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{{Infobox_Contents | topic_name = Year - Heb. shanah, meaning "repetition" or "revolution" (Gen. 1:14; 5:3). Among the ancient Egyptians the year consisted | subtopics = {{ebd}}* [[Church history]] * [[Timeline of twelve months of thirty days each, with five days added to make it a complete revolution of the earth round the sun. The Jews reckoned the year in two ways, (1) according to a sacred calendar, in which the year began about the time of the vernal equinox, with the month Abib; and (2) according to a civil church history]] * [[Before Christ]] * [[Anno Domini]]* [[Christian calendar, in which the year began about the time of the autumnal equinox, with the month Nisan. The month Tisri is now the beginning of the Jewish year. ]] | opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |}}
A year is the time it takes for the earth to fully orbit the Sun - approximately 365 days. History is traditionally divided in the West into the years before and [[Jesus]]' birth - AD and BC. * AD (Anno Domini) - Latin for "In the year of our Lord" - is now sometimes referred to as CE (Common Era)* BC (Before Christ) is now sometimes referred to as BCE (Before the Common Era) Many churches have specific church services and [[Bible]] readings based on the date, a system known as the [[Christian calendar]]. ==Quotes== ==Links==* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini Wikipedia - Year] {{fbdreturnto}}[[Church history]][[Category:Church history]]