Join us as we journey through the history of timekeeping, from ancient civilizations to the Julian calendar introduced by Julius Caesar and how the inaccuracies in the led to Pope Gregory to an ...

Feb. 22 is commemorated across the country as the birthday of our first commander in chief.But what about George Washington’s ...

The Romans added January and February to the calendar but ran into a problem — math and superstition. Here's why February became the odd month out.

That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

Presidents Day is a federal holiday celebrated each year in mid-February to honor past U.S. presidents. Locally, it's part of ...

Easter this year will be in late April, on Sunday, April 20. Easter Sunday sometimes falls in late April, because the holiday is not tied to a specific date. As a result, all of the related religious ...

Western Christians follow the Gregorian calendar ... But many Orthodox Churches remain with the older Julian calendar from the times of Julius Caesar, meaning there is now a 12-day gap between ...

Noting that in 2025 the date coincides on the West's Gregorian calendar and the East's Julian calendar, Francis said that "I renew my appeal that this coincidence may serve as an appeal to all ...

Pope Francis on Sunday called for a unified Easter date among Christian churches in the spirit of promoting unity. "It is a happy coincidence that Easter in this ecumenical Jubilee Year is celebrated ...

The older calendar became known as the Julian calendar and the new one, post correction, as the Gregorian calendar. The Pope's change was adopted quickly by the Catholic world, but the rest of ...

A Julian Day Number is similar to a Unix timestamp, counting days instead of seconds, and using January 1st of the year 4713 BC as starting point (or "epoch"). This is a useful format for computations ...