthodox Christian
February 23

Purim - Jewish
March 2-3

Alá (Loftiness) The Month of Fasting - Bahá’í
March 2-20

Holi/Hindu Festival of Colors - Hindu
March 4

Eid al-Fitr/End of Ramadan - Muslim
March 19-20

Naw-Rúz (Bahá’í New Year) - Bahá’í
March 21

Passover - Jewish
April 1-9

Good Friday - Christian
April 3

Easter - Christian
April 5

Eastern Orthodox Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
April 10

Eastern Orthodox Easter (Pascha) - Orthodox Christian
April 12 

Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance - Jewish
 April 13-14

Festival of Ridván (Paradise) - Bahá’í
April 20-May 2

Earth Day - Secular
April 22 

Vesak/Buddha Day - Buddhism
May 1

Baccalaureate Service - Multi-faith
May 16

Roman Catholic Graduation Mass - Christian
May 17

For more information, please email us at chapel@stlawu.edu. 

*Faculty and staff, please be mindful that many members of the St. Lawrence University community observe one or more of the spiritual/religious/cultural holidays. Some students might request accommodations according to university policy for work, exams or excused absences on the dates of their spiritual/religious observance.

**Students, we recommend that you communicate with professors and supervisors early about special accommodations needed for spiritual/religious/cultural holiday observances.