Celebrated Holidays

Celebrated Holidays

The Church of the Celestial Heart celebrates a few important holidays throughout the year, joining the different religions that we practice within our work. Ceremonies are held for some of these holidays where a specific format for the holiday is upheld.

January 1 New Year, InVision Ceremony.
January 20 Day of Oxóssi – Celebration of the Forests and the Indigenous tribes.
February 2 Day of Iemanja – Goddess of the Ocean – Star Initiation Ceremony
March 25 Birthday of Padrinho Kai Karrel
March 27 Birthday of Padrinho Sergio Negri
April 23 Day of Ogum
May 13 Day of the Pretos Velhos
July 6 Passage of Mestre Irineu – Founder of the Santo Daime religion
July 22 Birthday of Mestre Philippe Bandeira de Mello
August 15 Beginning Lent of Archangel Michael (Feast of the Assumption for Mother Mary)
August 16 Day of Obaluaê – Divine Masculine
September 26 Birthday of Saint Francis of Assisi – Patron Saint of Celestial Heart
September 29 Michaelmas - The Celebration of Archangel Michael – Star Initiation Ceremony
October 7 Birthday of Padrinho Sebastião – founder and leader within Santo Daime.
November 15 Day of Umbanda / Zélio de Moraes
December 8 Day of Oxum, Goddess of the Sweet Waters
Day of Mother Mary, Mother of Conception
December 15 Birthday of Mestre Irineu, founder of the Santo Daime religion.
December 24 Christmas - Birthday of Emanuel Bar-Joseph, Jesus Christ
December 25 Day of Oxala