Catholic and Orthodox — fall on the same date, April 20, due to the alignment of the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

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 ...

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 ...

Presidents Day is a federal holiday celebrated each year in mid-February to honor past U.S. presidents. Locally, it's part of ...

That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

Presidents Day - officially Washington's Birthday - is on Monday. Here's what will be open, closed, and if you have to work ...

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 ...

Prior to the Gregorian and even Julian calendars, Roman King Numa Pompilius (715-673 BC) set about creating a calendar with equal-length months, the University of Chicago said. "When Numa ...

In the Gregorian calendar ... April 4 and May 8 in the Eastern Orthodox Church, which follows the Julian calendar. This year, Orthodox Easter also falls on April 20. That won't happen again ...