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 ...

Christmas is widely celebrated on December 25, but many, especially in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, observe it on January 7. Let's understand why.

The Old New Year remains one of the most unusual holidays in the Russian calendar: it appeared as a result of the country's ...

What is Orthodox Christmas? And why do millions of people celebrate it on January 7 - The ancient church in the Roman Empire set its religious feasts based on the Julian calendar ...

Most ordinary folks are governed by the calendar and time they reckon by their watch. Gregorian or English calendar was born after the Julian calendar of Julius Caesar, based upon Greenwich Mean Time ...

Nearly two weeks after celebrating New Year, many Serbians did it again on Tuesday evening, this time according to old ...