The original Roman calendar divided the year from March to December into 10 months of either 29 or 31 days, based on lunar ...

During an ecumenical prayer service at St. Paul Outside the Walls to mark the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, ...

Presidents Day is a federal holiday celebrated each year in the middle of February to honor past U.S. presidents. See when it is observed in 2025.

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

Pope Francis said that the Catholic Church is ready to accept a single date for all Christians to celebrate Easter.

The shift from Washington’s Birthday to Presidents' Day began in the late 1960s, when Congress proposed the Uniform Monday ...

February, or as the Romans called it, Februarius is upon us. Depending on whether a groundhog sees his shadow Sunday, we either have six more weeks of winter, or we don’t. The month, I have always ...

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

A remote Shetland island is celebrating its New Year's Day - two weeks after other parts of the world. Foula - which is home ...

preferring instead to follow some of the traditions of the Julian calendar. So this sees islanders celebrate Christmas on 6 January rather than 25 December, and New Year's Day on 13 January.

Due to miscalculations, the Julian calendar overestimates the solar year by approximately 11 minutes. Therefore, as time goes on, the solar year becomes more and more out of sync. In 1582 ...

Here's everything you need to know about the holiday and when it will be observed this year. Easter is ... 5 based on the Gregorian calendar and April 12 based on the Julian calendar.