Religious Holidays (2024)
Below is a non-exhaustive list of holidays, traditional days of observances and important days of religious significance. Cuyahoga Community College shall permit a student to be absent for up to three days each academic semester to take holidays for reasons of faith, or religious or spiritual belief system, or to participate in organized religious activities. The College will not impose an academic penalty as a result of a student being absent for up to three days provided that student requests the absences in writing to their instructor(s) no later than fourteen (14) days after the first day of instruction.
For additional information on the College’s Religious Accommodations Policy and Procedure, please follow the links below:
Religious Accommodations Policy
Religious Accommodations Procedure
January 2024
January 1: Feast of Mary Mother of God
January 6: Epiphany
January 7: Christmas - Eastern Orthodox
January 17: Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib
January 18: Bodhi Day
January 24-25 – Tu BiShvat
February 2024
February 14: Ash Wednesday
March 2024
March 8: Maha Shivaratri
March 10 - April 9: Ramadan
March 15: Shri Ramakrishna Jayanti
March 19-20: Naw-Rúz
March 20-21: Nowruz
March 23-24: Purim
March 24: Palm Sunday
March 25: Feast of the Annunciation
March 28: Holy Thursday
March 29: Good Friday
March 31: Easter
April 2024
April 9-10: Eid al-Fitr
April 13: Vaisakhi
April 17: Rama Navami
April 21 – May 2: Ridván
April 22-30: Passover
April 23: Vesak
May 2024
May 5: Pascha
May 9: Feast of the Ascension
May 19: Pentecost
May 22: Declaration of the Bab
May 26: Trinity Sunday
May 27-28: Ascension of Baháúllah
June 2024
June 16: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
June 20: Litha
June 14-June 19: The Hajj
June 17: Eid al-Adha
July 2024
July 9: Martyrdom of the Bab
July 16-17: Ashura
August 2024
August 1: Lammas
August 12-13: Tisha B’Av
August 13-16: Obon
August 15: Feast of the Assumption
August 18: Ullambana
August 19: Raksha Bandhan
August 26-27: Krishna Janmashtami
August 31-September 7: Paryushan Parva
September 2024
September 6-7: Ganesh Chaturthi
September 15-16: Mawlid-al-Nabi
September 22: Mabon
October 2024
October 2-4: Rosh Hashanah
October 6-12: Navratri
October 11-12: Yom Kippur
October 12: Dussehra
October 16-23: Sukkot
October 23-25: Shemini Atzeret
October 24-25: Simchat Torah
October 31-November 1: Samhain
November 2024
November 1: All Saints Day
November 1: Diwali
November 2: All Souls Day
November 2: Birth of the Bab
November 3: Birth of Baháúllah
November 15: Gurpurab
November 24: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib
November 24: Feast of Christ the King
November 26-27: Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
December 2024
December 3: Feast of St. Francis Xavier
December 25-Jan 2: Hanukkah
December 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
December 12: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 25: Christmas
December 26-January 1: Kwanzaa
View a list of additional holidays and festivals here.