Advent calendars are a popular way to count down the days until Christmas, and they come in all shapes and sizes nowadays. There's the ever-popular chocolate calendars that give the user a piece if ...

Rosh Ha’Shanah and Yom Kippur are just around the corner. These are the two holiest days in the Jewish calendar. This year Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on Oct. 2, and Yom Kippur at sunset on Oct. 11 ...

According to the calendar perched on my cluttered desk, there’s a Friday the 13th this month. And good luck with that. As you know, there are people who feel that Friday the 13th is an axis of evil to ...

Eyes were trained skyward in Muslim communities throughout the world Thursday night as the faithful searched for the crescent moon that signals the beginning of Ramadan. Ramadan, the ninth month of ...

In a way, old calendars saved from prior years are like almanacs. What was the date of our first snow? When did the ice begin to form on the lake, how thick did it get and when did it go out in the ...