Quick Facts and Stats Summary: Winter Solstice Festival commemorating the deaths of forty Sikh Martyrs 2020 Date: 15th January Celebrated by: Sikhs Linked Holidays: Lohri, Winter Solstice Background and Theological Significance Maghi has its origins in the wars fought between the Sikh community, the Khalsa, and the Mughal Empire in the 1600s and 1700s. It […]
Quick Facts Summary: a Baha’i commemoration of the execution of the Báb 2019 Date: 9th July Celebrated by: Baha’i Faith, Bábism Linked Holidays: Birth of the Báb, Declaration of the Báb (Baha’i Faith) Background and Theological Significance The Martyrdom of the Báb is the annual commemoration in the Baha’i Faith of the execution of the […]
Quick Facts Summary: a Jewish fast day that commemorates the destruction of the Jerusalem Temples 2018 Date: 21st – 22nd July (sunset to sunset) Celebrated by: Jews, the State of Israel Linked Holidays: The Three Weeks and the Nine Days Background and Theological Significance Tisha B’Av (in Hebrew, תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב) literally […]
