To the north of St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican stands a tall structure called the Tower of the Winds, also referred to as ...

Eastern Orthodox churches use the Julian calendar, which can place the date of Easter anywhere between April 4 and May 8 when ...

Catholic and Orthodox churches celebrate Easter on the same date, Sunday, April 20. This coincidence last occurred in 2017 ...

Eastern Orthodox churches use the Julian calendar, which can place the date of Easter anywhere between April 4 and May 8 when it's converted back to the Gregorian calendar. This year ...

Father Frans Bouwen, a leading voice in ecumenical dialogue, holds that “there are no real theological reasons” to justify ...

April Fools’ Day is most often attributed to France’s switch from the Julian calendar, to the Gregorian calendar in the 1500s, according to The Library of Congress and the History Channel. “In the ...

Easter Sunday 2025 falls on 4/20. It's an unofficial holiday for people who smoke weed. Is marijuana legal in Mississippi?

Today belongs to the pranksters. Historians believe the day came into existence when France implemented the Gregorian calendar, according to the History Channel. Previously, the French used the Julian ...

Pope Francis has made greater unity with the Orthodox a priority of his pontificate; he has especially expressed his desire ...

The calendar many Christians follow is the Gregorian Calendar, introduced by Pope Gregory the 13th in 1582. The Julian Calendar, on the other hand, found its roots over 1500 years prior ...