God's Annual Festivals

Holy Day Calendar

The Holy Days — God's Master Plan

	* Passover	Feast of Unleavened Bread	Day of Pentecost	Feast of Trumpets	Day of Atonement	Feast of Tabernacles	Last Great Day
Old Testament meaning
	A lamb was sacrificed and its blood placed around the doors of Israelite houses in Egypt, which God "passed over" when slaying the Egyptian firstborn. (Leviticus 23:5)	A seven-day festival during which leavening (such as yeast, which causes bread to rise when baking) is put out of dwellings and is not eaten. (Leviticus 23:6-14)	A day celebrating the gathering in of the first and smaller of the two annual harvests; observed 50 days from a fixed point in the previous Feast. (Leviticus 23:15-22)	Called Rosh Hashana by the Jews; a day of rejoicing marked by the blowing of trumpets. (Leviticus 23:23-25)	A day of fasting and repentance, known to the Jews as Yom Kippur (Leviticus 23:26-32)	A seven-day celebration of the great fall harvest, observed by living in temporary dwellings for the duration of the Feast. (Leviticus 23:33-43)	Adjacent to the Feast of Tabernacles, this eighth day is considered a separate Feast. (Leviticus 23:36, 39)
New Testament meaning
	Pictures Jesus Christ's shedding His blood for the sins of mankind.	Pictures the Christian's duty to "put out sin" from a life yielded to Jesus Christ.	Pictures the Christian's receiving God's Holy Spirit.	Pictures a time of war and plagues, concluding with Jesus Christ's Second Coming.	Pictures the binding of Satan at the beginning of the Millennium and the world becoming at one with God.	Pictures the Millennium, when the earth will be ruled by Jesus Christ and His saints.	Pictures the coming "Great White Throne Judgment" at which all of humanity not previously called will have the chance to hear the True Gospel and accept salvation.
	* Passover	Feast of Unleavened Bread	Day of Pentecost	Feast of Trumpets	Day of Atonement	Feast of Tabernacles	Last Great Day
2019	Apr 19	Apr 20 - 26	Jun 9	Sept 30	Oct 9	Oct 14 - 20	Oct 21
2020	Apr 8	Apr 9 - 15	May 31	Sept 19	Sept 28	Oct 3 - 9	Oct 10
2021	Mar 27	Mar 28 - Apr 3	May 16	Sept 7	Sept 16	Sept 21 - 27	Sept 28
2022	Apr 15	Apr 16 - 22	Jun 5	Sept 26	Oct 5	Oct 10 - 16	Oct 17
2023	Apr 5	Apr 6 - 12	May 28	Sept 16	Sept 25	Sept 30 - Oct 6	Oct 7
2024	Apr 22	Apr 23 - 29	Jun 16	Oct 3	Oct 12	Oct 17 - 23	Oct 24
2025	Apr 12	Apr 13 - 19	Jun 1	Sept 23	Oct 2	Oct 7 - 13	Oct 14
2026	Apr 1	Apr 2-8	May 24	Sept 12	Sept 21	Sept 26 - Oct 2	Oct 3
2027	Apr 21	Apr 22 - 28	Jun 13	Oct 2	Oct 11	Oct 16 - 22	Oct 23
2028	Apr 10	Apr 11 - 17	Jun 4	Sept 21	Sept 30	Oct 5 - 11	Oct 12
2029	Mar 30	Mar 31 - Apr 6	May 20	Sept 10	Sept 19	Sept 24 - 30	Oct 1

* Observed the previous evening after sunset