Timekeeping is one of humanity's oldest and most important endeavors. For centuries, societies have developed systems to ...
October 1582 isn’t exactly a year which went down in history. It certainly doesn’t have the same familiarity as 1066 (the Battle of Hastings), 1969 (the US moon landing) or 1914 (the start of ...
October 1582 isn’t exactly a year which went down in history. It certainly doesn’t have the same familiarity as 1066 (the ...
Tired of the busy life, people today are embracing workshops that explore an alternate idea of living anchored in feminine ...
The love for tradition kept the Eastern Orthodox Church from adopting the Gregorian calendar though it was based on reason ...
BRITAIN’S remotest community will finally celebrate Christmas tomorrow. And islanders will also see in the New Year nearly ...
Christmas is celebrated by the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalemite, Polish and Serbian Orthodox churches, the Athos monasteries in Greece, as well as the Eastern Catholic Church and the Old Believers ...
The Gregorian calendar, based on the solar calendar that marks December 31 as the end of the year, was first introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in October 1582. His decision was likely based on the fact ...