The bulk of the credit for standardizing New Year's Day goes to Julius Caesar, who seized absolute power over Rome in 46 B.C., only to find that the mighty empire's calendar was hopelessly broken.

Pope Francis indicated that the Catholic Church was willing to accept a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and ...

Pope Francis on Sunday called for a unified Easter date among Christian churches in the spirit of promoting unity. "It is a ...

Happy February 29! It doesn’t come round very often, so make sure you enjoy it. But why do we have these extra days? Well, if we didn’t, the seasons would ...

They initially decided to base it on the solar calendar known as the Julian calendar. Due to miscalculations, the Julian calendar overestimates the solar year by approximately 11 minutes.

Teymour Taj celebrates the beginning of 2025 by exploring the weird and wonderful history of calendars As 2025 rolled in, ...

In 1752, from Sept. 3rd to 13th, people witnessed a unique historical event. Eleven days were cut from the calendar and deleted forever.

"I came, I saw, I conquered.” These famous words, spoken by Julius Caesar, embody the spirit of bold and decisive action.

Russians in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are trying to suppress the celebration of Christmas according to the New Julian calendar, which is celebrated on December 24 and 25 ...