The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year ... midsummer celebrations rooted in paganism are the highlight of the year for many. The weekend surrounding the solstice is filled with ...

The summer solstice is almost here ... The tradition us thought to date back to a pagan festival celebrating fertility and the triumph of light over dark. People who follow druidic traditions ...

(Fittingly, storks return to Europe from Africa about 9 months after the summer solstice.) After the founding of the Polish state and the simultaneous introduction of Christianity to its territory in ...

During the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere ... this was done by the Emperor as a move to weaken established pagan celebrations that occurred around the Winter Solstice.

The summer solstice is celebrated around the world ... It has links to ancient beliefs, including the Greek and Roman gods ...

The solstice also marks the start of the Pagan holiday, Yule ... Meanwhile, the Southern Hemisphere will greet summertime with the summer solstice. The extra long night and short day occur ...

Neo-pagan celebrations at Stonehenge gained popularity from the early C20th onwards. The summer solstice is an opportunity to celebrate the long summer days. The winter solstice reminds us that ...

Jānis is a Latvian pagan deity, and he’s celebrated at the summer solstice in Riga in Latvia. Local custom dictates that you must spend the shortest night of the year awake, by a bonfire.

The summer solstice will occur on June 20, 2025, at 7:41 p.m. PST. It's derived from the Latin word solstitium. Or to put it in another way: solstice means "sun stands still." Yule is a Pagan ...