Faces People, Places, and World Culture for Kids and Children

The Oldest New Year’s Party Celebrating Nayrouz

One of the oldest calendars in the world is the Coptic calendar. The Egyptian Coptic church was one of the earliest forms of Christianity, and Coptic Christians were persecuted and killed by the Romans. In C.E. 283, they adopted their own Coptic calendar, and as

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