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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 ...
International Fixed Calendar. The International Fixed Calendar (also known as the Cotsworth plan, the Cotsworth calendar, the Eastman plan or the Yearal [1] was a proposed calendar reform designed by Moses B. Cotsworth, first presented in 1902. [2] The International Fixed Calendar divides the year into 13 months of 28-days each.
The Coptic year is the extension of the ancient Egyptian civil year, retaining its subdivision into the three seasons, four months each. The three seasons are commemorated by special prayers in the Coptic Liturgy. This calendar is still in use all over Egypt by farmers to keep track of the various agricultural seasons.
"This difference in time calculation explains why the Ethiopian New Year falls on September 11 or 12 in the Gregorian calendar." This year, Enkutatash falls on September 12, 2023. History of ...
10th. Kidus Meskel ( Feast of the Holy Cross ) 11th. Hanna we Iyachew (St Anne and St. Joachim, parents of the Holy Virgin Mary) and Fasilides. 12th. Michael the Archangel, Samuel, and Yared. 13th. Feast of Igziabher Ab ( God the Father) and Raphael the Archangel. 14th.
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.
Julian calendar. The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception). The Julian calendar is still used as a religious calendar in parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church and in parts of Oriental Orthodoxy as well as by the Amazigh people (also known as the Berbers).
1 May. International Workers' Day. ዓለም አቀፍ የሠራተኞች ቀን. 5 May. Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day. የአርበኞች ቀን. Commemorates the 1941 entering of Emperor Haile Selassie into Addis Ababa amidst Second World War, who returned to the throne after 5 years Italian occupation of Ethiopia following Second Italo ...