Farvardin · Fravashi 1391

March 20 – April 19, 2012

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12 31 13 1 Apr Holiday14 2 15 3 16 4 17 5 18 6
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Events this month

  • Newroz fires (Kurdish Newroz Eve) · 1 Farvardin · Fravashi

    Kurdish · Ancient festival

    On the evening of 20 March Kurds light the Newroz bonfires, as the legend says Kawa the blacksmith did after overthrowing the tyrant Zahhak.

  • Nowruz · 1–4 Farvardin · Fravashi

    Iranian · Persian holiday

    The Persian New Year, beginning at the March equinox. Inscribed by UNESCO in 2009.

  • Khordad Sal, Birth of Zarathustra · Zadruz-e Zartosht · 6 Farvardin · Fravashi

    Zoroastrian · Cultural

    Zoroastrians celebrate the birth of Zarathustra on Khordad day of the month Farvardin.

  • Nature Day · Sizdah Bedar · 13 Farvardin · Fravashi

    Iranian · Persian holiday

    The thirteenth day of the new year, spent outdoors with family and friends.

  • Annunciation, and Motherhood and Beauty Day · Avetum · 19 Farvardin · Fravashi

    Armenian · Cultural

    The Armenian Annunciation, nine months before 6 January, and Armenia's Mother's Day.

  • Annunciation (Orthodox) · 19 Farvardin · Fravashi

    Christian · Cultural

    Gabriel's announcement to Mary, on 25 March of the Julian calendar; one of the Twelve Great Feasts.

  • Passover · 19–26 Farvardin · Fravashi

    Jewish · Cultural

    The Exodus from Egypt, eight days from 15 Nisan. Begins at sunset the evening before.

  • Easter · Eyd-e Pak · 20 Farvardin · Fravashi

    Christian · Cultural

    The resurrection of Christ. Iran's Armenian Church uses the Gregorian calendar since 1923, so it keeps Easter with the Western churches.

  • Palm Sunday (Entry into Jerusalem) · 20 Farvardin · Fravashi

    Christian · Cultural

    Christ's entry into Jerusalem, the Sunday before Orthodox Easter and one of the Twelve Great Feasts.

  • Great and Holy Friday · 25 Farvardin · Fravashi

    Christian · Cultural

    The Passion of Christ, two days before Orthodox Easter; a public holiday in Greece, Romania, Serbia and Georgia.

  • Anfal Genocide Remembrance Day · 26 Farvardin · Fravashi

    Kurdish · Historical

    The Kurdistan Region's day of remembrance, since 2007, for the Kurds killed in Saddam Hussein's Anfal campaign of 1988.

  • Orthodox Easter (Pascha) · Pascha · 27 Farvardin · Fravashi

    Christian · Cultural

    The Resurrection of Christ, the greatest of the Orthodox holy days, dated on the Julian calendar.

  • Yezidi New Year (Red Wednesday) · Çarşema Sor · 30 Farvardin · Fravashi

    Yezidi · Cultural

    The Yezidi religious New Year, on the first Wednesday of April in the Julian calendar, which is the first Wednesday on or after 14 April.

  • Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) · 31 Farvardin · Fravashi

    Jewish · Historical

    Israel's day of remembrance for the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.

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