Unlike other holidays around the end of the year, New Year’s is relatively secular — at least among cultures that celebrate ...

Happy New Year: Goodbye 2024! As the calendar turned to January 1, the world welcomed the year 2025 with new resolutions and ...

Explore the fascinating history of New Year’s resolutions, from ancient Babylonian traditions to modern-day practices.

Members of the Hamilton School District Marching Band will perform in the New Year's Day Parade in Rome! It's part of a ...

These exiting new two-hour tours “How Jewish is Roman Jewish History” will be launched January 1, 2025. For more information ...

There was a major shift in the world of Torah scholarship 2,200 years ago. A new light was born in response to the Greeks' ...

The celebration of the New Year dates back thousands of years and has been observed by various cultures worldwide.

Athens is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It has been a place of human settlement for at least 5,000 years.

Embark Beyond asked its experts to recommend the hottest new hotels. They range from a refurbished classic in Manhattan to ...

The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years. Pilgrims who participate can obtain “indulgences” — the centuries-old feature of the ...

Pope Francis on December 24 inaugurated the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome. One of the symbolic images of every Jubilee is ...