Byzantine time
Byzantine time is the final Greek Anno Mundi method of keeping time that originated in the Byzantine Empire.[1]
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.
See also
[edit]- Civil time
- Decimal time
- Roman timekeeping – Hour system with days divided into 24 hours
- Ottoman time also set the clocks at 12:00 at sunset.
- Relative hour – Hebrew term ascribed to an hour of a 12-hour day and how it is to be reckoned
References
[edit]- 1 2 "In Mt. Athos, Byzantine Empire lingers". The Denver Post. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ↑ "Mt. Athos: A visit to the Holy Mountain". CBS News. 21 April 2011. p. 4. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ↑ "If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you'd better double check the time". Public Radio International. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
External links
[edit]- Byzantine time Archived 2021-02-27 at the Wayback Machine at Diatheke.org
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