ალექსანდრიული წელთაღრიცხვა: განსხვავება გადახედვებს შორის

After the initial attempts by [[Hippolytus of Rome|Hippolytus]], [[Clement of Alexandria]] and others{{#tag:ref|. The ''' ''Era of Antioch'' ''' (5492 BC) and ''' ''Era of Alexandria'' ''' (5502 BC) were originally two different formations, differing by 10 years. They were both much in use by the early Christian writers attached to the Churches of Alexandria and Antioch. However after the year AD 284 the two eras coincided, settling on 5492 BC. There are, consequently, two distinct eras of Alexandria, the one being used before and the other after the accession of Diocletian. ("Epoch: Era of Antioch and Era of Alexandra." In: ''<ref>[http://books.google.ca/books?id=TqcrAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0 The Popular Encyclopedia: being a general dictionary of arts, sciences, literature, biography, history, and political economy].'' (Vol. 3, Part 1). Glasgow: Blackie and Son, 1841. p.73.)|group=note}}</ref>, the Alexandrian computation of the date of creation was worked out to be 25 March 5493 BC.<ref>Elias J. Bickerman. ''Chronology of the Ancient World''. 2nd edition. Cornell University Press. 1980. p.73.</ref>

The Alexandrine monk [[Panodorus of Alexandria|Panodorus]] reckoned 5904 years from Adam to the year AD 412. His years began with August 29, corresponding to the [[Thout|First of Thoth]], the [[Egyptian calendar|Egyptian]] new year.<ref>Rev. Philip Schaff (1819–1893), Ed. "Era." ''[[Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge]]''. New Edition, 13 Vols., 1908–14. [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc04/Page_163.html Vol. 4, pp.163].</ref>[[Annianus of Alexandria|Annianos of Alexandria]] however, preferred the Annunciation style as New Year's Day, 25 March, and shifted the Panodorus era by about six months, to begin on 25 March. This created the ''Alexandrian Era'', whose first day was the first day of the proleptic{{#tag:ref|. A calendar obtained by extension earlier in time than its invention or implementation is called the proleptic version of the calendar.|group=note}} Alexandrian civil year in progress, 29 August 5493 BC, with the ecclesiastical year beginning on 25 March 5493 BC.