Feast Days, Holy Days & Holidays

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Thu – 01

THE NAMING OF JESUS/Te Whakaingoatanga o Īhu/O le Faasuafaina o Iesu (Samoan)

New Year’s Day – Public Holiday (Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji)

Fri – 02

Public Holiday – Day After New Year’s Day (Samoa, New Zealand)

Sun – 04

THE EPIPHANY of our Lord Jesus Christ /Te Whakaaturanga/‘Aho ‘oe ‘eiki Hili’ae Epifane (Tongan)

Sun – 11
  • BAPTISM OF THE LORD/Te Iriiringa o te Karaiti/Krist Ka Baptishma(Hindi)
  • 1st Sunday of the Epiphany/Te Rātapu Tuatahi i muri i te Whakaaturanga

Sun – 18

2nd Sunday of the Epiphany/Te Rātapu Tuarua o te Whakaaturanga

Mon – 19

Public Holiday – Martin Luther King Jr. Day (American Samoa)

Sun – 25
  • The Conversion of St Paul/Te Whakatahuritanga o Paora Tapu
  • 3rd Sunday of the Epiphany/Te Rātapu Tuatoru o te Whakaaturanga

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Sun – 01

4th Sunday of the Epiphany/Te Rātapu Tuawhā o te Whakaaturanga

Mon – 02
  • THE PRESENTATION OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE/(Candlemas)
  • Te Tapaenga o te Karaiti i te Temepara/Na Vakacabori i Jisu, e na Vale ni Soro (Fijian)

Fri – 06

Public Holiday – Waitangi Day (New Zealand)

Sun – 08

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Tuarima o He Wā Noa

Sun – 15

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Tuaono o He Wā Noa

Mon – 16

Holy Innocents/ Ngā Kōhungahunga Tapu

Public Holiday – Presidents’ Day (American Samoa)

Wed – 18

ASH WEDNESDAY: The First Day of Lent/Te Wenerei Pungarehu

Sun – 22

1st Sunday in Lent/Te Rātapu Tuatahi o Rēneti

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Sun – 01

2nd Sunday in Lent/Te Rātapu Tuarua o Rēneti

Sun – 08

3rd Sunday in Lent/Te Rātapu Tuatoru o Rēneti

Sun – 15
  • 4th Sunday in Lent/Te Rātapu Tuawhā  o Rēneti
  • Mothering Sunday

Thu – 19

St Joseph of Nazareth/Hohepa Tapu o Nahareta  

Fri – 20

Public Holiday – March Equinox (Tonga, American Samoa)

Sun – 22

5th Sunday in Lent: Passion Sunday/Te Rātapu Tuarima o Rēneti: te Rātapu Mamaetanga

Wed – 25

THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR SAVIOUR TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY/ Te Whakapuakitanga o tō tātou Kaiwhakaora ki te Puhi Tapu ki a Meri/ O le Fofogaina o te Taupou o Maria e uiga i le afio mai o lo tatou Faaola (Samoan)

Sun – 29

6th Sunday in Lent: Palm Sunday/Te Rātapu Tuaono o Rēneti: te Rātapu Nikau

Mon – 30

Monday in Holy Week

Tue – 31

Tuesday in Holy Week

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Wed – 01

Wednesday in Holy Week

Thu – 02

MAUNDY THURSDAY/Te Taite Mone

Fri – 03

GOOD FRIDAY/Te Paraire Pai

Public Holiday (Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji)

Sat – 04
  • Holy Saturday/Rāhoroi Tapu
  • THE GREAT VIGIL OF EASTER/Te Rā i mua i te Aranga

Public Holiday – Easter Saturday (Fiji)

Sun – 05

EASTER DAY/Te Rā o te Aranga/Tucake Tale (Fijian)

Public Holiday – Easter Holiday (American Samoa)

Mon – 06

Monday in Easter Week

Public Holiday – Easter Monday (Tonga, Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji)

Tue – 07

Tuesday in Easter Week

Wed – 08

Wednesday in Easter Week

Thu – 09

Thursday in Easter Week

Fri – 10

Friday in Easter Week

Sat – 11

Saturday in Easter Week

Sun – 12

2nd Sunday of Easter (Low Sunday)/ Te Rātapu Tuarua o te Aranga

Fri – 17

Public Holiday – Flag Day (American Samoa)

Sun – 19

3rd Sunday of Easter/Te Rātapu Tuatoru o te Aranga

Fri – 24

*Observed Public Holiday – ANZAC DAY (Tonga)

Sat – 25

*Public Holiday – ANZAC Day (Tonga) – (Observed Friday, 24 Apr)

*Public Holiday – ANZAC Day (New Zealand) – (Observed Monday, 27 Apr)

Sun – 26
  • St Mark the Evangelist/Maka Tapu te Kaituhi Rongopai
  • 4th Sunday of Easter/Te Rātapu Tuawhā o te Aranga

Mon – 27

*Observed Public Holiday – Anzac Day (New Zealand)

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Fri – 01

St Philip and St James, Apostles/Piripi Tapu rāua ko Hemi Tapu, ngā Āpōtoro

Sun – 03

5th Sunday of Easter/Te Rātapu Tuarima o te Aranga

Wed – 06

St John the Evangelist/Hoani Tapu, Te Kaituhi Rongopai

Sun – 10

6th Sunday of Easter/Te Rātapu Tuaono o te Aranga

Public Holiday – Mother’s Day (American Samoa)

Mon – 11

Public Holiday – Mother’s Day (Samoa)

Thu – 14

ASCENSION DAY/Te Rā Kakenga/Koe ‘aho ‘oe Ha’ele hake (Tongan)

Fri – 15

St Matthias the Apostle / Matiaha Tapu, te Āpōtoro

Public Holiday – Girmit Day (Fiji)

Sun – 17

7th Sunday of Easter (Sunday after Ascension)/Te Rātapu Tuawhitu o te Aranga

Sun – 24

THE DAY OF PENTECOST (Whitsunday) /Te Rā o te Petekoha / Penetiko (Fijian)

Mon – 25

Public Holiday – Memorial Day (American Samoa)

Fri – 29

Public Holiday – Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (Fiji)

Sun – 31

TRINITY SUNDAY: 1st Sunday after Pentecost/Te Rātapu o Te Tokotoru / O le aso Sa o le Tasi Tolu Paia (Samoan)

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Mon- 01
  • The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth/Te Haerenga o Meri ki a Erihapeti
  • Public Holiday – SAMOA INDEPENDENCE DAY (Samoa)
  • Public Holiday – King’s Official Birthday (New Zealand)

Thu – 04
  • Day of Thanksgiving for Holy Communion Thursday after Trinity Sunday (Corpus Christi)
  • Public Holiday – Emancipation Day (Tonga)

Fri – 05

ARBOR DAY & WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

Sun – 07
  • Te Pouhere Sunday
  • 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Tekau o He Wā Noa

Thu – 11

St Barnabas the Apostle/Panapa Tapu, te Āpōtoro

Sun – 14

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Tekau mā tahi o He Wā Noa

Fri – 19

Public Holiday – Juneteenth (American Samoa)

Sun – 21
  • 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Tekau mā rua o He Wā Noa
  • DISABILITY AWARENESS SUNDAY
  • ESTABLISHMENT OF ANGLICAN CHURCH IN TONGA, 1902

Wed – 24

St John the Baptist/Hoani Kaiiriiri

Sun – 28

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Tekau mā toru o He Wā Noa

Mon – 29

St Peter and St Paul, Apostles, Martyrs/Pita Tapu rāua ko Paora, ngā Āpōtoro i patua mō te Whakapono

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Fri – 03

St Thomas, Apostle, Martyr/Tamati Tapu, te Āpōtoro

*Observed Day – King Tupou VI’s Birthday (Tonga)

*Observed Day – Independence Day (American Samoa)

Sat – 04

Public Holiday – King Tupou VI’s Birthday (Tonga) – (Observed Friday, 03 Jul)

Public Holiday – Independence Day (American Samoa) – (Observed Friday, 03 Jul)

Sun – 05
  • 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Tekau mā whā o He Wā Noa
  • REFUGEE SUNDAY

Tue – 07

*Solomon Islands Independence Day, 1978

*Signing of Kohimarama Covenant, 1860

Fri – 10

Public Holiday – Matariki (New Zealand)

Sun – 12

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Tekau mā rima o He Wā Noa

Thu – 16

Public Holiday – Manu’a Cession Day (American Samoa)

Sun – 19

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Tekau mā ono o He Wā Noa

  • National Bible Sunday

Wed – 22

St Mary Magdalene/Meri Makarini Tapu

Sat – 25

St James and St John, Apostles/Hemi Tapu rāua ko Hoani Tapu, ngā Āpōtoro

Sun – 26

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time/ Te Rātapu Tekau mā whitu o He Wā Noa

Thu – 30

*Vanuatu Independence Day

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Sun – 02

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Tekau mā waru o He Wā Noa

Mon – 03

St Stephen, the first Christian Martyr/Tipene Tapu, te tuatahi o rātou i patua mō te Whakapono

Thu – 06

THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE BELOVED SON/ Te Whakaahuakētanga o te Tama aroha / Koe Fakahaha ‘oe ‘Alo ‘Ofa’anga (Tongan)

Sun – 09

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Tekau mā iwa o He Wā Noa

Public Holiday – Father’s Day (American Samoa)

Mon – 10

Public Holiday – Father’s Day (Samoa)

Sat – 15

St Mary, the Mother of Jesus/Meri Tapu, te Whaea o Īhu

Sun – 16

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Rua Tekau o He Wā Noa

Religious Vocation Sunday

Sun – 23

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Rua Tekau mā tahi o He Wā Noa

Mon – 24

St Bartholomew (Nathanael), Apostle/Patoromu Tapu (Natanahira), te Āpōtoro

Public Holiday – Prophet Mohammed’s Birthday (Fiji)

Sun – 30

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Rua Tekau mā rua o He Wā Noa

Anglican Communion Sunday

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Tue – 01

The Builders of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia/ Ngā Kaiwhakaū o te Hāhi Mihinare ki Aotearoa ki Niu Tireni, ki ngā Moutere o te Moana Nui a Kiwa

Sun – 06

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Rua Tekau mā toru o He Wā Noa

Mon – 07

Public Holiday – Labor Day (American Samoa)

Sun – 13

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Rua Tekau mā whā o He Wā Noa

Mon – 14

Holy Cross Day/Te Rā o te Rīpeka Tapu

TE WIKI O TE REO MĀORI (Māori Language Week)

Wed – 16

Papua New Guinea Inpendence Day, 1975

Thu – 17

Public Holiday – Crown Prince’s Birthday (Tonga)

Sun – 20

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Rua Tekau mā rima o He Wā Noa

Mon – 21

St Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist/Matiu Tapu, Āpōtoro, Kaituhi Rongopai

Sun – 27

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Rua Tekau mā ono o He Wā Noa

Tue – 29

St Michael and All Angels /Mikaera Tapu rātou ko Ngā Anahera Katoa (Michaelmas)

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Sun – 04

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time / Te Rātapu Rua Tekau mā whitu o He Wā Noa

Sat – 10

Public Holiday – Fiji Day (Fiji)

Sun – 11

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time /Te Rātapu Rua Tekau mā waru o He Wā Noa

Public Holiday – White Sunday (American Samoa)

Mon – 12

Public Holiday – Day after White Sunday (Lotu a Tamaiti Holiday – Samoa)

Public Holiday – Columbus Day (American Samoa)

Sun – 18
  • St Luke the Evangelist / Ruka Tapu te Kaituhi Rongopai
  • 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Rua Tekau mā iwa o He Wā Noa
  • TIKANGA YOUTH SUNDAY

Fri – 23

St James of Jerusalem, Brother of the Lord/ Hēmi Tapu o Hiruhārama, Tēina o te Ariki

Sat – 24

United Nations Day

Sun – 25

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Toru Tekau o He Wā Noa

Mon – 26

Public Holiday – Labour Day (New Zealand)

Wed – 28

St Simon and St Jude, Apostles/Haimona Tapu rāua ko Hura Tapu, ngā Āpōtoro

  • MĀORI DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 1835
  • RĀ MAUMAHARA NATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION OF THE NEW ZEALAND WARS

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Sun – 01

ALL SAINTS’ DAY/Te Rā o te Hunga Tapu Katoa/ Santho Ka Din (Hindi)

Mon – 02

All Souls’ Day Commemoration of the Faithful Departed

*Observed Day – Constitution Day (Tonga)

Wed – 04

*Public Holiday – Constitution Day (Tonga)(Observed Monday, 02 Nov)

Sun – 08

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Toru Tekau mā rua o He Wā Noa

  • Remembrance Sunday

Mon – 09

Public Holiday – Diwali (Fiji)

Wed – 11

Public Holiday – Veterans Day (American Samoa)

Sun – 15

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time / Te Rātapu Toru Tekau mā toru o He Wā Noa

Anniversary of the Beginning of Anglican Work in the Diocese of Polynesia by the Revd. W E Floyd, 1870

Sun – 22

Christ the King (or The Reign of Christ) Sunday/Ko te Karaiti te Kīngī 34th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Te Rātapu Toru Tekau mā whā o He Wā Noa

  • Aotearoa Sunday

Thu – 26

Public Holiday – Thanksgiving Day (American Samoa)

Sun – 29

1st Sunday of Advent/Te Rātapu Tuatahi o te Haerenga Mai

Mon – 30

St Andrew, Apostle, Martyr/Anaru Tapu, te Āpōtoro i patua mō te Whakapono

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Fri- 04

Public Holiday – Coronation of King Tupou I (Tonga)

Sun – 06

2nd Sunday of Advent/Te Rātapu Tuarua o te Haerenga Mai

Mon – 07

Observed Day – King Tupou I Day (Tonga)

Sun – 13

3rd Sunday of Advent/Te Rātapu Tuatoru o te Haerenga Mai

Sun – 20

4th Sunday of Advent/Te Rātapu Tuawhā o te Haerenga Mai

Thu – 24

The Eve and Vigil of Christmas/Te Rā i mua i te Ra Whānautanga

Public Holiday – Christmas Eve (American Samoa)

Fri – 25

CHRISTMAS DAY – The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ
/Te Rā Whānautanga o tō tātou Ariki, o te Karaiti/Baradin (Hindi)

Public Holiday – Christmas Day (Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji)

Sat – 26

St Stephen, the first Christian Martyr/
Tipene Tapu, te tuatahi o rātou i patua mō te Whakapono

Public Holiday – Boxing Day (Tonga, Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji)

  • (New Zealand – Observed Monday, 28 Dec)
  • (Fiji – Observed Monday, 28 Dec)

Mon – 28

Observed Day – Boxing Day (New Zealand, Fiji)

Thu – 31

Public Holiday – New Year’s Eve (American Samoa)