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The Ethiopian calendar (Amharic: ዓውደ ወር; Ge'ez: ዓዉደ ወርሕ; Tigrinya: ዓዉደ ኣዋርሕ), or Geʽez calendar (Geʽez: ዓዉደ ወርሕ; Tigrinya: ዓዉደ ኣዋርሕ; Amharic: የኢትዮጲያ ዘመን ኣቆጣጠር) is the official state civil calendar of Ethiopia and serves as an unofficial customary cultural calendar in Eritrea, and among Ethiopians and ...
official, according to Gregorian Calendar 7 January: Orthodox Christmas: Lidet ልደት: observed by adherents of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church: 19 January: Epiphany: Timket ጥምቀት: observed by adherents of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church: variable: Birth of the Prophet: observed by adherents of Sunni Islam: 8 March: Women ...
For explanation, see the article about the Gregorian calendar. Except where stated otherwise, the transition was a move by the civil authorities from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. In religious sources it could be that the Julian calendar was used for a longer period of time, in particular by Protestant and Eastern Orthodox churches. The ...
Basic components of a calendar date for the most common calendar systems: D – day; M – month; Y – year; Specific formats for the basic components: yy – two-digit year, e.g. 24; yyyy – four-digit year, e.g. 2024; m – one-digit month for months below 10, e.g. 3; mm – two-digit month, e.g. 03; mmm – three-letter abbreviation for ...
Source: [2]. 1 January - New Year's Day; 7 January - Orthodox Christmas 19 January - Epiphany 10 February - Fenkil Day; 8 March - International Women's Day 30 March – Eid al-Fitr
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Enkutatash (Ge'ez: እንቁጣጣሽ) is a public holiday in coincidence of New Year in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It occurs on Meskerem 1 on the Ethiopian calendar, which is 11 September (or, during a leap year, 12 September) according to the Gregorian calendar.
Upon Eritrea's independence, it officially converted to the Gregorian calendar and the older "Ge'ez Calendar" (as it is called in Eritrea, after the ancient language Ge'ez) is used exclusively by the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church and its adherents (estimated at about 45% of the population), whereas Muslims (also approximately 45%) tend to ...