Religious Calendar

January 2026

Date

Events

1 January:

Nativity Fast (Orthodoxy);

Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God (Catholicism, Lutheranism, Protestantism);

Ganjitsu (New Year) (Shinto).

2 January:

Nativity Fast (Orthodoxy)

3 January:

Nativity Fast (Orthodoxy)

4 January:

Nativity Fast (Orthodoxy)

5 January:

Nativity Fast (Orthodoxy)

6 January:

Nativity Fast (Orthodoxy); Epiphany (Catholicism, Anglicanism, Lutheranism, Protestantism)

7 January:

Christmas (Orthodoxy)

11 January:

Baptism of Christ (Catholicism, Anglicanism, Lutheranism, Protestantism).

14 January:

Circumcision of the Lord (Orthodoxy)

15 January:

Koshōgatsu (Little New Year) (Shinto)

17 January:

Mahayana New Year (Buddhism)

19 January:

Epiphany (Orthodoxy)

25 January:

Feast of the cobversion of Saint Paul the Apostle (Lutheranism, Protestantism)