April 2023
► National Stalking Awareness Week (date and theme for 2023 to be announced)
World Autism Awareness Day
Pesach (Passover) | Judaism
| The start of the season of Passover when Jews commemorate the liberation of the Children of Israel, who were led out of Egypt by Moses |
National Walking Day
Maundy Thursday | Christian
| Also known as Holy Thursday, this day celebrates the institution of the Eucharist (or Holy Communion) at Jesus’ Last Supper |
World Health Day
Good Friday | Christian
Easter Sunday | Christian
World Parkinson’s Awareness Day
Vaisakhi |Sikh
| Sikh new year and harvest festival |
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance)
| 17 - 18 April |
Eid al-Fitr | Islam
| 21 - 22 April |
Ridván | Bahá’í
| Ridván is the main festival in the Bahá'í calendar |
World Earth Day
St George's Day | England
| Marks the death of St George, the patron saint of England |
International Lesbian Visibility Day/Week
| 24 April–30 April |
South Africa Freedom Day
| Celebrates freedom and commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on this day in 1994. The elections were the first non-racial national elections where everyone of voting age (over 18), from any race group, were allowed to vote |
