Maya Expert: The 'End Of Times' Is Our Idea, Not The Ancients...
t is Dec. 20, 2012 and citizens of Earth are panicking, consumed by the idea that the world will end Friday, something they say was predicted by Mayan astronomers. Of course, most people are not...
View ArticleAfter 63 years, U.S. Postal Service delivers calendar
After 63 years, U.S. Postal Service delivers calendar The 1950 Pennsylvania Railroad calendar never made it to James W. Flanagan, general manager of The Scranton Times. He would never need it: he died...
View Article10,000 year old "calendar" found in Scottish field
The world's oldest calendar has been discovered in a field in Scotland, a group of British archeologists believe. The twelve excavated pits in an Aberdeen field seem to mimic phases of the moon to...
View ArticleWhy 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 ArticleSaints on Calendar?
Saints on Calendar? Q. Why are some American saints on the liturgical calendar and others are not? How is that determined?Marty, Brooklyn, N.Y. A. It is true that not all American saints appear on the...
View ArticleA Creative Calendar from a Retirement Home
A German Retirement Community Did A Calendar Where Seniors Amazingly Recreated Famous Movie Scenes. The Contilia Retirement Group in Essen, Germany, made what is probably the best calendar ever with a...
View ArticleOn New Year’s, our calendar’s crazy history, and the switch that...
On New Years Day, just about every corner of the world will flip a calendar in accordance with the system commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII in the 1580s.
View ArticleLatest Apple Update Deletes Easter,But Leaves 'Indigenous Peoples Day'
Were still not sure if it was a glitch, an oops or an intentional snub, but it looks like Easter Sunday has disappeared from Apples iPhone calendars under the company's latest software update. Fox...
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