April -- Aphrodite's month

DATE	HOLIDAY	DESCRIPTION
April 1	Veneralia or All Fools Day	Pantheist, Polytheist, Satanist, Secular The Kalends of April are sacred to Venus, as is the entire month, and this day has been called the Veneralia. Public games, ludi, would be held in honor of the deity. This day was also known as All Fools Day to the Romans, and they would spend the entire day celebrating with comic hilarity, doing things backwards, wearing women's clothes, dancing in the streets, and generally carrying on in the most in the most foolish and congenial manner. This is one of the few Roman holidays that has preserved some of its original character, under the modern name April Fools Day. In Egypt, this day was celebrated as the Birthday of the god Hathor. Reported as a day of Satanic trickery, ritual testing, wreaking revenge.
(April 3, 2004)	Lazarus Saturday	Conclusion of Lent Orthodox Christian / Christian
April 4	Palm Sunday	Sunday before Easter (Apr 4, 2004). Commemorates Christ's entry into Jerusalem.
April 4	Feast of Saint Isidore of Seville	Isidore (c.560-636) is a Doctor of the Church, and patron saint of the internet. When a young boy, he became discouraged with his studies and ran away from school, but he came across a steadily dripping stream of water that had worn a deep hallow in a rock, and this inspired him to return to his studies. He succeeded his brother as the bishop of Seville, but is better known for his writings. His brothers Leander, Fulgentius, and Florentian are also saints. Observed in Spain as Feast of Saint Isadore. Also celebrated in Mexican towns whose patron saint is San Isidro.
(April 4, 2004)	Day-light savings time begins4-4-4 (repetitive numbers in date)	Nazi
April 5	Tomb Sweeping Day	Chinese day of ancestor rememberance
April 6	Founding of the Mormon Church	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith. In 1844, when Smith announced his candidacy for the presidency, he was promptly arrested for treason and conspiracy. While in jail at Carthage, Illinois, he and his brother were murdered by a mob.
(April 6, 2004)	Pesach (Passover)* begins	Jewish 8-day celebration of the deliverance of the Jews from slavery in Egypt. The story of the Exodus is recounted, and the ongoing struggle of all peoples for freedom from internal and external tyranny is celebrated.
April 8	Buddha Day	Buddhists celebrate the birthday of Buddha
(April 8, 2004)	Maundy Thursday	Thursday before Easter (Apr 8, 2004). Commemorates Christ's Last Supper and His washing of the disciples' feet on that day
April 8	Hana Matsuri	The Buddha's birthday. Observed by washing the image of the Buddha with amacha, a sweet tea. Also known as Hana Matsuri, or Flower Festival, because fresh flowers are brought to the temples
April 8	Day of the Masters
April 9	Yom HaShoah	Jewish Holocaust Day. The day has been established to remember the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in 1933-45. It is observed by many non-Jews as well.
(April 9, 2004)	Good Friday Black Mass	Christian remembrance of the crucifixion of Jesus and related events. Day of Passion Death of Christ (Blood sacrifice, male)
April 10 -20	Festival of Ceres	Pantheist, Polytheist This day was the first day of the ten day Festival held in honor of Ceres, the Roman Goddess of agriculture (cereal grains, corn, bread). This Festival culminated in the Cerealia, on the 19th. Ceres was the daughter of Saturn and Ops, the sister of Jove (Jupiter) and Pluto, and the mother of Proserpine. Ceres was a felicitous and excellent goddess to the Romans and they had a common expression fit for Ceres, which meant splendid. This was the seventh and final day of the Megalesia, or the Great Games, which were celebrated for seven days in honor of Cybele, the Great Mother goddess or Mater Magna. Cybele was also called Ops and her priests were called Galli. She was the mother of Ceres by Saturn, the father of Jove.
(April 10, 2004)	Easter Eve Day	(Blood sacrifice, male or female)
(April 11, 2004)	Easter Sunday Parody of Easter	The most holy of Christian sacred days. The day commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from his death by crucifixion. Observances include worship services beginning at sunrise, special music, feasting, and parades. Children given to High Priest (rebirth to Satan)
April 11	Day of Religious Dedication	Liberian nondenominatioanl holiday
(April 12, 2004)	Easter Monday Public Holiday	(Australia, New Zealand)
April 13	Baisakhi Vaisakhi	Hindu start of the New Years. Greetings that wish good life in coming days are exchanged. In Sikhi the day commemorates the founding of the Khalsa, a distinctive Sikh brotherhood.
(April 13, 2004)	Zizkor-Memorial Service (8th day of Passover)	Jewish
April 15	Fordicidia	Pantheist, Polytheist This day is the Fordicidia, the festival in which thirty-one pregnant cows (fordae) were sacrificed in separate temples in honor of Tellus, the earth-goddess for whom this day was sacred. This was the sixth day of the ten day Festival held in honor of Ceres, the Roman Goddess of agriculture (cereal grains, corn, bread). This Festival culminated in the Cerealia, on the 19th. Ceres was the daughter of Saturn and Ops, the sister of Jove (Jupiter) and Pluto, and the mother of Proserpine. Ceres was a felicitous and excellent goddess to the Romans and they had a common expression fit for Ceres, which meant splendid. This is the 1st day of the of the 5th month in the Druidic calendar. Sequent letter S (or Z or SS), symbolic of the tree Willow or Blackthorn. April is named after the Greek goddess Aphrodite -- Venus to the Romans. The Circensian Games were celebrated at Rome this day. This was the fourth day of the games.
April 15	Hitler's birthday observed
April 16	Lord's Evening Meal	Jehovah's Witness (Christian) primary annual celebration taking place in the evening
(April 18, 2004)	Yom ha-Shoah	Jewish Holocaust Day. The day has been established to remember the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in 1933-45. It is observed by many non-Jews as well.
April 20	Hitler's real birthday	(was born on Easter Day)
April 19 - 25	Preparation for Sacrifice/Grand Climax	in some Satanic sects (Abduction, holding, and ceremonial preparation of individual for sacrifice)
April 21 - May 2	Ridvan begins	"Paradise". After being exiled from Persia, Baha'u'llah went to Baghdad where he unified the other followers of Bab also in exile there. When he was ordered to leave Baghdad, he gathered the followers in a garden which he called "Paradise", and announced to them over a twelve day period the Revelation of Bab, and his own identity as the Promised One. It is at this point that the majority of the followers of Bab began to call themselves Baha'i. This twelve day period is celebrated every year as the Festival of Ridván, and the first (April 21), ninth (April 29), and twelfth (May 2) days are Holy Days.
April 22	Earth Day Nikolai Lenin's birthday	(leader of Communist movement in Russia/founder of Soviet Union)
April 23	Vinalia	Dionysian, Pantheist, Polytheist The Vinalia, named after vinum (wine) was celebrated with both wine and fire. The official chief priest would pick the first grapes of the season and sacrifice a lamb to Jupiter. Some wine would be poured on the ground as propitiation, both by the priests and by the people in their wine-drinking revelry. Wine-drinking games were commonly played at this time, and wineskins from the previous year would be first opened on this day. Venus was honored this day as the protectress of the hetairae, or dancing girls. The hetairie were professionals who generally worked for companies, but sometimes worked as self-employed troupes. The hetaire provided music, dancing and sex
April 23	St. George's Day	Celebrated in England and New Zealand. In Greece it is celebrated in the towns of Lemnos, Arahova, Assi, Gonia, and Cos. In eastern Europe St. George's Day is observed with ancient fertility customs. A South Slavonian woman desiring to have a child puts a new chemise on a fruitful tree on the previous evening, and examines the garment before the sun rises on St. George's Day. If a living creature has crawled in to it, superstition says she will have a baby within the year. In the Ukraine, a priets blesses the newly sprouting crops, after which young married couples roll over the soil to promote the growth of the crops.
April 23	Feast of Saint George	Patron saint of chivalry, England, Portugal, Germany, Genoa, and Venice. According to legend, George passed through the town of Sylene in Libya, which he found to be terrorized by a dragon. The townsfolk had been appeasing the dragon by choosing a sacrificial victim by lot. On this day it was the king's daughter who was chosen. She was dressed as a bride and chained to a rock to be given to the dragon, but the valiant George conquered the dragon and brought it back to town. He said he would slay it on condition that they convert to Christianity, and as a result fifteen thousand were baptised.
April 24	St Marks Eve	There is an English superstition that on Saint Mark's Eve apparitions of those who will die in the next year can be seen in the churchyard.
April 24	Feast of Saint Mark	Evangelist and patron saint of Venice, glaziers, and notaries. He is the author of Mark's Gospel which is thought to be based on the teachings of Paul, of whom he was a disciple. In 829 his supposed relics were brought to Venice where they now lie under the main alter of St. Mark's Basilica.
April 25	Anzac Day	holiday in Australia and New Zealand which honors all who died in wars, and memorializes in particular the troops who were slaughtered at Gallipoli in World War I. ANZAC is an acronym for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. [also observed in Tonga and Western Samoa]
April 26 - May 1	Corpus de Baahl	(Sacrifices and rituals leading up to the selection of the final human sacrifice)
April 26 - May 5	Grand Climax / Da Muer	(Oral, anal, vaginal, use females age 1-25)
April 26	Confederate Memorial Day	(Alabama, Mississippi)
April 28 - May 1	Floriala	(Roman festival)
April 30	Walpurgis Night	Walpurgisnacht means May night. It was celebrated with bonfires in Northern Europe. Reported as a night of sexual revels (group sex). This is an old pagan festival, which borrowed its name from Saint Walburga whose feast occurs on May Day. On this night witches are believed to ride on broomsticks and he-goats to places of old pagan sacrifices in the Harz Mountains, especially to Brocken, the highest point in the mountains. It is here in Goethe's Faust that the witches come on Walpurgis Night and sing: Now to the Brocken the witches ride; The stubble is gold and the corn is green; There is the carnival crew to be seen, And Squire Urianus will come to preside. So over the valleys our company floats, With witches a-farting on stinking old goats. Witches are driven away on this night with cracking of whips and blasting of horns. Also celebrated in Sweden with bonfires. In Czechoslovakia, people would spread grass or sand on the doorstep in the belief that witches could not enter a house before counting the blades of grass or grains of sand. (sexual orgies and human or animal sacrifices, any age) / Major celtic festival marked by bonfires and fertility rites (Greatest Witches Sabbats) / Roodmas Day
April 30	Anniversary of Hitler's death, associated with May day St. James The Great Day	Nazi Beltane (celebration of the conjoining of the goddess with the energy of the god in the sacred marriage) - Wicca Christian recognition of the martyrdom of the Apostle James the Great in 44 c.e

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