Noteworthy Ukrainians: Inventing time and the Ukrainian connection

Ukrainian Weekly, The | February 11, 2001| | Copyright

Kuzych, Ingert
Ukrainian Weekly, The
02-11-2001
NOTEWORTHY UKRAINIANS: Inventing time and the Ukrainian connection

by Ingert Kuzych

The Christian world recently celebrated the 2000th anniversary of Jesus'
birth. But have you ever asked yourself: How do we know that it has been
exactly two millennia anyway? Or, just who was responsible for coming up
with the designations A.D. and B.C. anyhow? Well, in large part, the credit
can go to a little recognized scholar who hailed from territory that today
is Ukraine. Here is his story.

The calculation of the Christian Era is generally attributed to Dionysius
...

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