Byzantine time

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Byzantine time is the final Greek Anno Mundi method of keeping time that originated in the Byzantine Empire. [1]

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It is now rarely used save for in Eastern Orthodox monasteries, for example, on Mount Athos in Greece [2] and Mar Saba monastery in the West Bank. Ethiopia (where Oriental Orthodoxy is the largest religion of the country) also uses this type of timing. [3]

In Byzantine time, hour 0:00:00 begins daily at sunset rather than midnight. [1] Due to seasonal variations in the length of a day, hour zero can vary by several hours throughout the year. The Byzantine calendar is a related method of keeping dates.

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  1. 1 2 "In Mt. Athos, Byzantine Empire lingers". The Denver Post. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Mt. Athos: A visit to the Holy Mountain". CBS News . 21 April 2011. p. 4. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you'd better double check the time". Public Radio International. Retrieved 2018-03-13.


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