2026 in religion
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This is a timeline of events during the year 2026 which relate to religion.
Events
January
- 6 January - The 2025 Jubilee ends.
- 28 January - Sarah Mullally becomes legally Archbishop of Canterbury
February
March
- 1 March –
- Iran confirms the death of its supreme leader Ali Khamenei in a decapitation strike the previous day in Tehran by Israel and the United States. Forty days of mourning are declared.[1]
- 9 March – Mojtaba Khamenei is elected as the next Supreme Leader of Iran.[2]
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Religious holy days and observances
Source:[3]
January
- 1 – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
- 5 – Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib
- 6 – Epiphany
- 7 – Christmas (Eastern Orthodoxy)
- 26 – Bodhi Day
February
- 2 – Candlemas
- 15-16 – Maha Shivaratri
- 17 – Ramadan begins
- 18 – Ash Wednesday
March
- 2-3 – Purim
- 18 – Shri Ramakrishna Jayanti
- 19 – Ramadan ends
- 19-20 – Eid al-Fitr
- 20-21 – Baháʼí Naw-Rúz
- 20-21 – Nowruz
- 25 – Feast of the Annunciation
- 26 – Rama Navami
- 29 – Palm Sunday
April
- 1 – Passover begins
- 2 – Holy Thursday
- 3 – Good Friday
- 5 – Easter
- 5 – Palm Sunday
- 9 – Holy Thursday (Eastern Orthodoxy)
- 9 – Passover ends
- 10 – Good Friday (Eastern Orthodoxy)
- 12 – Easter (Eastern Orthodoxy)
- 14 – Vaisakhi
- 21 – Ridván begins
May
- 2 – Ridván ends
- 14 – Feast of the Ascension
- 21-23 – Shavuot
- 23-24 – Declaration of the Bab
- 24 – Pentecost
- 26-27 – Eid-al-Adha
- 28-29 – Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh
- 31 – Trinity Sunday
June
- 7 – Feast of Corpus Christi
- 12 – Feast of the Sacred Heart
- 18 – Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
- 24 – Nativity of St. John the Baptist
- 25-26 – Ashura
- 29 – Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
July
- 9 – Martyrdom of the Bab
- 22-23 – Tisha B'Av
- 31 – Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola
August
- 15 – Feast of the Assumption of Mary
- 25-26 – Mawlid-al-Nabi
September
- 4 – Krishna Janmashtami
- 8-15 – Paryushana
- 11-13 – Rosh Hashanah
- 20-21 – Yom Kippur
- 25-2 October – Sukkot
October
- 2-3 – Shemini Atzeret
- 3-4 – Simchat Torah
November
- 1 – All Saints' Day
- 2 – All Souls' Day
- 8 – Diwali
- 10 – Birth of the Báb
- 11 – Birth of Baháʼú'lláh
- 16 – Remembering the Martyrs of the UCA
- 22 – Feast of Christ the King
- 24 – Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib
- 24 – Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib
- 26 – Thanksgiving
- 27-28 – Ascension of ʻAbduʼl-Bahá
- 29 – Advent Season Begins
December
- 3 – Feast of St. Francis Xavier
- 4 – Hanukkah Begins
- 8 – Feast of the Immaculate Conception
- 12 – Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- 24 – Advent Season Ends
- 25 – Christmas
- 26-1 January 2027 – Kwanzaa
See also
References
- ^ Pietromarchi, Virginia. "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: The leader who shaped Iran's defiance". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ "Iranian Council of Experts Elects Mojtaba Khamenei as New Supreme Leader". The Eastern Herald. 9 March 2026. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
- ^ "Calendar of Religious Holy Days and Observances". Xavier. Retrieved 31 December 2025.