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2018 dates, Western
'''First Sunday of the year, unless the Sunday falls on January 1, 6, or 7, then January 2: January 2 Sunday after January 6: January 7 Monday after January 6: January 8  Third Sunday in January: January 21 9th Sunday before Easter in Western Christianity: January 28 Second Sunday before Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity): February 4 Last Thursday before Lent(Western Christianity): February 8 Saturday before Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity): February 10 Sunday before Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity): February 11 Monday before Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity) : February 12 Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity) - February 13 46 days before Easter (Western Christianity) - February 14 Friday after Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity) - February 15  First Sunday of Lent in (Western Christianity) - February 18
 * Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Roman Catholicism, removed post-1969, still celebrated by some denominations)
 * Baptism of the Lord (Roman Catholic, Anglicanism Lutheran)
 * Plough Sunday (England)
 * Baptism of the Lord – (Western Christianity in countries where Epiphany is celebrated on January 7 or 8)
 * Plough Monday (England)
 * Feast of the Santo Niño – (Roman Catholic, Philippines)
 * Septuagesima Sunday
 * Sexagesima
 * Fat Thursday
 * Festum Ovorum (University of Oxford)
 * Quinquagesima
 * Shrove Monday
 * Fastelavn (Denmark/Norway)
 * Nickanan Night (Cornwall)
 * Rosenmontag (Germany)
 * Shrove Tuesday
 * Fastnacht (Pennsylvania Dutch)
 * Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ
 * Fettisdagen (Sweden)
 * Laskiainen (Finland, Finnish-Americans)
 * Mardi Gras
 * National Pancake Day (Netherlands)
 * Powder Day (Tolox, Spain)
 * Užgavėnės (Lithuania)
 * Ash Wednesday/Lent
 * National No Smoking Day (Ireland)
 * Feast of the Crown of Thorns
 * People's Sunday (Żabbar, Malta)
 * Quadragesima Sunday

Fourth Sunday of Western Lent: March 11 Fifth Sunday of Western Lent: March 18 Week of Sunday before Easter: March 25-31
 * Laetare Sunday
 * Mothering Sunday
 * Pretzel Sunday (Luxembourg)
 * Passion Sunday (no longer officially celebrated by Roman Catholic church, still celebrated by other denominations)
 * Holy Week
 * Palm Sunday: March 25
 * World Youth Day (Roman Catholic), celebrated on Palm Sunday
 * Holy Monday: March 26
 * Holy Tuesday: March 27
 * Holy Wednesday: March 28
 * Maundy Thursday: March 29
 * Good Friday: March 30
 * Holy Saturday: March 31

Easter Week

 * Earth Day Sunday – (some Protestant denominations, Sunday before Earth Day)
 * Easter: April 16 (Eastertide begins)
 * Aberri Eguna (Basque)
 * Lieldienas (Latvia)
 * Easter Monday:
 * Family Day (South Africa)
 * Śmigus-Dyngus, regional variant of Easter Monday (Poland, Ukraine)
 * Easter Tuesday: Public holiday in Tasmania.
 * Easter Wednesday:
 * Saint Gregory's Day (Żejtun, Malta)
 * Easter Thursday:
 * Easter Friday:
 * Easter Saturday:
 * Divine Mercy Sunday: (Sunday after Easter)
 * Jubilate Sunday: (Sunday after Divine Mercy Sunday)
 * Hocktide:
 * Good Shepherd Sunday: (Third Sunday after Easter)
 * Store Bededag: (Fourth Friday after Easter in Denmark)
 * Cantate Sunday: (Fourth Sunday after Easter Day)
 * Minor Rogation days:
 * Feast of the Ascension:
 * Father's Day (Germany)
 * Festa della Sensa (Venice)
 * Global Day of Prayer
 * Sheep Festival (Cameroon)
 * Pentecost begins:
 * Whitsun:
 * Whit Monday:
 * Azores Day (Portugal)
 * Whit Tuesday:
 * Feast of Christ the Priest: June 8 (first Thursday after start of Pentecost)
 * Whit Friday: (North West England)
 * Trinity Sunday:
 * Corpus Christi:
 * Lajkonik: (Kraków, Poland)
 * Feast of the Sacred Heart:
 * Petertide (Anglican): (Sunday nearest to June 29)
 * Sea Sunday: (second Sunday in July)
 * World Youth Day: Next observance is in 2019 (Roman Catholicism)
 * Reek Sunday (Ireland): (last Sunday in July)
 * Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels: (Roman Catholic Church, in most locations, first Sunday in September by special dispensation)
 * Jeûne genevois Geneva, Switzerland: (Thursday following the first Sunday of September)
 * Feast of Sts Cosmas and Damian (Italian-American) – (weekend after Labor Day)
 * Education Sunday – (second Sunday of September)
 * Racial Justice Sunday (British Churches) – (second Sunday of September)
 * Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer (Switzerland) – (third Sunday of September)
 * Lundi du Jeûne: (Vaud, Switzerland) – (Monday after third Sunday)
 * Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem – (First Sunday in October, Pentecostal Christians)
 * World Communion Sunday – (First Sunday in October)
 * White Sunday – (Second Sunday in October, Tonga and Samoa)
 * World Mission Sunday – (Second to last Sunday of October)
 * Feast of Christ the King – (final Sunday of October, Tridentine Mass only)
 * All Saint's Day (Saturday between October 31 – November 6 Finland and Sweden only)
 * Volkstrauertag – (Germany, second Sunday before Advent)
 * Buß- und Bettag – (Germany, Second Wednesday before the First Advent)
 * Feast of Christ the King – (Non Tridentine Mass, Sunday before the first Sunday of Advent/ 28 days before the fourth Sunday of Advent)
 * Stir-up Sunday (Anglican Church) – (Sunday before the first Sunday of Advent)
 * Totensonntag – (Mainly Lutheran, Sunday before the first Sunday of Advent)
 * Gospel Day: (Marshall Islands, first Friday in December)
 * Advent Sunday: Start of Advent – (Fourth Sunday before Christmas Day)
 * Chalica (Unitarian Universalism): D
 * Detinjci (Serbia): (Sunday two weeks before Christmas Day)
 * Gaudete Sunday: (Third cardinal of Advent)
 * Blue Christmas – (date of Winter Solstice)
 * Chewidden Thursday (Cornwall) (Thursday of the last full week before Christmas)
 * National Regifting Day (secular, United States) (Last Thursday before Christmas)
 * Black Friday (partying) (secular, United Kingdom) – (Last Friday before Christmas)
 * Super Saturday (secular, United States) – (Last Saturday before Christmas)
 * Christmas Sunday - (Sunday after Christmas)
 * Feast of the Holy Family – (Sunday after Christmas, or on the 30th if Christmas falls on a Sunday)
 * Christmas Sunday – (Sunday after Christmas)

2018 dates, Eastern
11th Sunday before Pascha (Eastern Christianity): January 21 63 days before Pascha in Eastern Christianity: January 27 10th Sunday before Pascha in Eastern Christianity: January 28 Second Monday before Clean Monday in Eastern Christianity: January 29-31 9th Sunday before Pascha: February 4 (Eastern Christianity) Monday to Sunday following the 9th Sunday before Pascha (Eastern Christianity): February 4-10  Saturday of Meatfare Week (Eastern Christianity): February 10 Sunday of Meatfare week (Eastern Christianity): February 11  Monday to Sunday following Meatfare week: February 12-18 (Eastern Christianity) Thursday of the 8th week before Pascha: February 15 (Eastern Christianity) Sunday of Cheesefare week: February 18 (Eastern Christianity) Monday after Sunday of Forgiveness (Eastern Christianity): February 19 First Saturday of Great Lent (Eastern Christianity): February 24  First Sunday of Great Lent (Eastern Christianity): February 25 
 * Zacchaeus Sunday/Sunday of the Canaanite
 * Feast of Saint Sarkis (Armenian Apostolic Church)
 * Publican & Pharisee Sunday
 * Fast of Nineveh
 * Sunday of the Prodigal Son
 * Meatfare Week
 * Saturday of Souls
 * Sunday of Last Judgement (Meat Fare Sunday)
 * Cheesefare Week
 * Feast of Saint Vartan (Armenian Apostolic Church)
 * Sunday of Forgiveness (Cheese-Fare Sunday)
 * Great Lent begins
 * Clean Monday
 * St. Theodore Saturday
 * Feast of Orthodoxy