Thursday, May 29th, marks Ascension Day, which means a day off work in Norway. Here's why the day is celebrated.

(MENAFN) Lent is underway in the Christian world ... which would fix holidays to the modern calendar while keeping Easter on the Julian system. Though it may seem complicated, transitioning ...

These two, with Sukkot, the “Feast of Booths,” were the three pilgrimage festivals of ancient Judaism. The Book of Exodus ...

France owns four heritage sites in Jerusalem, under a treaty known as the Fischer-Chauvel agreement, in addition to other ...

Holy Rosary Rummage Sale: A two-day rummage sale will take place inside Holy Rosary School, 1043 Lake Ave., Detroit Lakes, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday, May 30, and 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, May 31.

Anna Jarvis spearheaded the effort to make Mother's Day a national holiday, she later grew to despise the holiday for being overly commercialized.

The UK has a handful of bank holidays throughout the year but why do two take place in May each year? Here's the history behind them.

Three senators on Tuesday submitted a landmark bill to the Liberian Senate seeking to establish both Christian and Muslim holy days as official national holidays--marking a bold attempt to quell ...

Hours earlier, the Russian president had declared a 30-hour truce for “humanitarian” reasons to mark the Christian holiday. Nonetheless ... The most important date in this religion’s calendar is not ...

Last year, theater owners and industry professionals wrung their hands as Memorial Day box office performance tanked. This ...

Tina Cahill, the only incumbent running for Quincy school board, faces four challengers. She sat down with The Patriot Ledger ...