Wonderscape
Holiday Kids: History of the Calendar and New Year's Traditions Around the World
This video provides a brief history of the calendar and explores New Year's traditions and customs around the world. The video also discusses the tradition of making New Year's resolutions and the significance of the song "Auld Lang...
HowStuffWorks
The Modern Calendar: Where did it come from? | Stuff of Genius
Nowadays it's easy to take the calendar for granted -- nations across the world have agreed that (for business purposes) each year is twelve months long. But how did we get this calendar in the first place? Stuff of Genius tells the...
Curated Video
Orthodox Christians get crosses tattoos during Easter pilgrimage to Jerusalem
13 May 1. Tilt-down Orthodox Christian pilgrim, Mebrat (only one name given), singing as she is gets tattoo 2. Close of Virgin Mary being done on Mebrat's arm 3. Tilt-down Ethiopian pilgrims watching over as Mebrat is getting a tattoo 4....
Curated Video
Orthodox Easter service in Bijeljina
Orthodox Christians across the world were celebrating Easter on Sunday, commemorating the day followers believe Jesus was resurrected more than 2,000 years ago.In the northeastern Bosnian town of Bijeljina, hundreds of faithful attended...
Free School
Why Do We Have Leap Years? The History of Leap Day - FreeSchool
Every now and again you may look at your calendar and realize that February has 29 days again. But why? That extra day is called a leap day, and it only appears in leap years. What on earth is it for? February 29th is added to keep the...
Curated Video
Sudan's Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas
Orthodox Christians in Sudan have been celebrating Christmas. They use a different calendar to Catholics and Protestants so mark the day later than many other Christians. Church bells toll, calling people to mass in Khartoum. Sudan has a...
Curated Video
Armenians take Christmas mass in Iraq
LEADIN: Armenian Orthodox worshippers gathered at Virgin Mary Church of Armenian Orthodox on Saturday to celebrate Christmas Eve in Zakho-Dohuk. STORYLINE: A Christian church in northern Iraq. This is the Church of the Virgin Mary in the...
Curated Video
Icon painter uses ancient methods
MIDEAST EASTER ICONSSOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESSRESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 3:19SHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLYValley near Abu Dis, between Jericho and Jerusalem - 4 April 20171. Wide pan of valley between Jerusalem and...
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Serbian Orthodox worshippers attend Mass on Christmas Eve
1. Various of St. Sava church 2. People entering the church 3. Various of priests in church 4. Serbian Patriarch Irinej at the liturgy 5. Patriarch Irinej with priests at the liturgy 6. Worshippers at the liturgy 7. Mid of priests 8....
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Orthodox Christians mark Good Friday
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLISTAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYJerusalem - 10 April 20151. Egyptian Orthodox pilgrims on Via Dolorosa carrying pictures of Jesus and wooden crosses 2. Sign reading (English/Arabic/Hebrew) "Via...
Curated Video
Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas in Gaza Strip
Orthodox Christians in the Gaza Strip celebrated Christmas on Tuesday. The Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas day on 7 January because they follow the Julian Calendar, which was replaced in Western Europe by the Gregorian calendar...
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WRAP Christmas preparations in Moscow and Bethlehem
Bethlehem, West Bank 1. Scouts marching in Manger Square 2. Drummers marching 3. Scouts marching with flags 4. Pipe band marching 5. Girl scouts marching 6. Close shot of candles, pull out to medium shot 7. Various shots of children...
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Orthodox Christians hold Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City
1. Pilgrims carrying crosses along the Via Dolorosa (latin for "Way of Suffering," a route that at ends at the ancient Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site of the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection, according to Christian belief) 2....
Curated Video
Medvedev and Putin attend Orthodox Easter Mass
1. Mid of Russian Patriarch Kirill during Orthodox Easter Mass 2. Wide of faithful holding candles and crossing themselves 3. Wide of Patriarch Kirill blessing the faithful 4. Wide of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with wife Svetlana,...
Curated Video
Bakers hurry to prepare traditional bread for Orthodox Easter
LEAD IN: Bakers in the small Caucasus country of Georgia are busy in the lead up to Orthodox Easter (8 April). That's because Easter time in Georgia means Paska time. Paska is an Easter bread that's traditionally eaten in Eastern...
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Bakers hurry to prepare traditional bread for Orthodox Easter
LEAD IN: Bakers in the small Caucasus country of Georgia are busy in the lead up to Orthodox Easter (8 April). That's because Easter time in Georgia means Paska time. Paska is an Easter bread that's traditionally eaten in Eastern...
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Orthodox Christian Christmas Eve celebrations
Orthodox Christians celebrated Christmas Eve on Saturday in the biblical city of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III of the Holy Land arrived to the Nativity Church in Manger Square amid rain. Bands made...
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Worshippers arrive to celebrate Orthodox Christmas mass
1. Wide of worshippers arriving at church 2. Close of church sign 3. Mid of Hamas policemen guarding entrance to church 4. Wide of worshippers entering church 5. Various of church interior, people praying during service 6. Various of...
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Re-enactment of Jesus''s funeral on Orthodox Good Friday
1. Wide pan up the square outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem 2. Close up of crucifix on spire, birds flying in background 3. Wide of crowds outside Church of the Holy Sepulchre 4. Wide of square 5. Wide of crowds...
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Celebrations for Orthodox Christmas in Bethlehem
1. Wide of Bethlehem square 2. Wide of security on top of building 3. Armed soldier standing next to Palestinian flag 4. Scouts carrying flags 5. Scouts marching with drums 6. Religious procession 7. Close-up of burning incense 8....
Encyclopaedia Britannica
This Week in History, September 11-15
Overview of the events of September 11-15. World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks; Jesse Owens born; Soviet space probe Luna blasts off; 10 days in Great Britain lost with switch from Julian to Gregorian calendar; Agatha Christie born
SciShow
Why Do We Have Leap Years?
So it's February 29th and we have 366 days this year instead of 365- what's the deal with Leap Years?
Weird History
Facts About the Rusian Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution resulted in the establishment of the first Communist state in history and was the work of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin - that's the general story told to history students in textbooks, an incredibly simplified...
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Palestinians protest against Greek patriarch over alleged land deals
Dozens of Palestinians on Saturday protested the arrival of the Greek Orthodox patriarch of the Holy Land to celebrate Orthodox Christmas in Bethlehem. The protesters scuffled with Palestinian police and church supporters as Patriarch...