Remember and prepare
The appointed times
Review the annual calendar, supporting scriptures, and observance guidance before every holy convocation.
Sacred calendar
Explore the High Holy Days
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Passover April 2, 2026
Starts April 1 before sundown. Passover remembers deliverance and is observed on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Read: Leviticus 23:5
Feast of Unleavened Bread April 3–9, 2026
Beginning on the fifteenth day of the first month, this seven-day feast calls the community to remove leaven and gather in holiness.
Read: Leviticus 23:6–8
First Fruits April 5, 2026
Observed after the Sabbath during Unleavened Bread, First Fruits recognizes the beginning of the harvest and gives honor to the Most High.
Read: Leviticus 23:10–14
Feast of Weeks June 17, 2026
Count fifty days after First Fruits and celebrate the fiftieth day with thanksgiving, worship, and holy convocation.
Read: Leviticus 23:15–22
Memorial of Blowing of Trumpets October 2, 2026
Observed on the first day of the seventh month, this memorial is marked by the blowing of trumpets and a holy gathering.
Read: Leviticus 23:24–25
Day of Atonement October 11, 2026
The tenth day of the seventh month is a solemn day of fasting, reflection, repentance, and reconciliation.
Read: Leviticus 23:27–32
Feast of Tabernacles October 16–24, 2026
Beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, this joyful eight-day gathering remembers Israel dwelling in booths.
Read: Leviticus 23:34–44
Feast of Dedication December 25, 2026 · 8 days
Hanukkah begins on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month and remembers the cleansing and rededication of the sanctuary.
Read: 1 Maccabees 4:52–61
Purim March 13–14, 2027
Observed on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the twelfth month, Purim remembers deliverance in the days of Esther and Mordecai.
Read: Esther 9:20–31
“These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.”Leviticus 23:4
King James Bible 1611 Edition
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