June 30, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/27 eve to 6/30 eve: Eid al-Adha–Muslim festival of sacrifice to Allah for the good of all.
* 6/29 to 7/3: Zoroastrian celebration of Divine Spirit Haurvatat, creator and protector of water.
* 6/29 to 7/6: Chinese Buddhist festival of Kuan Yin, Supreme Goddess of Nature and Perfect Buddha of many emanations; celebrates Her enlightenment and Her bodhisattva vow to help all sentient beings.
* 6/30: Oharai/Grand Purification Festival–Shinto rite exorcising evil from the world.
June 29, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/27 eve to 6/30 eve: Eid al-Adha–Muslim festival of sacrifice to Allah for the good of all.
* 6/29: Yoruba/Santeria feast of Orisha Eleggua, Intercessor and Ruler of Destinies. Yorubas/Santeros communicate with the Orishas through divination.
* 6/29 to 7/3: Zoroastrian celebration of Divine Spirit Haurvatat, creator and protector of water.
* 6/29 to 7/6: Chinese Buddhist festival of Kuan Yin, Supreme Goddess of Nature and Perfect Buddha of many emanations; celebrates Her enlightenment and Her bodhisattva vow to help all sentient beings.
Eid-Ul-Adha – date varies
National Handshake Day – last Thursday in June
June 28, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/27 eve to 6/30 eve: Eid al-Adha–Muslim festival of sacrifice to Allah for the good of all.
* 6/28: First day of the Stonewall riot (1969); day to mourn victims of homophobia (past and present), make peace, and celebrate lesbian and gay empowerment.
Insurance Awareness Day – Now who do you think invented that!?!
International Body Piercing Day
June 27, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/27 eve to 6/30 eve: Eid al-Adha–Muslim festival of sacrifice to Allah for the good of all.
National Columnists Day – fourth Tuesday in June
June 26, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/23 to 6/26: Days of mourning for the harm done to society by guns. The Second Amendment limits the right to bear arms for the security of the state by a well‑regulated militia, but the Supreme Court ruled there is an individual right to possess guns everywhere.
* 6/26: Day Tibetan Buddhists meditate on Bodhisattva Goddess Red Tara, protector against evil and harm.
* 6/26: Day the U.N. Security Council was created to maintain world peace (1945).
* 6/26: Day torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment were outlawed world-wide (1987); day to mourn their continued existence.
June 25, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/20 to 6/23: Lakota Sun Dance–Festival of prayer, fasting, dancing, and healing in honor of Sun God Wi; offerings are also made to Maka/Mother Earth and Haokah/Father Sky. Lakotas believe all Deities are aspects of Creator Takuskanskan.
* 6/23 to 6/26: Days of mourning for the harm done to society by guns. The Second Amendment limits the right to bear arms for the security of the state by a well‑regulated militia, but the Supreme Court ruled there is an individual right to possess guns everywhere.
* 6/25: Day the first woman was ordained a Universalist minister in the U.S. (1863).
* 6/25: Day the Supreme Court recognized that government-sponsored prayer in public schools imposes religion on students and violates the U.S. Constitution (1962).
June 24, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/23 to 6/26: Days of mourning for the harm done to society by guns. The Second Amendment limits the right to bear arms for the security of the state by a well‑regulated militia, but the Supreme Court ruled there is an individual right to possess guns everywhere.
* 6/24: Baha’i feast honoring the one Deity as Rahmat – Mercy.
* 6/24: First appearance of Our Lady of Medjugorje, Queen of Peace, Mother of All Peoples (Yugoslavia 1981).
* 6/24: Day Saudi Arabian women were first legally allowed to drive (2018).
* 6/24 to 6/27: Zuni Corn Dance–for fertility and rains to aid the maize, bean, and squash crops. Prayer sticks are planted in the fields.
* 6/24 to 6/30: Days of mourning for the Supreme Court’s overturn of ‘Roe v. Wade’. Days to act in nonviolent protest against the decree authorizing states to control a woman’s life and body by prohibiting abortion, even if the pregnancy resulted from rape.
* 6/24 eve to 7/1 eve: Hajj–Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca to honor Allah. Hajj Truce (through Eid al-Adha).
International Fairy (or Faery) Day
June 23, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/20 to 6/23: Lakota Sun Dance–Festival of prayer, fasting, dancing, and healing in honor of Sun God Wi; offerings are also made to Maka/Mother Earth and Haokah/Father Sky. Lakotas believe all Deities are aspects of Creator Takuskanskan.
* 6/23 to 6/26: Days of mourning for the harm done to society by guns. The Second Amendment limits the right to bear arms for the security of the state by a well‑regulated militia, but the Supreme Court ruled there is an individual right to possess guns everywhere.
National Food Truck Day – fourth Friday in June
Take Your Dog to Work Day Friday after Father’s Day
June 22, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/20 to 6/23: Lakota Sun Dance–Festival of prayer, fasting, dancing, and healing in honor of Sun God Wi; offerings are also made to Maka/Mother Earth and Haokah/Father Sky. Lakotas believe all Deities are aspects of Creator Takuskanskan.
* 6/22: Day a court declared slavery inconsistent with English common law, freeing a fugitive slave and serving as a catalyst for the abolitionist movement (1772).
Chinese Dragon Boat Festival – date varies
June 21, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/20 to 6/21: Inti Rayni–Inca festival honoring Sun God Inti.
* 6/20 to 6/21: Feast of the Great Spirit/Great Mystery that encompasses Mother Earth and Father Sky – honoring Deity as Orenda (Iroquois), Wakan Tanka (Lakota) & Awonawilona (Zuni).
* 6/20 to 6/23: Lakota Sun Dance–Festival of prayer, fasting, dancing, and healing in honor of Sun God Wi; offerings are also made to Maka/Mother Earth and Haokah/Father Sky. Lakotas believe all Deities are aspects of Creator Takuskanskan.
* 6/20 eve to 6/21 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Athena – as protector and defender.
* 6/21 (10:58 a.m. EDT): Summer Solstice–Marks the beginning of Summer and the longest day and shortest night of the year; celebration of the light with dancing around a bonfire.
* 6/21: Beginning of Cancer (the Crab/Scarab).
* 6/21: Taoist festival honoring Shang-Ti/Heavenly Emperor, Father of Justice and Law, and manifestation of the Te (Virtuous Inner Power). Also celebrates the peak of the masculine Yang half of the year and the Shen of Fire, South, and Summer; prayers are made for strength and maturity, and offerings are made to the ancestors.
* 6/21: Old Slavic Kupala–Goddess Morana and God Jarilo marry, bringing peace and ensuring a good harvest.
* 6/21: Yoruba/Santeria feast of Orisha Babalu Aye, Guardian of the Disabled.
* 6/21: Yoga Day–Day to commit to daily stretching for physical and mental health.
* 6/21: Solar Power Day.
* 6/21: Day Unitarian Universalists adopted seven unifying Principles (1985). U.U.’s affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person.
Finally Summer Day / Summer Solstice – date varies
June 20, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/17 to 6/20: Iroquois Green Bean Ceremony–in thanksgiving for the bean harvest; celebrated with tobacco offerings, singing, drumming, dancing, and feasting.
* 6/20: World Refugee Day–Day to recognize the plight of the millions of people who, because of persecution, war, or environmental disaster, have become refugees: forced to leave their homes, their jobs, and their countries.
* 6/20 to 6/21: Inti Rayni–Inca festival honoring Sun God Inti.
* 6/20 to 6/21: Feast of the Great Spirit/Great Mystery that encompasses Mother Earth and Father Sky – honoring Deity as Orenda (Iroquois), Wakan Tanka (Lakota) & Awonawilona (Zuni).
* 6/20 to 6/23: Lakota Sun Dance–Festival of prayer, fasting, dancing, and healing in honor of Sun God Wi; offerings are also made to Maka/Mother Earth and Haokah/Father Sky. Lakotas believe all Deities are aspects of Creator Takuskanskan.
* 6/20 eve to 6/21 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Athena – as protector and defender.
June 19, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/17 to 6/20: Iroquois Green Bean Ceremony–in thanksgiving for the bean harvest; celebrated with tobacco offerings, singing, drumming, dancing, and feasting.
June 18, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/17 to 6/20: Iroquois Green Bean Ceremony–in thanksgiving for the bean harvest; celebrated with tobacco offerings, singing, drumming, dancing, and feasting.
* 6/18: Fathers’ Day–Day to give love and thanks to all fathers; day for all fathers to celebrate fatherhood and contemplate their sacred duty to provide for the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual needs of their children.
* 6/18 (12:37 a.m. EDT): New Moon.
* 6/18: Day Pope Francis challenged the world to make the necessary changes in lifestyle, consumption, and production to avoid climate change and its expected harm (2015).
* 6/18 eve: Old European feast of the Triple Goddess (Goddess of the Moon and the Seasons), marking the transformation of the Virgin into the Mother.
June 17, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/17: Day a fatwa condemned “honor killings” as un-Islamic and banned the practice (2002).
* 6/17: Day to mourn the continuing violence perpetrated against African Americans by white supremacists.
* 6/17 to 6/20: Iroquois Green Bean Ceremony–in thanksgiving for the bean harvest; celebrated with tobacco offerings, singing, drumming, dancing, and feasting.
* 6/17 eve: Vigil for lost fathers; night of mourning and healing.
June 16, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/16: Birthday of Fr. Sergei Bulgakov (1871), Orthodox Christian mystic who believed the one universal Deity to be Father and Mother, Spirit and Matter.
June 15, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/7 to 6/15: Vestalia–Old Roman festival honoring Goddess Vesta. Women made food offerings at the sacred hearths of home and temple.
* 6/15: Suijin Matsuri–Shinto rite honoring the Kami of Water.
*6/15: Wind Power Day.
June 14, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/7 to 6/15: Vestalia–Old Roman festival honoring Goddess Vesta. Women made food offerings at the sacred hearths of home and temple.
* 6/14: Day the world’s nations committed to sustainable development (1992).
June 13, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/7 to 6/15: Vestalia–Old Roman festival honoring Goddess Vesta. Women made food offerings at the sacred hearths of home and temple.
* 6/13: Old Egyptian feast of Neteret Hathor, Goddess of Love and Fertility.
* 6/13: Christian feast of St. Anthony (d. 1231), guardian of the poor and the powerless, and guide of social justice activists.
June 12, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/7 to 6/15: Vestalia–Old Roman festival honoring Goddess Vesta. Women made food offerings at the sacred hearths of home and temple.
* 6/12: Vigil for respect for the human rights of all in Russia.
June 11, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/7 to 6/15: Vestalia–Old Roman festival honoring Goddess Vesta. Women made food offerings at the sacred hearths of home and temple.
* 6/11: Birthday of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan (1881), founder of Reconstructionist Judaism. He perceived Deity to be a genderless Cosmic Force of Nature, and promoted a Judaism that recognizes gender equality and rejects violence and social injustice.
June 10, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/7 to 6/15: Vestalia–Old Roman festival honoring Goddess Vesta. Women made food offerings at the sacred hearths of home and temple.
* 6/10: Day Alcoholics Anonymous was founded (1935); day to begin/celebrate recovery from alcohol and drug addiction.
* 6/10: National Hoodie Day–Wear a hoodie to remember all victims of vigilante “justice”.
June 9, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/7 to 6/15: Vestalia–Old Roman festival honoring Goddess Vesta. Women made food offerings at the sacred hearths of home and temple.
June 8, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/7 to 6/15: Vestalia–Old Roman festival honoring Goddess Vesta. Women made food offerings at the sacred hearths of home and temple.
* 6/8 (or 6/11): Corpus Christi–Christian day for veneration of Christ Immanuel in the Host – divine immanence in the grain.
* 6/8: World Oceans Day–Day to recognize the world’s dependence on the oceans for food and medicine; day to advocate for the sustainable management of all ocean resources and for an end to the pollution of the oceans with toxins and trash.
June 7, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/7 to 6/15: Vestalia–Old Roman festival honoring Goddess Vesta. Women made food offerings at the sacred hearths of home and temple.
June 6, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/6: First appearance of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Compassionate Mother who answers all pleas (France 1830).
* 6/6: Day the U.S. government’s unconstitutional massive surveillance of Americans’ emails and phone calls was revealed (2013).
June 5, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/5: Baha’i feast honoring the one Deity as Nur – Light. Baha’is recognize ethnic equality.
* 6/5: World Environment Day–Day to mourn the harm done to Mother Earth (past and present), make reparation, and celebrate Her beauty.
June 4, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/4: Saga Dawa Duchen–Tibetan Buddhist festival celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Buddha Siddhartha Gautama (563-483 BCE).
* 6/4 Trinity Sunday–Christian celebration of the one universal Deity as Holy Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit Mother, and Holy Christ Child.
* 6/4: Day to mourn the massacre of the peaceful pro-democracy protesters in China (1989); vigil for democracy and respect for the human rights of all in China.
June 3, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
* 6/3 (11:42 p.m. EDT): Full Moon (Rose/Berry Moon) (Gemini Full Moon).
* 6/3: Mindfulness Day–Zen Buddhist day for mindfully seeing the interdependence of all things at all times.
* 6/3: Day the first woman was ordained a rabbi in Reform Judaism (1972).
June 2, 2023
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
June 1, 2023
* 6/1: Partners’ Day–Day to give thanks to your spouse/partner for precious love shared.
* 6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno – partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.
* 6/1 to 6/30: Gay and Lesbian Coming Out Month–Time to celebrate all forms of love and family.
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