See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Orthodox New Year, also known as the Old New Year, marks the start of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Easter is considered the most important date on the Christian calendar — sorry Christmas — but unlike its counterpart, the holiday changes dates every year. Whether these communities follow the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In another sign of the widening fissure between the main Orthodox churches in Ukraine and Russia over the Kremlin's war against its neighbor, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) has approved a switch ...