Relationship between the three religions

  • Christianity: Advent begins

    Four weeks before Christmas. Preparation time for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus
  • Christianity: Advent ends

  • Christianity: Christmas day

    Remembrance of the birth of Jesus Christ, the coming of Creator God into the midst of the human family
  • Christianity: Epiphany Begins

    Beginning of Lent, a time for celebrating the world wide nature of the Christian Way.
  • Islam: Mawlid al-Nabi (Muhammad's Birthday)

  • Christianity: Epiphany ends

  • Christianity: Lent commences

    A 40 day event where Christians alike take commence a time of fasting in imitation of Jesus' experience in the wilderness of temptation.
  • Judaism: Feast of lots

  • Christianity: Christian Holy Week

    Days between Palm sunday and Easter
  • Palm Sunday

  • Judaism: Feast of Unleavened Bread. (Passover)

  • Christianity: Lent ends

  • Christianity: Christian Holy week

  • Christianity: Easter Sunday

    Celebration of the the resurrection of Christ
  • Christianity: Pentecost

    Celebration of the coming of the Holy Spirit to a gathering of believers shortly after the resurrection and ascension of Jesus
  • Judaism: Hebrew Pentecost; or Feast of Weeks, or of Harvest, or of First Fruits

  • Christianity: Season after Pentecost begins

    Celebrates the growing life of the fellowship of Christians in the world of persons, nations and the natural world.
  • Christianity: Trinity Sunday

    Part of the Season after Pentecost
  • Islam: Ramadan begins

  • Islam: Eid al-Fitr (Ramadan ends)

  • Judaism: Jewish New Year

  • Judaism: Day of Atonement

  • Judaism: Feast of Tabernacles, or of the Ingathering.

  • Judaism: Assembly of the Eighth Day.

  • Islam: Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice)

  • Islam: Muharram (Islamic New Year)

  • Judaism: Festival of Lights. (Hanukkah)

  • Christianity: Season after Pentecost ends