Why Copts celebrate Christmas on 7 January
On Tuesday 7 January, Coptic Orthodox Christians who comprise 90 percent of Egypt's Christians will break their 43-day fast and celebrate Christmas. The festival comes almost two weeks after most...
View ArticleMeet Mr. July 2014 in Florida Gators calendar: Aaron Hernandez
Florida Gators fans who own the football teams 2014 wall calendar received a surprise Tuesday when they turned the page from June to July. Thats because Aaron Hernandez is Mr. July. So how does an...
View ArticleWHEN THE POPE MADE 10 DAYS DISAPPEAR
A detail on Pope Gregory XIII's tomb, carved by Camillo Rusconi, shows the Pope being presented with a plan for what would become the Gregorian Calendar. (Image: Terfili/WikiCommons CC BY-SA 3.0)The...
View ArticleIN 1844, THE PHILIPPINES SKIPPED A DAY; IT TOOK DECADES BEFORE THE WORLD NOTICED
ORIGINAL TITLE: IN 1844, THE PHILIPPINES SKIPPED A DAY, AND IT TOOK DECADES FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD TO NOTICE The southern Philippines, in an 1852 map (Image: Geographicus Rare Antique...
View ArticleThe Secret Of The Fifteenth Day
Six months ago I wrote about Tu B'Av, a Yom Tov that brings hope after the terrible events of Tisha B'Av. There is something about the fifteenth day of the Jewish month that relates to redemption. The...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Leads Movement to Add Muslim Holidays to School Calendar
The Philadelphia School District will add two Muslim holidays to its calendar, placing it among the first in the nation to do so. In what would be an even rarer step, Mayor Kenney said Tuesday he also...
View ArticleClinton's State Dept. calendar missing scores of entries
The AP review of Clinton's calendar her after-the-fact, official chronology of the events of her four-year term identified at least 75 meetings with longtime political donors and loyalists, Clinton...
View ArticleHillary's Closest Aide Admits Clinton 'Illegally' Burned Daily...
Just two weeks after we exposed the fact that Hillary Clinton's official calendar is "missing" a lot of entries, more 'illegal' allegations are being exposed from her reign as Secretary of State. In a...
View ArticleByzantine Creation Era Calendar
    According to the Church's calendar, developed during the Byzantine period and based on Biblical chronologies, September 1/14 marks the beginning of the ecclesiastical year. Specifically,...
View ArticleSaudis adopt Gregorian calendar to avoid bankruptcy
Saudi Arabia switched from the Islamic lunar Hijri to Gregorian calendar Sunday in a their latest austerity effort to curb spending amid bankruptcy rumors. Islamic lunar Hijri calendar: Year comprises...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Switches From Islamic Calendar to Jesus Birth Date-Based...
The Islamic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has switched from the lunar-based Islamic calendar, which starts with the emigration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina, to the "Western" Gregorian calendar, named...
View ArticleWhen is Easter Sunday? (historical perspective)
And why is Orthodox Easter on a different date than Catholic Easter? Easter Sunday, the greatest liturgical feast of the year, has been celebrated on various days throughout the Churchâs 2,000 year...
View ArticleMayan Elder Says World Won't End
Instead, he maintains better era will start Dec. 21When the current Mayan calendar cycle ends Dec. 21, the world will not cease to exist, says a Mayan elder. "There is a lot of information of what is...
View ArticleGerman Drops Mayan Skull, Endangers Mankind
An ancient Mayan skull stolen from Tibet by Nazis - said to have magical powers to enable humanity to survive the December 2012 apocalypse - has been dropped by a lab assistant in eastern Germany,...
View ArticleMaya Artwork Uncovered In A Guatemalan Forest
Conservator Angelyn Bass cleans and stabilizes the surface of a wall of a Mayan house that dates to the ninth century. The figure of a man who may have been the town scribe appears on the wall to her...
View ArticleQuake reveals day of Jesus' crucifixion, researchers believe
Geologists say Jesus, as described in the New Testament, was most likely crucified on Friday, April 3, in the year 33. The latest investigation, reported in International Geology Review, focused on...
View ArticleThe Puzzle Of The 13 Solar Towers of Chankillo
Chankillo, a Peruvian "Stonehenge", has 13 towers in a straight line. No-one knows why. Now, Amelia Sparavigna at the Politecnico di Torino in Italy ... show[s] that the first tower lines up with...
View ArticleAS SEEN AT THE DEM CONVENTION: THE CALENDAR THAT USES JOHN 3:16 IN REFERENCE...
One of the knocks on the GOP convention was that the swag the kitschy stuff available in tote bags, at booths, and being handed out randomly was lacking, boring even. Well, it looks like vendors...
View ArticleTen years later, reason why EgyptAir jet crashed unclear
On Halloween 10 years ago today, EgyptAir Flight 990 nose-dived into the ocean off Nantucket from 33,000 feet, leaving the families of 217 children, grandparents and lovers forever haunted by the...
View ArticleParty Like There's No Day-After-Tomorrow!
For you Early Birds who simply MUST get a jump on everyone else, TODAY is your day (assuming you believe in Mayan prophecies, of course). And why not? As you can see, the eleventh-century Mayan Seer...
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