Global Information Lookup Global Information

Ethiopian calendar information


The Ethiopian calendar (Amharic: ዓውደ ወር; Ge'ez: ዓዉደ ወርሕ; Tigrinya: ዓዉደ ኣዋርሕ), or Ge'ez calendar (Ge'ez: ዓዉደ ወርሕ; Tigrinya: ዓዉደ ኣዋርሕ; Amharic: የኢትዮጲያ ዘመን ኣቆጣጠር) is the official calendar of Ethiopia. It is used as both the civil calendar and an ecclesiastical calendar (in Eritrea as well). It is the liturgical year for Ethiopian and Eritrean Christians belonging to the Orthodox Tewahedo Churches (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church), Eastern Catholic Churches (Eritrean Catholic Church and Ethiopian Catholic Church), and Eastern Protestant Christian P'ent'ay (Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelical) Churches.[1] The Ethiopian calendar is a solar calendar that has much in common with the Coptic calendar of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Coptic Catholic Church, but like the Julian calendar, it adds a leap day every four years without exception, and begins the year on 11 or 12th of September in the Julian calendar. A gap of seven to eight years between the Ethiopian and Gregorian calendars results from an alternative calculation in determining the date of the Annunciation.[2]

The Ethiopian calendar has twelve months, all thirty days long, and five or six epagomenal days, which form a thirteenth month.[2] The Ethiopian months begin on the same days as those of the Coptic calendar, but their names are in Ge'ez. A sixth epagomenal day is added every four years, without exception, on 29 August of the Julian calendar, six months before the corresponding Julian leap day. Thus, the first day of the Ethiopian calendar year, 1 Mäskäräm, for years between 1900 and 2099 (inclusive), is usually 11 September (Gregorian). It falls on 13 September in years before the Gregorian leap year, however.[2]

  1. ^ Most Protestants in the diaspora have the option of choosing the Ethiopian calendar or the Gregorian calendar for religious holidays, with this option being used given that the corresponding eastern celebration is not a public holiday in the western world.
  2. ^ a b c "Ethiopia: The country where a year lasts 13 months". BBC News. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

and 26 Related for: Ethiopian calendar information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8536 seconds.)

Ethiopian calendar

Last Update:

Church and Ethiopian Catholic Church), and Eastern Protestant Christian P'ent'ay (Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelical) Churches. The Ethiopian calendar is a solar...

Word Count : 1383

Calendar

Last Update:

the calendar is exactly 4750 years prior to the start of the Gregorian calendar. The Ethiopian calendar or Ethiopic calendar is the principal calendar used...

Word Count : 4485

Ethiopian Christmas

Last Update:

Catholic denominations in Ethiopia, on 7 January (Tahsas 29 in the Ethiopian calendar). One of the district features of Ethiopian Christmas is a traditional...

Word Count : 691

Coptic calendar

Last Update:

coincide with those of the Ethiopian calendar but have different numbers and names. Unlike the Gregorian calendar, the Coptic calendar does not skip leap years...

Word Count : 2356

History of calendars

Last Update:

khans. The Ge'ez or Ethiopian Calendar is a calendar originating from the Ethiopian Empire. It is the liturgical year for Ethiopian and Eritrean Christians...

Word Count : 6154

Christian calendar

Last Update:

Coptic calendar, Egyptian liturgical calendar (also known as the Alexandrian calendar) used by Coptic Christians and Churches Ethiopian calendar, principal...

Word Count : 162

Civil calendar

Last Update:

not adopted the Gregorian calendar: Afghanistan and Iran (which use the Solar Hijri calendar), Ethiopia (the Ethiopian calendar), and Nepal (Vikram Samvat...

Word Count : 289

Enkutatash

Last Update:

to the Gregorian calendar. According to Ethiopian tradition, on 11 September Queen of Sheba (Makeda in Ethiopian) returned to Ethiopia from her visit to...

Word Count : 363

Leap year

Last Update:

rules as the Julian Calendar so that the extra month always has six days in the year before a Julian Leap Year. The Ethiopian calendar has twelve months...

Word Count : 5456

Solar calendar

Last Update:

Discordian calendar Era Fascista Ethiopian calendar Florentine calendar French Republican Calendar Gregorian calendar Hanke-Henry Permanent Calendar Holocene...

Word Count : 922

Ethiopia

Last Update:

circulated newspapers in Ethiopia are Addis Fortune, Capital Ethiopia, Ethiopian Reporter, Addis Zemen[citation needed] (Amharic) and Ethiopian Herald.[citation...

Word Count : 20015

List of adoption dates of the Gregorian calendar by country

Last Update:

the Gregorian calendar: Ethiopia (Ethiopian calendar), Nepal (Vikram Samvat and Nepal Sambat), Iran and Afghanistan (Solar Hijri calendar). Legend   Abandoning...

Word Count : 648

Solar New Year

Last Update:

calendars are more formally linked to astronomical events. Some of the more widely known solar new year celebrations include: Enkutatash (Ethiopian calendar):...

Word Count : 280

Ethiopian birr

Last Update:

became the Bank of Ethiopia. Thus, the pre-1931 currency may be referred to as the Abyssinian birr and the post-1931 currency the Ethiopian birr, although...

Word Count : 1581

Month

Last Update:

Assyrian calendar Chinese calendar Egyptian calendar Ethiopian calendar French Republican calendar Kurdish calendar Lunar month Maya calendar Month of...

Word Count : 4387

Gregorian calendar

Last Update:

The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It went into effect in October 1582 following the papal bull Inter gravissimas...

Word Count : 8364

Calendar era

Last Update:

2024 as per the Gregorian calendar, which numbers its years in the Western Christian era (the Coptic Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox churches have their...

Word Count : 4178

Julian calendar

Last Update:

Ottawa University Press. "Ethiopian Time". Washington D.C.: Embassy of Ethiopia. 2008. Feeney, Dennis (2007). Caesar's Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings...

Word Count : 9527

Tekle Haymanot

Last Update:

for being the only Ethiopian saint popular both amongst Ethiopians and outside that country. Tekle Haymanot "is the only Ethiopian saint celebrated officially...

Word Count : 1515

Mathematics in Ethiopia

Last Update:

astrology in traditional Ethiopia. Ethiopian astrology, known as hasabe kewakibit, is part of bahire hasab, which is known as Ethiopian astrology and computus...

Word Count : 1517

Mesori

Last Update:

the ancient Egyptian and Coptic calendars. It is identical to Nahase (Amharic: ነሐሴ, Nähase) in the Ethiopian calendar. The ancient and Coptic month is...

Word Count : 1259

AD 7

Last Update:

ruler of the Parthian Empire (approximate date). The epoch of the Ethiopian calendar begins. Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Roman general (d. AD 67) Julia, daughter...

Word Count : 286

AD 1

Last Update:

AD 1 or 1 CE(I) is the epoch year for the Anno Domini (AD) Christian calendar era, and the 1st year of the 1st century and 1st millennium of the Christian...

Word Count : 504

1337

Last Update:

common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. March 16 – Edward, the Black Prince establishes the Duchy...

Word Count : 394

Adoption of the Gregorian calendar

Last Update:

the Gregorian calendar are Ethiopia (Ethiopian calendar), Nepal (Vikram Samvat and Nepal Sambat), Iran and Afghanistan (Solar Hijri calendar). Some countries...

Word Count : 5337

250

Last Update:

common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of...

Word Count : 478

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net