Several countries around the world have already entered 2025, while in other nations, January 1, the first day of the year, ...

The Roman Empire was run according to the Julian calendar, which is relatively similar to the modern calendar. This was regimented, rather than being adjusted based on astronomical conditions ...

At the start of a new year, we become increasingly aware of the marking of time into significant chunks and milestones. Yet, ...

For centuries, people on Earth have been celebrating the dawn of the near year on January 1. However, a look back through history reveals that it wasn’t always that way. For much of human history, ...

Holy Week is the same in the eastern and western Church, but because eastern Christians use the Julian Calendar to ... and in the Roman Empire of the first century, there was no general consensus ...

when emperor Julius Caesar in 46 BCE established the Julian calendar. Over time, this date became widely accepted as the start of the year across various cultures due to the influence of the Roman ...

Interestingly, the celebration of the New Year on January 1 dates back to ancient Rome, during 45 BCE, when Julius Caesar established the Julian calendar ... influence of the Roman Empire and later ...

We are launching not into a new year but a new era for America. For some it will be an arduous undertaking. For others it ...

Christopher Hill and William J. Federer state that this was done to solve the "administrative problem for the Roman Empire as it tried to coordinate the solar Julian calendar with the lunar calendars ...

By Stephen Smot On the twelfth day of Christmas, a truelove gave her beloved a gift. Whatever it was, she presented it on Jan ...

STATELY OBSERVER Moorehall has seen a great many days and seasons turn. Pic: Michael Kingdon ...