Religious Holidays (2025)

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 2025

January 1: Feast of Mary Mother of God
January 6: Epiphany
January 7: Christmas - Eastern Orthodox

February 2025

February 12-13: Tu BiShvat
February 14: Ash Wednesday
February 26: Maha Shivaratri
February 28 - March 29 - Ramadan

March 2025

March 13-14: Purim
March 15: Shri Ramakrishna Jayanti
March 20: Naw-Rúz
March 20: Nowruz
March 25: Feast of the Annunciation
March 31: Eid al-Fitr

April 2025

April 6: Rama Navami
April 12-20: Passover
April 13: Palm Sunday
April 14: Vaisakhi
April 17: Holy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter
April 20: Pascha
April 20 - May 2: Ridván

May 2025

May 12: Vesak
May 22-23: Declaration of the Bab
May 29: Feast of the Ascension

June 2025

June 4-9: The Hajj begins
June 6-7: Eid al-Adha
June 8: Pentecost
June 15: Trinity Sunday