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Holy days, pilgrimages and observances of every faith. 175 on Mela so far, in date order: what is on or coming next first.

February 2027 1

Spiritual 10Feb Ash Wednesday๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada and 13 more countries

March 2027 14

Spiritual 9Mar Eid al-Fitr๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan and 35 more countries Spiritual 15Mar Hลnen Matsuri๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Komaki, Japan Spiritual 17Mar Saint Patrick's Day๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina and 22 more countries Spiritual 20Mar Lazarus Saturday๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia and 6 more countries Spiritual 21Mar Palm Sunday๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia and 27 more countries Spiritual 21Mar Holy Week๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil and 20 more countries Spiritual 21Mar Holy Week in Seville๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Seville, Spain Spiritual 24Mar Holy Wednesday๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic and 4 more countries Spiritual 25Mar Maundy Thursday๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina and 29 more countries Spiritual 25Mar Feast of the Annunciation๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France and 5 more countries Spiritual 26Mar Good Friday๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina and 42 more countries Spiritual 27Mar Holy Saturday๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia and 12 more countries Spiritual 28Mar Easter๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia and 25 more countries Spiritual 29Mar Easter Monday๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia and 36 more countries

April 2027 9

Spiritual 4Apr Second Sunday of Easter๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile and 1 more country Spiritual 8Apr Rosh Hashanah๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany and 4 more countries Spiritual 17Apr Yom Kippur๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel Spiritual 22Apr Passover๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad and 7 more countries Spiritual 22Apr Passover Seder๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad and 4 more countries Spiritual 23Apr Saint George's Day๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania and 22 more countries Spiritual 23Apr Store bededag๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland Spiritual 28Apr Mimouna๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria and 5 more countries Spiritual 30Apr Walpurgis Night๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic and 7 more countries

May 2027 13

Spiritual 6May Feast of the Ascension๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia and 12 more countries Spiritual 6May Feast of the Ascension๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia and 1 more country Spiritual 11May Radonitsa๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus and 5 more countries Spiritual 14May Hajj๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia and 13 more countries Spiritual 15May Day of Arafah๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Mecca, Saudi Arabia Spiritual 16May Eid al-Adha๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria and 14 more countries Spiritual 16May Pentecost๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra and 30 more countries Spiritual 16May Trinity Sunday๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada and 2 more countries Spiritual 16May Whitsun๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil and 3 more countries Spiritual 17May Whit Monday๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra and 29 more countries Spiritual 21May Sanja Matsuri๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Tokyo, Japan Spiritual 24May Eid al-Ghadir๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan and 15 more countries Spiritual 27May Feast of Corpus Christi๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina and 34 more countries

June 2027 6

Spiritual 13Jun Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania and 16 more countries Spiritual 14Jun Tasu'a๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran and 3 more countries Spiritual 15Jun Ashura๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan and 10 more countries Spiritual 23Jun St John's Eve๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France and 25 more countries Spiritual 28Jun Vidovdan๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo and 1 more country Spiritual 29Jun Feast of Saints Peter and Paul๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada and 8 more countries

July 2027 5

Spiritual 1Jul Gion Festival๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Kyoto, Japan Spiritual 1Jul Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Fukuoka, Japan Spiritual 23Jul Neptunalia๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Rome, Italy and 1 more country Spiritual 23Jul Tobata Gion Yamagasa Festival๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Tobata-ku, Japan Spiritual 24Jul Arba'een๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Karbala, Iran and 2 more countries
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