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Autism Acceptance Month (all month)
April is Autism Acceptance Month. Autism Acceptance Month strives to expand awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder, and increase autism acceptance in our communities!
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Palm Sunday
Today is Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday, also called Passion Sunday, in the Christian tradition, is the first day of Holy Week and the Sunday before Easter, commemorating Jesus Christ’s entry into Jerusalem.
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World Autism Awareness Day
Today is UN World Autism Awareness Day. UN World Autism Awareness Day strives to expand awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder, and increase autism acceptance in our communities!
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Passover
Today is the first day of Passover. Passover, Hebrew Pesaḥ or Pesach, in Judaism, commemorates the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites, when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt” on the eve of the Exodus. Passover is celebrated from Wednesday, April 5 to Thursday, April 13 in 2023.
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Holy Thursday
Today is Holy Thursday. Holy Thursday is the commemoration of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, when he established the sacrament of Holy Communion prior to his arrest and crucifixion.
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Passover
Today is the second day of Passover. Passover, Hebrew Pesaḥ or Pesach, in Judaism, commemorates the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites, when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt” on the eve of the Exodus. Passover is celebrated from Wednesday, April 5 to Thursday, April 13 in 2023.
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Good Friday
Today is Good Friday. Good Friday is the Friday before Easter, the day on which Christians annually observe the commemoration of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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Passover
Today is the third day of Passover. Passover, Hebrew Pesaḥ or Pesach, in Judaism, commemorates the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites, when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt” on the eve of the Exodus. Passover is celebrated from Wednesday, April 5 to Thursday, April 13 in 2023.
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Passover
Today is the fourth day of Passover. Passover, Hebrew Pesaḥ or Pesach, in Judaism, commemorates the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites, when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt” on the eve of the Exodus. Passover is celebrated from Wednesday, April 5 to Thursday, April 13 in 2023.
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Easter
Today is Easter. Easter, Latin Pascha, Greek Pascha, is the principal festival of the Christian church, which celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his Crucifixion.
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Passover
Today is the fifth day of Passover. Passover, Hebrew Pesaḥ or Pesach, in Judaism, commemorates the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites, when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt” on the eve of the Exodus. Passover is celebrated from Wednesday, April 5 to Thursday, April 13 in 2023.
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Passover
Today is the sixth day of Passover. Passover, Hebrew Pesaḥ or Pesach, in Judaism, commemorates the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites, when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt” on the eve of the Exodus. Passover is celebrated from Wednesday, April 5 to Thursday, April 13 in 2023.
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Passover
Today is the seventh day of Passover. Passover, Hebrew Pesaḥ or Pesach, in Judaism, commemorates the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites, when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt” on the eve of the Exodus. Passover is celebrated from Wednesday, April 5 to Thursday, April 13 in 2023.
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Passover
Today is the eigth day of Passover. Passover, Hebrew Pesaḥ or Pesach, in Judaism, commemorates the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites, when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt” on the eve of the Exodus. Passover is celebrated from Wednesday, April 5 to Thursday, April 13 in 2023.
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Passover
Today is the final day of Passover. Passover, Hebrew Pesaḥ or Pesach, in Judaism, commemorates the Hebrews’ liberation from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites, when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt” on the eve of the Exodus. Passover is celebrated from Wednesday, April 5 to Thursday, April 13 in 2023.
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Autism Acceptance Month (all month)
April is Autism Acceptance Month. National Autism Acceptance Month strives to expand awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder, and increase autism acceptance in our communities!
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Orthodox Easter
Today is Orthodox Easter. Orthodox Christians in Europe, Africa and the Middle East celebrate Easter later than most in the western world. It's because they use a different calendar to work out what day Easter should fall on.
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Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. The full name of the day commemorating the victims of the Holocaust is “Yom Hashoah Ve-Hagevurah“– literally the “Day of (Remembrance of) the Holocaust and the Heroism.” It is marked on the 27th day in the month of Nisan — a week after the seventh day of Passover.
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Laylat al-Qadr (Islamic observance)
Laylat al-Qadr, (Arabic: “Night of Power”) is the Islamic festival that commemorates the night on which God first revealed the Qurʾān to the Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel. It is believed to have taken place on one of the final 10 nights of Ramadan in 610 CE, though the exact night is unclear.
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Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day
Today concludes Holocaust Remembrance Day. The full name of the day commemorating the victims of the Holocaust is “Yom Hashoah Ve-Hagevurah“– literally the “Day of (Remembrance of) the Holocaust and the Heroism.” It is marked on the 27th day in the month of Nisan — a week after the seventh day of Passover.
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Eid-al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, and is celebrated during the first three days of Shawwal, the 10th month of the Islamic calendar.
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Earth Day
Today is Earth Day. Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.
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Eid-al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, and is celebrated during the first three days of Shawwal, the 10th month of the Islamic calendar.