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浩博体育app provides this list of holidays to help faculty, staff and students better understand the diversity of observances by students. Please note that individual practices may vary.
Use the list for planning co-curricular activities, being mindful of observances or learning more about the rich religious and cultural diversity that exists at Susquehanna.
If a student anticipates a religious/spiritual observance may conflict with academic obligations such as attending class, taking examinations or submitting assignments, work directly with your professor to make reasonable arrangements. Should you require additional support or guidance, or you would like to recommend additions or corrections to the calendar, 伸出手去 灵性中心 & 意义.
The list below displays upcoming holidays through the end of the academic year. It is refreshed at the start of each fall semester.
Celebrates the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. Orthodox Christian holidays are celebrated about two weeks later than Roman Catholic and Protestant holidays because of their use of the Julian calendar as opposed to the Gregorian calendar in the West.
学生s may have to travel home to celebrate with family.
Celebrated in East and Southeast Asia, marking the beginning of the new year based on the lunisolar calendar.
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Some students travel home to celebrate with family.
A special day of 悔改 observed by Protestant and Roman Catholic Christians to mark the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period (excluding Sundays) of prayer, 悔改, 复活节前的自我克制. The name derives from the practice of marking of the faithful with ashes to signify penitence.
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Some students don ashes on their forehead.
The Holy Month of 斋月 is 斋戒月 during which Muslims who are physically able do not eat or drink from the first sign of dawn until sunset in honor of the first revelations to the Prophet Muhammad. The evening meal is celebrated with family. Begins at sundown on March 10 and ends at sundown on April 9.
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It is traditional to fast from sunrise to sunset. Sensitivity to the needs of fasting students is appropriate.
巫术崇拜/异教, 春分或春分, celebrating the equivalence of light and dark and the arrival of Spring.
Celebrates Jewish tenacity and survival through the reading of the Book of Esther. This political farce uses a story about Jews in ancient Persia using subterfuge and faith to overturn a plot to destroy them. 普珥节是一个欢乐的节日, 通过穿戏服来庆祝, 给朋友送礼物, 施舍给穷人, 和社交. Begins at sundown on March 23 and ends at sundown on March 24.
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学生s may have religious obligations the first evening and morning.
A joyous spring Hindu festival that is dedicated to Krishna in some parts of India; in other parts of India, 它是献给卡摩的, 快乐之神. People throw colored water or colored powder in celebration.
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学生s may have to travel home to celebrate with family.
Christian commemoration of the institution of the Lord’s Supper/the Eucharist by Jesus prior to his arrest and execution. “Maundy” is derived from the Latin text of John 13:34, in which Jesus gives a mandatum novum (“new commandment”).
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Christian commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ, i.e.他被钉死在十字架上.
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Some students attend religious services during the day.
Celebrates the resurrection from death of Jesus Christ. It is the oldest and most important festival in the Christian year and initiates the 50-day period culminating in Pentecost.
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Also known as the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast. One of the two main Islamic festivals (the other is Eid al-Adha), this day celebrates the end of 斋月, 斋戒月. It comes on the first day of the next lunar month, Shawal. Begins at sundown on April 9 and ends at sundown on April 10.
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Some students travel home to celebrate with family.
Baisakhi, 也拼作Vaisakhi, one of the most important festivals for the Sikh religion, is an ancient spring harvest festival. Sikhs mark the occasion by going to Gurdwara, 锡克教的礼拜场所, 对于一个服务, 包括唱歌, bhangra dancing and Sikh martial arts called gatka.
Some students travel home to celebrate with family.
逾越节 commemorates the deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. It is celebrated for eight days with special prayers and symbolic foods at home, 从逾越节家宴开始, a ritual meal that re-enacts that ancient deliverance and emphasizes the freedom of the Jews under the guidance of God. Begins at sundown on April 22 and ends at sundown on April 30.
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学生s may have religious obligations the first evening and the first two days and the last two days.
Memorializes the six million Jews who died as victims of the Nazis during World War II and emphasizes respect for human dignity. Its observance is not limited to Jews. Begins at sundown on May 4 and ends at sundown on 5月5日.
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Celebrates the resurrection from death of Jesus Christ. It is the oldest and most important festival in the Christian year and initiates the 50-day period culminating in Pentecost. Orthodox Christian holidays are celebrated about two weeks later than Roman Catholic and Protestant holidays because of their use of the Julian calendar as opposed to the Gregorian calendar in the West.
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