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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was not a time machine, nor a TARDIS that caused 11 days to go missing from the calendar in 1752. It was a calendar change, a long overdue one in fact. For centuries, much of the world had existed ...

There are a number of different calendars used around the world today, including the Gregorian calendar (in which the current year is 2025) and the traditional Chinese calendar (in which the current ...

In 1582 it corrected the Julian calendar, shortening the average year by 0.0075 days to stop the drift with respect to the equinoxes In 1582, Thursday, October 4 was followed by Friday, October 15. In ...

A senior Russian Orthodox Church official is calling for Russia to return back to its traditional Julian calendar that was used until February 1918. In a televised interview with church-affliliated ...

Nearly two weeks after celebrating New Year, many Serbians did it again on Tuesday evening, this time according to old Orthodox Christian tradition. Some Eastern Orthodox churches follow the ancient ...