In honor of Leap Day, this read is for the history nerds. Ever wonder how America caught our calendar up with the rest of the world? In September 1752, we skipped 11 days. According to NASA, the Earth ...

The Synod of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has approved switching to the new Julian calendar from Sept. 1. It means the Church will celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 instead of Jan. 7. Other holidays ...

It just doesn’t make any sense. A septangle is a figure with seven sides. A septave is a seven-tone musical scale. A septuagenarian is a person who is between 70 and 79 years old — ...

It's still a direct astronomical observation. Easter is considered the most important date on the Christian calendar — sorry Christmas — but unlike its counterpart, the holiday changes dates every ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — We did not have a White Christmas but for those who follow the Julian Calendar, it is looking more and more likely you will with snow in the forecast this weekend. Northeastern ...

TAYLOR, Pa. -- For Orthodox Christians who follow the Julian calendar all around the world, January 7 is Christmas Day. People gathered inside St. George's Orthodox Church in Taylor for a special mass ...

In the SR’s “Looking Ahead” of Wednesday, 27 May, (“June is just around the corner”), the anonymous writer claims that it is “the Julian calendar that we use to this day.” This is just — by 432 years ...

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Could you imagine watching the ball in Times Square drop around March? You might have been, had much of the Western world not adopted the modern calendar that begins each year on Jan. 1. The oldest ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is one of two English perpetual ...