April 14, 2022 April 6, 2023 March 28, 2024 April 17, 2025 April 2, 2026 | Maundy Thursday (Christian/Roman Catholic and Protestant) Thursday before Easter, commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus with the Apostles. General Practices: Prayer, Communion (Eucharist), meals, and foot-washing ceremonies among some Christian denominations Date details: Always falls on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. |
April 15, 2022 April 7, 2023 March 29, 2024 April 18, 2025 April 3, 2026 March 26, 2027 | Good Friday (Christian/Roman Catholic and Protestant) Friday before Easter, commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ; among some sects of Christianity and in many countries marks a day of fasting. General Practices: Prayer, fasting, and noon or afternoon services in some Christian denominations. Date details: Always falls on the Friday before Easter Sunday. Recommended Accommodations: Provide food accommodation as requested—meat (fish is not considered meat) is prohibited during meals for some. |
April 17, 2022 April 9, 2023 March 31, 2024 April 10, 2025 | Easter (Christian/Roman Catholic and Protestant) Holiday with significant work restriction Annual commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ General Practices: Celebratory meals, family gatherings, distribution of colored eggs, baskets and chocolate bunnies. It is a celebration of renewal. Date details: Easter Sunday is determined by the Gregorian calendar (Gregorian calendar regulates ceremonial cycle of the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches). |
April 14, 2022 April 14, 2023 April 13, 2024 April 14, 2025 April 14, 2026 April 14, 2027 | Vaisakhi (Sikh) Vaisakhi is the Sikh new year festival and commemorates 1699, the year Sikhism was born. Vaisakhi is also a long-established harvest festival. General Practices: There are often parades, dancing, and singing throughout the day. These celebrations involve music, singing, and chanting of scriptures and hymns. |
April 15-23, 2022 April 5-13, 2023 April 22-30, 2024 April 12-20, 2025 | Pesach/Passover – Begins at Sundown (Jewish) Holiday with significant work restriction Pesach is a week-long observance commemorating the freedom and exodus of the Israelites (Jewish slaves) from Egypt during the reign of the Pharaoh Ramses II (one of three pilgrimage festivals). General Practices: Family gatherings, ritualized meals called Seders, reading of the Haggadah, lighting of Yahrzeit memorial candle at sundown on the last night of Passover. Date details: Begins at sundown the first evening listed. Recommended Accommodations: Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events and activities on the first evening, the following two days, or the last two days of the holiday, provide food accommodation as requested (kosher
restrictions apply—the use of leavening is prohibited so, for example, matzah is eaten in place of bread.) |
April 22, 2022 April 14, 2023 May 3, 2024 April 18, 2025 | Holy Friday/Good Friday (Eastern Orthodox Christian) Friday before Easter, commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ; among some sects of Christianity and in many countries marks a day of fasting. General Practices: Prayer, fasting, confession, and church services as well as the wrapping or dying of eggs (often red) in preparation for Easter Sunday. Date details: Orthodox Good Friday is determined by the Julian calendar which regulates ceremonial cycle of the Eastern Orthodox Christian churches. Recommended Accommodations: Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events and activities on the date. |
April 24, 2022 April 16, 2023 May 5, 2024 April 20, 2025 | Pascha/Easter (Eastern Orthodox Christian) Holiday with significant work restriction Annual commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ General Practices: Celebratory meals, family gatherings, distribution of colored eggs and baskets of breads, meats, eggs, cheeses and other foods. It is a celebration of renewal. Date details: Easter Sunday is determined by the Julian calendar which regulates ceremonial cycle of the Eastern Orthodox Christian churches. |
April 27-28, 2022 April 17-18, 2023 May 4-5, 2024 April 24-25, 2025 April 13-14, 2026 | Yom HaSho’ah – Begins at Sundown (Jewish) Holocaust Remembrance Day; a day to remember the lives and names of Jewish relatives and friends. General Practices: Ceremonies or events to remember Holocaust victims who died during World War II; activities may include lighting memorial candles and reciting the Kaddish, which is a prayer for the deceased. Date details: Begins at sundown. Recommended Accommodations: This is not a work holiday—academics and work are permitted. Provide food accommodation as requested (kosher basics). |