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The Ethiopian Calendar

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

Egyptian Ethiopian Start Date (regular) Start Date (leap year)
Thuout                      
Meskerem 11Sept    
12 September
Paopi
Tikemet
11 Oct      
12 Oct
Athor Hidar 10 Nov  
12 Nov
Khoisk
Tahesas
10 Dec   
11 Dec
Tobi             
Tir
9 Jan           
10 Jan
Mekhir
Yekatit  
8 Feb 
9 Feb
Famenot      
Megabit  
10 Mar      
Farmou 
Miyaza
9 Apr
Pakhon 
Ginbot 
9 May
Paony
Sene         
8 Jun
Epep    
Hamle  
8 Jul
Mesori  
Nehase
7 Aug
Nasie  
Pagume
6 Sep

The Coptic New Year is holiday in Ethiopia. Christmas falls on the 7th of January as in the Orthodox “old” calendar. Likewise Epiphany is on the 19th 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.”

 

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