Religious Holidays (2023-2024)
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
June 2023
June 16: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
June 24: Litha
June 26-July 1: The Hajj begins
June 29-30: Eid al-Adha
July 2023
July 9: Martyrdom of the Bab
July 26-27: Tisha B’Av
July 27-28: Ashura
August 2023
August 1: Lammas
August 13-15: Obon
August 15: Feast of the Assumption
August 30: Raksha Bandhan
August 30: Ullambana
September 2023
September 6-7: Krishna Janmashtami
September 11-19: Paryushan Parva
September 15-17: Rosh Hashanah
September 18-19: Ganesh Chaturthi
September 23: Mabon
September 24-25: Yom Kippur
September 26-27: Mawlid-al-Nabi
September 29 – October 6: Sukkot
October 2023
October 6-7: Shemini Atzeret
October 7-8: Simchat Torah
October 15-23: Navratri
October 24: Dussehra
October 26-27: Birth of the Bab
October 27-28: Birth of Baháúllah
October 31: Samhain
November 2023
November 1: All Saints Day
November 2: All Souls Day
November 12: Diwali
November 24: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib
November 26: Feast of Christ the King
November 27: Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib
November 27: Gurpurab
November 27-28: Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
December 2023
December 3: Feast of St. Francis Xavier
December 7-15: Hanukkah
December 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
December 12: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 25: Christmas
December 26-31: Kwanzaa
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
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 29: Ascension of Baháúllah