In the Julian calendar, the new year began on March 25. So March 24, 1701 would be followed directly by March 25, 1702. The Gregorian calendar, as we know today, begins on January 1.

SCRANTON, Pa. — A number of orthodox services are on tap across our area on Friday, January 7, as people mark Julian Calendar Christmas. For members of the Latino community, this week is also ...

Julian calendar Christmas a public holiday in many parts of central and eastern Europe. Many Orthodox Christians fast for 40 days prior to Christmas and then have a feast on Christmas Eve.

Under the Julian calendar, France celebrated the New Year during the week between March 25 and April 1. When France began using the Gregorian calendar, the change shifted New Year's Day to January 1.

For centuries, much of the world had existed under the Julian calendar (named for Julius Caesar, who implemented it), which was much like our calendar. A year was 365¼ days long and added an ...

The Julian calendar worked so well at first that many countries adopted it. Unfortunately, it was flawed, being 0.0078 of a day (about 11 minutes and 14 seconds) longer than the tropical year.

The Synod of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has approved switching to the new Julian calendar from Sept. 1. It means the Church will celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 instead of Jan. 7.

The Julian calendar is a solar-based calendar that was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and hasn’t been used in Britain since 1752, which is when the now widely-used Gregorian system was ...

In the SR's "Looking Ahead" of Wednesday, 27 May, ("June is just around the corner"), the anonymous writer claims that it is "the Julian calendar that we use to this day." This is just -- by 432 ...