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

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

In Byzantine time, hour 0:00:00 begins daily at sunset rather than midnight. 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

• Civil time
• Decimal time

References

1. ^ "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.

External links

• Byzantine time Archived 2021-02-27 at the Wayback Machine at Diatheke.org

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