Religious Holidays and Festivals

House Bill 353 of the 134th General Assembly directed the Ohio Department of Higher education (ODHE) to develop a non-exhaustive list of major religious holidays and festivals. As required by the statute, the list of major religious holidays and festivals below is non-exhaustive and is not intended to purposefully exclude any religious holidays or festivals.

Non-exhaustive List of Religious Holidays/Holy Days

• Baha’i 
  ‘Ala’
  Naw-Ruz 
  Ridvan 
  Declaration of the Bab 
  Ascension of Baha’u’llah 
  Martyrdom of the Bab 
  Birth of the Bab 
  Birth of Baha’u’llah 
  Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Baha
• Buddhism 
  Bodhi Day 
  Lunar New Year 
  Magha Puja Day 
  Vesak/Buddha Day/Visakha Puja 
  Diwali
• Christianity 
  Feast of Mary Mother of God
  Christmas - Eastern Orthodox
  Epiphany 
  Ash Wednesday 
  Lent 
  Orthodox Lent 
  Feast of the Annunciation 
  Palm Sunday 
  Holy Thursday 
  Good Friday 
  Easter 
  Pascha/Easter (Eastern Orthodox)
  Feast of the Ascension 
  Pentecost 
  Trinity Sunday 
  Corpus Christi Sunday 
  Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
  Nativity of St. John the Baptist 
  Feast of Saints Peter and Paul 
  Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola 
  Feast of the Assumption of Mary 
  All Saints Day 
  All Souls Day 
  Dia de los Muertos 
  Feast of Christ the King 
  Advent Season 
  Feast of St. Francis Xavier 
  Feast of the Immaculate Conception
  Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
  Christmas
• Hinduism 
  Maha Shivaratri 
  Shri Ramakrishna Jayanti 
  Holi 
  Rama Navami 
  Raksha Bandhan 
  Krishna Janmashtami 
  Navaratri 
  Diwali
• Islam
  Sabe-Miraj or Lailatul Me’raj 
  Sabe Barat 
  Ramadan 
  Lailatul Qadr 
  Eid al-Fitr 
  Day of Arafah/Day of Hajj/Waqf of Arafah 
  Eid al-Adha 
  Islamic New Year 
  Ashura 
  Mawlid al-Nabi
• Judaism
  Tu BiShvat 
  Purim 
  Yom HaShoah 
  Lag B’Omer 
  Pesach (Passover) 
  Yom Ha’Azmaut 
  Shavuot 
  Tisha B’Av 
  Rosh Hashanah 
  Yom Kippur 
  Sukkot 
  Shemini 
  Simchat Torah 
  Hanukkah
• Shinto 
  Gantan-sai 
  Setsubun-sai
• Sikh 
  Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib
  Vaisakhi 
  Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
  Diwali 
  Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib
  Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib
• Other
  Kwanzaa 
  Lunar New Year