拜占庭歷

拜占庭曆是一套拜占庭（東羅馬）帝國與東正教會歷史上使用過的曆法，歷史上被稱作「自創世以來的羅馬年（Ἔτη Γενέσεως Κόσμου κατὰ Ῥωμαίους）」或「創世年（古希臘語：Ἔτος Κτίσεως Κόσμου）」或「世界年（古希臘語：Ἔτος Κόσμου）」。東正教的普世牧首轄區於約公元691年至1728年，拜占庭帝國官方於988年-1453年，羅斯諸國於約988年-約1700年使用這套曆法，其他受拜占庭影響較大的國家，如塞爾維亞、保加利亞歷史上也曾使用這種曆法。

這套曆法與儒略曆基本相同，但仍有兩點主要的區別，一是以每年9月1日為新年第一天，紀年法則採用世界紀元，即以上帝創世的第一天為紀年之始。拜占庭宗教界以《舊約聖經》七十士譯本中的記載為基礎推算的上帝創世之年相當於公元前5509年，拜占庭歷的第一年為前5509年9月1日-前5508年8月31日。

## 外部鏈接

- Byzantine ways of reckoning time
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- Chronology of the Biblical Patriarchs.
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Hebrew calendar

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- The Jewish Calendar by Karl Hagen (medievalist).

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