As the United States prepares to celebrate President’s Day, we take a look at the origins of the annual holiday. The holiday, which is formerly known as Washington’s Birthday, is a commemoration of ...
Join us as we journey through the history of timekeeping, from ancient civilizations to the Julian calendar introduced by Julius Caesar and how the inaccuracies in the led to Pope Gregory to an ...
Feb. 22 is commemorated across the country as the birthday of our first commander in chief.But what about George Washington’s ...
That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...
Easter Sunday sometimes falls in late April, because the holiday is not tied to a specific date. As a result, all of the ...
The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on ...
Presidents Day is a federal holiday celebrated each year in mid-February to honor past U.S. presidents. Locally, it's part of ...
In the Gregorian calendar, it is always observed on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25. Easter can be observed between April 4 and May 8 in the Eastern Orthodox Church, which follows the Julian ...
The original Roman calendar divided the year from March to December into 10 months of either 29 or 31 days, based on lunar ...
The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 7:45 ...
Truth is, she says, “the hardest thing I’ve ever done”. It is essentially the story of Julian Assange, but told in such a way that five actors might be delivering his lines, some of them in ...