When is Easter in 2025? When Christians will observe the holiday this year
With the blossoming of spring brings the holiest day in the Christian religion — the celebration of Easter. See when the ...
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Julius Caesar: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered the Calendar and Gave Us New Year's Day
At least, that was the idea. Revolutionary as the Julian calendar was, it wasn't perfect, and fell out of alignment over time. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar ...
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Today is the first day of 2025 for some people: This is who celebrates the New Year today, Jan. 14
However, some people in the United States are welcoming the new year on Tuesday, Jan. 14, which is equivalent to Jan. 1 on the Julian calendar. Many Orthodox Christians in the United States ...
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St. John’s Cathedral celebrates Russian Christmas
St. John’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Mayfield celebrated Russian Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7. The church held services ...
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Isolated island of Foula rings in New Year on January 13th
Foula, a small island in the Shetland Archipelago, has just 35 residents and no pubs, shops, or Wi-Fi. They follow the Julian ...
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Why some people celebrate Christmas in January
To do so, they decided to base it on the Julian calendar, a solar calendar which Roman ruler Julius Caesar had adopted in 46 B.C. on the advice of Egyptian astronomer Sosigenes in an attempt to ...