Daily Prayer for Peace 2012 Country Prayer Schedule

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June

• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

Other Links:

• World Council of Churches - ecumenical prayer cycle
• United Nations - Special Dates and Observances
• Church Women United
• Lonely Planet - Country information
• Community of Christ - calendar of events for the church year.

United Nations International Decades and Year:

• 2003-2012 United Nations Literacy Decade: Education for All
• 2005-2014 Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
• 2005-2014 United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
• 2005-2015 International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”
• 2006-2015 Decade of Recovery and Sustainable Development of the Affected Regions (Chernobyl)
• 2008-2017 Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
• 2011-2020 – Decade of Action for Road Safety

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

1 – All Nations
2 - Egypt
3 – Syria
4 – Palestine
5 - Lebanon
6 - Israel
7 – Jordan (Nativity of Christ – Orthodox)
8 – Saudi Arabia
9 – Kuwait
10 - Bahrain
11 - Qatar
12 –United Arab Emirates
13 –Oman
14 – Yemen
15 - Iran
16 – Iraq
17 – Cyprus
18 - Bolivia
19 - Greece
20 - Afghanistan
21 - Turkey
22 –Algeria
23 – Tunisia
24 - Libya
25 - Morocco
26 - India (Republic Day – India)
27 - Chile
28 – Australia (Australia Day)
29 - Denmark
30 - Finland
31 - Iceland

1 – Mauritius (Abolition of Slavery – Mauritius)
2 - Norway
3 - Sweden
4 - Albania
5 – Mexico (Constitution Day – Mexico)
6 – New Zealand (New Zealand Day)
7 - Ireland
8 - Barbados
9 – United Kingdom
10 –Armenia
11 – Indigenous Peoples of Europe
12 – French Polynesia
13 - Belgium
14 – Luxembourg
15 – Serbia (National Day – Serbia)
16 – Lithuania (Independence Day – Lithuania)
17 - Netherlands
18 - Belarus
19 - Portugal
20 – Democratic Republic of Congo
21 - Spain
22 - Italy
23 - Benin
24 – Estonia (Independence Day – Estonia)
25 - Malta
26 - France
27 – Dominican Republic (Independence Day – Dominican Republic)
28 - Taiwan
29 - Slovakia

1 – Bhutan
2 - Germany
3 – Bulgaria (Liberation of Bulgaria)
4 – Austria
5 – Liechtenstein
6 – Switzerland
7– Monaco
8– Andorra
9 – San Marino
10 – Bosnia and Herzegovina
11 – Burkina Faso
12 – Burundi
13 – Myanmar
14 – Cameroon
15 – Hungary (1848 Revolution Day – Hungary)
16 – Thailand
17 – Cape Verde
18 – Cambodia
19 – Central Africa Republic
20 – Laos
21 – Namibia (Independence Day – Namibia)
22 – Vietnam
23 – Colombia
24 – Argentina (Nat’l Day for Truth & Justice – Argentina)
25 – Greece (Independence Day – Greece)
26 – Bangladesh (Independence Day – Bangladesh)
27 – China
28 - Chad
29 – Hong Kong
30 - Macao
31 – Comoros

1 – Vatican City
2 - Brunei
3 - Malaysia
4 - Egypt
5 - Cuba
6 - Singapore
7 - Swaziland
8 - Cyprus
9 – Philippines (Bataan Day – Philippines)
10 – East Timor
11 – Equatorial Guinea
12 - Indonesia
13 - Gabon
14 - Gambia
15 - Japan
16 - Guinea
17 –Korea
18 – Zimbabwe (Independence Day – Zimbabwe)
19 – Guinea-Bissau
20- Taiwan
21 - Kyrgyzstan
22 - Djibouti
23 - Iran
24 – Maldives
25 – Italy (Liberation Day – Italy)
26 – Indigenous Peoples of Africa
27 –Somalia
28 - Nepal
29 - Eritrea
30 – Iraq

Special Dates and Observances:
1 – New Year’s Day
6 – Epiphany
15 – Racial Justice Day
18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
27 – International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust

Special Dates and Observances:
12 – Youth Ministries Day
20 – World Day of Social Justice
22 – Ash Wednesday

Special Dates and Observances:
4 – World Hunger Emphasis
8 – International Women’s Day
21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21-27 – Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
22 – World Water Day
25 – International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Special Dates and Observances:
1 – Palm / Passion Sunday
4 – International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
5 – Maundy Thursday
7 – World Health Day
8 - Easter
22 – Earth Day
24-30 – Global Action Week on Education

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MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

1 – Kosovo
2 - Niger
3 – Poland (Constitution Day-Poland)
4 - Ethiopia
5 – Kyrgyzstan (Constitution Day – Kyrgyzstan)
6 - Sudan
7 - Mongolia
8 – Czech Republic (Liberation Day-Czech Republic)
9 – Latvia
10 - Uganda
11 - Bahrain
12 – Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
13 – Kenya
14 – Liberia (Unification Day – Liberia)
15 – Human Family
16 - Tanzania
17 – Norway (Constitution Day-Norway)
18 - Ghana
19 - Iceland
20 - Malawi
21 – Montenegro (Independence Day – Montenegro)
22 - Jamaica
23 - Zambia
24 – Kuwait
25 - Libya
26 – Georgia (Independence Day – Georgia)
27 – Madagascar
28 – Azerbaijan (Republic Day – Azerbaijan)
29 - Botswana
30 - Mali
31 - Morocco

1 - Australia
2 – Netherlands
3 - Lesotho
4 - Rwanda
5 - Denmark (Constitution Day-Denmark)
6 - Namibia
7 – South Africa
8 - Micronesia
9 – Swaziland
10 – Niger
11 - Angola
12 – Palestine
13 – Mozambique
14 – Sao Tomé and Principe
15 - Canada
16 – Sierra Leone
17 - Qatar
18 - Brazil
19 – Republic of Congo
20 – United Arab Emirates
21 – Yemen
22 – Indigenous Peoples of South America
23 – Luxembourg (National Day – Luxembourg)
24 – Sri Lanka
25 – Croatia (Statehood Day – Croatia)
26 - Argentina
27 – Paraguay
28 – Ukraine (Constitution Day – Ukraine)
29 -Togo
30- Uruguay

1 –Turkemenistan
2 - Bolivia
3 - Andorra
4 - Ireland
5 - Chile
6 –Peru
7 - Belgium
8 - Colombia
9 - Algeria
10 - Ecuador
11 - Cambodia
12 - Venezuela
13 – Eritrea
14 - France (Bastille Day-France)
15 – Costa Rica
16 – El Salvador
17 – Korea (Constitution Day-Korea)
18 – Uruguay (Constitution Day – Uruguay)
19 – Nicaragua
20 – United States (Ramadan begins)
21 – Panama
22 - Mexico
23 - Belize
24 - Guatemala
25 – Trinidad and Tobago
26 – San Marino
27 – Honduras
28 – Saint Vincent and Grenadines
29 – Antigua and Barbuda
30 - Dominica
31 - Cuba

1 – Barbados (Emancipation Day - Barbados)
2 – Dominican Republic
3 – Haiti
4 - Grenada
5 - Jamaica
6 – Bahamas (Emancipation Day – Bahamas)
7 - Guyana
8 - Suriname
9 – Saint Lucia
10 – Canada
11 – United States
12 – St. Kitts and Nevis
13 – Indigenous Peoples of North America
14 – Pakistan (Independence Day – Pakistan)
15 – Turkey
16 – New Zealand
17 – Indonesia (Independence Day-Indonesia)
18 - Zimbabwe
19 - Fiji
20 – Kiribati
21 – Marshall Islands
22 - Micronesia
23 - Nauru
24 – Palau
25 – Papua New Guinea
26 – Solomon Islands
27 – Tonga
28 – Tuvalu
29 - Vanuatu
30 – Estonia
31 – Latvia

Special Dates and Observances: 3 – World Press Freedom Day
8-9 – Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during WWII
15 – International Day of Families
21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 – International Day for Biological Diversity
25-31-Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
27 - Pentecost
29 – International Day of UN Peacekeepers

Special Dates and Observances:
4 – International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 – World Environment Day
8 – World Oceans Day
12 – World Day Against Child Labour
17 – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 – World Refugee Day
26 – International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26 – International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Special Dates and Observances: 11 – World Population Day

Special Dates and Observances:
9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
12 – International Youth Day
23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

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SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

1 – Lithuania
2 – Vietnam (Independence Day – Vietnam)
3 - Samoa
4 – New Caledonia
5 – French Polynesia
6 – Czech Republic
7 – Poland
8 – Macedonia (Independence Day – Macedonia)
9 - Slovakia
10 – Kosovo
11 – Albania
12 – Bosnia and Herzegovina
13 - Croatia
14 - Slovenia
15 – Montenegro
16 - Serbia (Rosh Hoshanah)
17 – Japan (Respect for the Aged Day – Japan)
18 – Myanmar
19 - Hungary
20 - Romania
21 – Belize (Independence Day – Belize)
22 – Bulgaria (Independence Day – Bulgaria)
23 – Saudi Arabia (National Day – Saudi Arabia)
24 – Malaysia
25 – Israel (Yom Kippur)
26 - Belarus
27 - Moldova
28 – Russian Federation
29 –Ukraine
30 - Liechtenstein

1 - China (National Day-China)
2 - Armenia
3 - Germany (Day of German Unity)
4 – Georgia
5 – Portugal (Republic Day – Portugal)
6 - Azerbaijan
7 - Afghanistan
8 – Fiji (Fiji Day)
9 – Uganda (Independence Day – Uganda)
10 – Kazakhstan
11 - Mongolia
12 - Kyrgyzstan
13 - Tajikistan
14 - Turkmenistan
15 - Uzbekistan
16 - Bangladesh
17 - Nepal
18 - Lesotho
19 - Bhutan
20 – Indigenous Peoples of Asia
21 - Sweden
22 – India
23 - Pakistan
24 – Zambia (Independence Day – Zambia)
25 – Sri Lanka
26 – Angola (Islamic Festival of Sacrifice)
27 – Syria
28 – Thailand
29 – Comoros
30 - Madagascar
31 - Seychelles

1 – Indigenous Peoples of Oceania
2 - Mauritius
3 - Maldives
4 – Russian Federation (National Unity Day-Russia)
5 – Austria
6 –Rwanda
7 - Bahamas
8 - Burundi
9 – Djibouti
10 – Democratic Republic of Congo
11 – Ethiopia (Remembrance Sunday – Interfaith)
12 – Sao Tomé and Principe
13 – Republic of Congo
14 – Gabon
15 - Brazil (Republic Day-Brazil; Islamic New Year)
16 – Hong Kong
17 - Jordan
18 - Cameroon
19 – Central African Republic
20 – Children of the World
21 – Equatorial Guinea
22 – Lebanon (Independence Day – Lebanon)
23 - Laos
24 - Macao
25 – Niger
26 – Burkina Faso
27 – Chad
28 – Mali
29 – Oman
30 - Mauritania

1 – Somalia
2 – Sierra Leone
3 - Tunisia
4 - Liberia
5 - Singapore
6 – Finland (Independence Day – Finland)
7 - Sudan
8 – Romania (Constitution Day – Romania)
9 – Senegal
10 - Guinea
11 – Cape Verde
12 – Kenya (Establishment of Republic – Kenya)
13 – Malta (Republic Day – Malta)
14 - Gambia
15 –Guinea-Bissau
16 – South Africa (Day of Reconciliation – S. Africa)
17 – Kazakhstan (Independence Day – Kazakhstan)
18 - Benin
19 – Spain
20 – Côte d/Ivoire / Ivory Coast
21 – Togo
22 – East Timor
23 - Ghana
24 - Monaco
25 - World Peace
26 - Tanzania (Kwanzaa begins)
27 - Paraguay
28 - Nigeria
29 - Malawi
30 - Switzerland
31 - Palau

Special Dates and Observances: 2 – World Hunger Empahsis
8 – International Literacy Day
16 – International Day for Preservation of the Ozone Layer16 – Heritage Day
21 – International Day of Peace

Special Dates and Observances:
1 International Day of Older Persons
2 International Day of Non-Violence
4-10 World Space Week
5   World Habitat Day
10 World Mental Health Day
16 World Food Day
17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
21 Children's Sabbath
24 United Nations Day
24 – 30 UN Disarmament Week

Special Dates and Observances: 6 – International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
16 – International Day for Tolerance
20 – Universal Children’s Day
25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
29 – International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Special Dates and Observances:
1 – World AIDS Day
2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
9 – International Anti-Corruption Day
10 – Human Rights Day
18 – International Migrants Day
20 – International Human Solidarity Day
25 – Christmas