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"Ethiopia Shall stretch out her hands to God" Pslam 68:31

 

"Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?"   

Jer 13:23

 

 

 

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            The Ethiopian year starts on 11 September in the Gregorian Calendar or on the 12th in Leap Years. The Ethiopian Leap Year follows the same rules as the Gregorian so that the extra month always has 6 days in a Leap Year. The names of the months and their starting dates are as follows:

Calendar

Month

Ethiopian
Name

No. Days

Start Date
(regular) 

Start Date
(leap year)

1

Meskerem  

30

11 Sept - 10 Oct

12 Sept- 11 Oct

2

Tikemet

30

11 Oct - 9 Nov

12 Oct - 10 Nov

3

Hidar

30

10 Nov- 9 Dec

11 Nov - 10 Dec

4

Tahesas

30

10 Dec - 8 Jan

11 Dec - 9 Jan

5

Tir

30

9 Jan - 7 Feb

10 Jan - 8 Feb

6

Yekatit

30

8 Feb - 9 Mar

9 Feb - 9 Mar

7

Megabit

30

10 Mar - 8 Apr

 

8

Miyaza

30

9 Apr - 8 May

 

9

Ginbot

30

9 May - 7 Jun

 

10

Sene

30

8 Jun - 7 Jul

 

11

Hamle

30

8 Jul - 6 Aug

 

12

Nehase

30

7 Aug - 5 Sept.

 

13

Pagume

5

6 Sept. - 10 Sept.

 

    6 (leap year)  
6 sept. - 11 Sept.

 

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             The Coptic New Year is a holiday in Ethiopia. Christmas falls on the 7th of January as in the Orthodox "old" calendar. Likewise, Epiphany is on the 19th of January. Easter would appear to be calculated according to the Orthodox calendar also. Christmas and Epiphany also do not appear to move by one day during Leap Years as they would if they were being set by the above calendar. Thus, it would seem that Christian feasts are set according to the Orthodox calendar rather than according to the Coptic. An Egyptian Coptic source simply describes the date of Easter as being "the second Sunday after the first full moon in Spring."

            Holidays

Date (in Western Calendar)

Ethiopian public holiday

January 7

Ethiopian Christmas (Genna)

January 19

Ethiopian Epiphany (Timkat)

March 2

Victory of Adwa Day

April 6

Patriots Victory Day

April 25

Ethiopian Good Friday

April 27

Ethiopian Easter (Fasika)

Sepember 11

Ethiopian New Year (Enqutatash)

September 27

Feast of the True Cross (Meskal)

 

 

 

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