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Eid al-Adha begins at sundown

Name: Eid al-Adha begins at sundown
Start: 2020-07-30T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-07-30T23:59:59-05:00

July 30, 2020

At the end of the annual pilgrimage, Muslims celebrate the “Festival of Sacrifice.” It includes a ritual sacrifice of a sheep, camel, or goat, to honor the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God’s command.

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Date:: July 30, 2020
Event Category:: other faith traditions

“Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience.”

–St. Benedict of Nursia, The Rule of Saint Benedict