This is a timeline of events during the year 2026 which relate to religion. Events January 6 January - The 2025 Jubilee ends. 28 January - Sarah Mullally becomes legally Archbishop of Canterbury
February
March 1 March – Iran confirms the death of its supreme leader Ali Khamenei in a decapitation strike the previous day in Tehran by Israel and the United States. Forty days of mourning are declared. 9 March – Mojtaba Khamenei is elected as the next Supreme Leader of Iran.
April April 2 – The National Assembly in Quebec passes the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government Bill 9 that expands on its secularism law Bill 21. It bans wearing religious symbols for daycare workers and prayer spaces in public institutions. CAQ and Parti Québécois, voted in favour of the legislation, while the Liberals and Québec Solidaire voted against it. April 11 – In the United States, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signs a law that will require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in their classrooms.
May
June
July July 1 – 2026 Écône consecrations, members of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) in Écône, Switzerland, consecrated four bishops against the direct orders of Pope Leo XIV, triggering a religious schism between SSPX and the Catholic Church. The consecrations were performed by SSPX Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta, assisted by Bishop Bernard Fellay. The four men consecrated were Michael Goldade, Marc Hanappier, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, and Pascal Schreiber.
August
September
October
November
December
Religious holy days and observances
: January 1 – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God 5 – Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib 6 – Epiphany 7 – Christmas (Eastern Orthodoxy) 26 – Bodhi Day February
2 – Candlemas 15-16 – Maha Shivaratri
17 – Ramadan begins
18 – Ash Wednesday
March
2-3 – Purim 18 – Shri Ramakrishna Jayanti 19 – Ramadan ends 19-20 – Eid al-Fitr 20-21 – Baháʼí Naw-Rúz 20-21 – Nowruz 25 – Feast of the Annunciation 26 – Rama Navami 29 – Palm Sunday
April
1 – Passover begins 2 – Holy Thursday 3 – Good Friday 5 – Easter 5 – Palm Sunday 9 – Holy Thursday (Eastern Orthodoxy) 9 – Passover ends 10 – Good Friday (Eastern Orthodoxy) 12 – Easter (Eastern Orthodoxy) 14 – Vaisakhi 21 – Ridván begins
May
2 – Ridván ends 14 – Feast of the Ascension 21-23 – Shavuot 23-24 – Declaration of the Bab 24 – Pentecost 26-27 – Eid-al-Adha 28-29 – Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh 31 – Trinity Sunday
June
7 – Feast of Corpus Christi 12 – Feast of the Sacred Heart 18 – Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib 24 – Nativity of St. John the Baptist 25-26 – Ashura 29 – Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
July
9 – Martyrdom of the Bab 22-23 – Tisha B'Av 31 – Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola
August
15 – Feast of the Assumption of Mary 25-26 – Mawlid-al-Nabi
September
4 – Krishna Janmashtami 8-15 – Paryushana 11-13 – Rosh Hashanah 20-21 – Yom Kippur 25-2 October – Sukkot
October
2-3 – Shemini Atzeret 3-4 – Simchat Torah
November
1 – All Saints' Day 2 – All Souls' Day 8 – Diwali 10 – Birth of the Báb 11 – Birth of Baháʼú'lláh 16 – Remembering the Martyrs of the UCA 22 – Feast of Christ the King 24 – Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib 24 – Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib 26 – Thanksgiving 27-28 – Ascension of ʻAbduʼl-Bahá 29 – Advent Season Begins
December
3 – Feast of St. Francis Xavier 4 – Hanukkah Begins 8 – Feast of the Immaculate Conception 12 – Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 24 – Advent Season Ends 25 – Christmas 26-1 January 2027 – Kwanzaa
See also
2026 in Vatican City Religion and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
References