According to the claim, Russian competitors showed up 13 days late for their events as they still hadn't switched to the ...

In 1582, ten days really did vanish from the calendar. To fix centuries of drift caused by the Julian calendar, Pope Gregory XIII introduced what we now call the Gregorian calendar. The problem was ...

People living on the low-lying shores of the Bristol Channel and Severn estuary began their day like any other on January 30, ...

January — where we now sit, shivering, in our thermal underwear — is named after Janus. A two-faced god, symbolizing ...

Our modern calendar is the Gregorian calendar, named for Pope Gregory XIII, who reformed it in 1582 to correct some errors in the older Julian calendar. The Julian calendar was named for Julius Caesar ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — The sound of bells echoed across Scranton's West Side as dozens gathered inside Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church along Washburn Street. The Christmas Mass was one of many ...

Millions of people around the world celebrated Orthodox Christmas on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holy day. Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including those in ...

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The Christmas season isn’t over, at least not for the handful of Orthodox Christian churches that follow the Julian Calendar and are celebrating Christmas on Wednesday with special liturgies, dinners ...

Jan. 1 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 45 B.C., New Year's Day was celebrated on Jan. 1 for the first time as the Julian calendar took effect. In 1801, Ceres, classified as a dwarf planet, was ...

The first day of the new year falls on a Thursday every six to 11 years. The next year that January 1st falls on a Thursday will be 2032. But for now, we thought it may be fun to share how our modern ...