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 ...

While the Chicago area is still dealing with snow and cold temperatures, a spring holiday will soon be right around the ...

Feb. 22 is commemorated across the country as the birthday of our first commander in chief.But what about George Washington’s ...

The Romans added January and February to the calendar but ran into a problem — math and superstition. Here's why February ...

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 ...

Lucky money, dragon and lion dances and the crackle of firecrackers marked the start of the Lunar New Year, which took place ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on ...

The Arabic term Ramadan connotes intense heat. It seems that in pre-Islamic Arabia, Ramadan was the name of a scorching hot summer month. In the Islamic calendar, however, the timing of Ramadan varies ...

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