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Holidays and Cultural Observances

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Amanda M. Leftwich
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Spring 2025

January 2025

Day  Event Religion Region
1 New Year's Day   Western
1 Kwaanza (ends)   Pan-African
6 Epiphany Christian  
7 Orthodox Christmas Day Orthodox  
14 Mahayana New Year   Buddhist  
14 Orthodox New Year    Orthodox  
14 Makar Sankranti  Hindu  
15  15-week semester begins | 7-week session I begins       MCCC
15 World Religion Day Bahá'í  
18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (begins) Christian  
20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day*   United States
29 Lunar New Year   Eastern

*College is closed. No classes. 

February 2025

Day  Event Religion Region
1 Imbolc Pagan  
2 Groundhog's Day   United States
2 Vasant Panchami Hindu  
12 Lincoln's Birthday   United States
13 Tu b'shevat Jewish  
14 Valentine's Day   United States
14 Frederick Douglass's Birthday/ Frederick Douglass Day   United States
14 Khordad Sal    Zoroastrian
15 Parinirvana Day (Nirvana Day) Buddhist  
17 President's Day   United States
25 Maha Shivaratri Hindu  
25 Ayyam-i-Ha Bahá’í  
28 Feb - 30 March Ramadan (approx. dates) Islamic  

March 2025

Day Event Religion Region
4 Mardi Gras   International
5 Ash Wednesday  Christian  
8 International Women's Day       International
9 Day Light Savings Time   United States
10-16 Spring Break*   MCCC
10-12 Instructional make-up day   MCCC
13 Purim Jewish  
14 Holi Hindu  
17 7-week session II begins       MCCC
17 St. Patrick's Day Catholic  
20 Naw-Ruz Bahá’í  
20 Norooz (New Year) Zoroastrian  
20 Vernal Equinox (Spring Equinox) Pagan  
30 Ramadan ends (approx. dates) Islamic  
31 Eid al-Fitr (approx. date) Islamic  

*College is closed. No classes.

April 2025

Day Event Religion Region
1 April Fool's Day   United States
5 Ram Navani Hindu  
10 Mahavir Jayanti Hindu  
12-20 Passover  Jewish  
13 Theravadin New Year     Buddhist  
13 Palm Sunday     Christian  
14 Vaisakhi Sikh  
15 Tax Day   United States
17 Holy Thursday     Christian  
18 Good Friday Christian  
20 Easter Christian  
20 Easter Sunday Orthodox Christian  
21 Easter Monday Christian  
22 Earth Day   United States
23-24 Yom HaShoah Jewish  
28 Ninth Day of Ridvan Bahá’í  
30 15-week semester ends       MCCC

May 2025

Day Event Religion Region
1 May Day   International
1 Beltane Pagan  
1 Reading Day   MCCC
2-8 Final Exams   MCCC
4 7-week session II ends   MCCC
11 Mother's Day   United States
12 Vesak Day Buddhist/Hindu  
12 14-week session begins / 6-week session I begins     MCCCC
14 National Day of Prayer Interfaith  
15 Commencement       MCCC
23 Declaration of the Bab Bahá'í  
26 Memorial Day*   United States
28 Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh Bahá'í  
29 Ascension Day Orthodox Christian  
31 Dragon Boat Festival     China

 *College is closed. No classes.

Summer Session I - II 2025

June 2025

Day Event Religion Region
1-3 Shavuot Jewish  
2 10-week session begins       MCCC
6-7 Eid al-Adha (approx. dates) Islamic  
8 Pentecost Christian/Orthodox Christian  
15 Father's Day   United States
19 Juneteenth*   United States
20 Litha (Summer Solstice) Pagan  
24 6-week session I ends   MCCC
26-27 Al-Hijra (approx. dates) Islamic  

*College is closed. No classes.

July 2025

Day Event Religion Region
2-3 Instructional make-up day   MCCC
4 Independence Day*   United States
7 6-week session II begins       MCCC
9 Martyrdom of the Bab Bahá’í  
10 Asala – Dharma Day Buddhist  
10 Guru Purnima Hindu  
10 Asahna Bucha Day   Buddhist  

*The College is closed from July 2-4  in observance of Independence Day. No classes.

August 2025 (pre-Fall 2025 semester)

Day Event Religion Region
1 Imbolc Pagan  
10-15 Obon Buddhist  
14 10-week session ends   MCCC
15 Assumption Day     Christian  
17 6-week session II ends   MCCC
22 14-week session ends       MCCC
24 14-week session final exams       MCCC
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