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<strong>World</strong> <strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Calendar</strong> 182<br />

February 11<br />

fixed holy days<br />

These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.<br />

Feast of Asar in Abydos:<br />

Feast of Asar in Abydos: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Feast of Asar [Osiris] in Abydos.<br />

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes:<br />

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes: French holy day. Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Bernadette<br />

Soubirious’ first vision of the Goddess in 1858. The site of Lourdes, France, was known as a place of<br />

Persephone (who corresponds to Bast) before the advent of Christianity. Sometimes conencted with the<br />

Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries.<br />

Festival Dionysos:<br />

Festival Dionysos: Greek holy day. Two week fesitival to Dionysos from February 1st through<br />

February 14.<br />

holy days 2007 and 2008<br />

These holy days are on different day each year on the solar calendar.<br />

Paitishahem:<br />

Paitishahem: Zoroastran holy day. Feast of ‘bringing in the harvest’, one of the seven obligatory<br />

feasts of Zoroastrianism and one of the six gahanbars (or gahambars). The gahanbars date back to the<br />

pre-Zoroastrian agricultural people of the Iranian Plateau and mark the changing of the agricultural<br />

seasons. The gahanbars were absorbed into Zoroastrianism as religious holy days and are celebrated<br />

with feasting and fun.<br />

In the Fasli (seaonsal) calendar, Paitishahem is celebrated from September 12 to September 16. In the<br />

Shahanshahi (or Shenshai) calendar, Paitishahem is celebrated from February 11 to February 15 during<br />

the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In the Qadimi (ancient) calendar, Paitishahem is celebrated from<br />

January 12 to January 16 during the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.<br />

Ayathrem:<br />

Ayathrem: Zoroastran holy day. ‘bringing home the herds’, one of the seven obligatory feasts of<br />

Zoroastrianism and one of the six gahanbars (or gahambars). The gahanbars date back to the<br />

pre-Zoroastrian agricultural people of the Iranian Plateau and mark the changing of the agricultural<br />

seasons. The gahanbars were absorbed into Zoroastrianism as religious holy days and are celebrated<br />

with feasting and fun.<br />

In the Fasli (seaonsal) calendar, Ayathrem is celebrated from Ocotber 12 to October 16. In the<br />

Shahanshahi (or Shenshai) calendar, Ayathrem is celebrated from March 13 to March 17 during the<br />

years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In the Qadimi (ancient) calendar, Ayathrem is celebrated from<br />

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