Yes, Mario, I have been there twice: the monks use two time systems. For their daily work they have the "normal" Greek time, but for their services they do as if they use the temporal hours: the night services are longer in winter time than in summer time. Karlheinz
4. BYZANTINE HOURS NOTE : Rhor in his book "Sundial", Italian edition, in pag. 110 says that "in the monasteries of Mount Athos still use the julian calendar and the temporary hours" ??? --------------------- Mr Karlheinz Schaldach during his travels in Greece has been on Mount Athos and he saw all monks with standard cloks on their wrist. Mario ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mario Arnaldi Via Cavour, 57/c 48100 Ravenna Italy Lat. 44° 25' N - Lon. 12° 12' E Redazione di "GNOMONICA ITALIANA" rivista di storia, arte, cultura e tecniche degli orologi solari ID Yahoo Messenger: "mcardal" ID MSN Messenger: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] ID Skype: "mcardal" ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- ttps://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial ________________________________________________________________________ AOL eMail auf Ihrem Handy! Ab sofort können Sie auch unterwegs Ihre AOL email abrufen. Registrieren Sie sich jetzt kostenlos.
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