Shahrivar · Khshathra 1396

August 23 – September 22, 2017

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Events this month

  • Avicenna Day · Ruz-e Ebn-e Sina · 1 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Iranian · Cultural

    Commemoration of Avicenna (Ibn Sina), physician and philosopher; Iran's physicians' day.

  • Dormition of the Theotokos · 6 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Christian · Cultural

    Mary's falling asleep in death, on 15 August of the Julian calendar; one of the Twelve Great Feasts, and Georgia's public holiday Mariamoba.

  • Summer bank holiday · 6 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    National · National holiday

    A bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on the last Monday of August (in Scotland, the first Monday).

  • Remembrance of the 1988 Prison Massacre · 10 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Iranian · Historical

    Thousands of political prisoners were secretly executed between late July and early September 1988. The Mothers of Khavaran named 1 September the day of public commemoration at Khavaran Cemetery, where many lie in unmarked mass graves.

  • Rais Ali Delvari Day · Salruz-e Koshteh Shodan-e Raisali Delvari · 12 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Persian Gulf · Historical

    Rais Ali Delvari, who led the men of Tangestan against the British forces occupying Bushehr in the First World War, was killed on 12 Shahrivar 1294 (3 September 1915).

  • Labor Day (US and Canada) · 13 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    National · National holiday

    A day for workers in the United States and Canada, on the first Monday of September.

  • Ullambana (Ghost Festival) · Yulanpen · 14 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Buddhist · Cultural

    Offerings for the dead on the 15th of the 7th Chinese lunar month, from the story of the Buddha's disciple Maudgalyayana (Mulian), who saved his mother from among the hungry ghosts.

  • Feast of the Cross (Assyrian) · 22 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Assyrian · Cultural

    The Church of the East's major feast of the finding of the Cross by Queen Helena, on 13 September, a day before the Western feast.

  • Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Khachverats) · Khachverats · 26 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Armenian · Cultural

    The fifth of the Armenian Church's great feasts, on the Sunday nearest 14 September; Khosrow II's army had taken the cross from Jerusalem in 614.

  • Nativity of the Theotokos (Orthodox) · 30 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Christian · Cultural

    The birth of Mary, on 8 September of the Julian calendar; the first of the Twelve Great Feasts in the church year.

  • Rosh Hashanah · 30–31 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Jewish · Cultural

    The Jewish New Year, 1–2 Tishri. Begins at sunset the evening before.

  • Iran–Iraq War Begins · Aghaz-e Jang · 31 Shahrivar · Khshathra

    Iranian · Historical

    Iraq invaded Iran (31 Shahrivar 1359; 22 September 1980), beginning an eight-year war.

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