This is a timeline of events during the year 2017 which relate to religion.
Events
20 April – The International Church of Cannabis opens in Denver, Colorado. 6 May – The Lokstene Shrine of Dievturi, a Dievturi monument in Latvia, opens. 12–22 May – The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games are held in Baku, Azerbaijan. June Samoa becomes a Christian state. Article 1 of the Samoan Constitution states that “Samoa is a Christian nation founded of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit”. The Cologne Central Mosque is opened for prayers in Cologne, Germany. The liberal Ibn Rushd-Goethe Mosque opens in Berlin, Germany. 29 August – Evangelical church leaders in the United States publish the Nashville Statement advocating monogamy and heterosexuality. 17 September – The Church of Sweden holds elections for its assembly. 31 October – Germany celebrates the 500th anniversary of Reformation Day. 19 November – The Catholic Church observes the first annual World Day of the Poor. 8 December– The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is completed and dedicated after a century of construction. 29 December – An Islamic State gunman attacks the Church of Saint Menas in Cairo, Egypt.
Undated
The Synagogue Edmond Safra opens in Monaco.
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