2008 Prayer Schedule

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

Other Links:

• World Council of Churches - ecumenical prayer cycle
• United Nations - Special Dates and Observances
• Church Women United
• Lonely Planet - Country information
• Community of Christ - calendar of events for the church year.

United Nations International Decades and Year 2008:

• Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (2001-2010)

• Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2001-2010)

• International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World (2001- 2010)

• United Nations Literacy Decade:  Education for All (2003-2012)

• Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (2005-2014)

• United Nations Decade for Sustainable Development (2005-2014)

• International Decade for Action, "Water for Life" (2005-2015)

• International Year of Planet Earth (2008)

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January:

• 1 – New Year’s Day 

• 6 – Epiphany

• 18-25 –  Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

• 21 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

• 27 – International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust

February:

• 6 – Ash Wednesday

March:

• 8 – United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
• 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• 21 - 27 Week of Solidarity with Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
• 22 – World Day for Water
• 23 – Easter

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April:

• 4 – International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
• 7 – World Health Day
• 20 – First Day of Passover

May:

• 8-9 – Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during WWII
• 11 – Pentecost
• 15 – International Day of Families
• 20 – Buddha Day
• 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
• 22 – International Day for Biological Diversity
• 25-31 –  Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non Self-Governing Territories
• 29 – International Day of UN Peacekeepers

June:

• 4 – International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
• 5 – World Environment Day
• 9 – Shavuot
• 17 – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
• 20 – World Refugee Day
• 26 – International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
• 26 – International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

July:

• 11 – World Population Day

August:

• 9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
• 12 – International Youth Day
• 23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

September:

• 2 – Ramadan
• 8 – International Literacy Day
• 16 – International Day for Preservation of the Ozone Layer
• 21 – International Day of Peace
• 30 - Rosh Hashanah

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October:

• 1 – International Day of Older Persons
• 2 – World Habitat Day
• 4-10 - World Space Week
• 9 – Yom Kippur
• 10 World Mental Health Day
• 11- International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
• 16 – World Food Day
• 17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
• 19– Children's Sabbath
• 24 – United Nations Day
• 24 – 30 – UN Disarmament Week
• 28 – Diwali

November:

• 6 – International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
• 16 – International Day for Tolerance
• 20 – Universal Children’s Day
• 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
• 29 – International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

December:

• 1 – World AIDS Day
• 2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
• 3 – International Day of Disabled Persons
• 5 – International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
• 9 – Eid al Adha
• 10 – Human Rights Day
• 10 – International Mountain Day
• 18 – International Migrants Day
• 20 – International Human Solidarity Day
• 22 – Hanukkah
• 25 – Christmas
• 26 – Kwanzaa Begins

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