Ash Wednesday is one of the most solemn of Christian dates. It's the start of a weekslong period for the faithful called Lent that comes ahead of one of the most joyous of Christian holidays ...

The New Year on the Islamic calendar, or Hijri, announces the year as 1446 AH, which began on the first evening of the month of Muharram, in December on the Christian Gregorian calendar.

Though we don't need a reminder for when St. Patrick's Day or Christmas Day falls, there are some religious holidays that depend on the lunar calendar and thus their dates keep changing every year.

The New Year on the Islamic calendar, or Hijri, announces the year as 1446 AH, which began on the first evening of the month of Muharram, in December on the Christian Gregorian calendar.

Proposal to secularize the civic calendar prompts controversy. Debates about the place of Christianity in public life regularly resurface in Europe. Recently, after the Pentecost Monday holiday ...

Knapp said as it is, the calendar is tilted toward Christian holidays. The only federal religious holiday is Christmas, and winter break runs the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, she said.