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In 1962, a new Amharic translation from Ge'ez was printed, again with the patronage of the Emperor. The preface by Emperor Haile Selassie I is dated "1955" (), and the 31st year of his reign (i.e. AD 1962 in the Gregorian Calendar), [10] and states that it was translated by the Bible Committee he convened between AD 1947 and 1952, "realizing that there ought to be a revision from the original ...
The Adwa Victory Day (Amharic: የዐድዋ ድል ቀን) is a national holiday in Ethiopia which is celebrated on 2 March, in commemoration of Ethiopian victory against Italy's colonization effort at the Battle of Adwa in 1896.
Since 2021 the Redeemer English service now begins at 8:45am with the Amharic service of the Lideta congregation beginning at 10:30 am. Following Sunday morning worship, the Redeemer congregation enjoys fellowship time together outside. Redeemer offers a Sunday School program for younger children and a Bible Study class for older children.
Menelik Primary School is located in Arat Kilo to Ferensai, and close to Testing Agency. The school began with 20 elite schoolchildren, but now can receive over 2,000 students, who came from poor families. However, many children begin much later, so that the age of fifth-grade students can range anywhere from 11-23 years of age.
In March 2022, Amhara Regional Government Education Bureau sent a team to the agency to request an explanation from the Ministry of Education about grading "errors" in the national examination. 20,000 complaints have been filed against the result of the grade 12 leaving examination, in which the government selects students to join 43 universities across the country.
Jesus' crucifixion which led to his death on a Friday, according to Orthodox thought was for the purpose of fulfilling the word of God, and led to the conquest of death and Jesus' resurrection from the tomb after three days, the third day being the Sunday when Ethiopian Easter is celebrated. Fasika is a climactic celebration.
Ethiopian Christmas (Amharic: ገና [a]; Oromo: Ayaana; Tigrinya: ልደት [b]) is a holiday celebrated by the Ethiopian Orthodox and Eritrean Orthodox churches, as well as Protestant and Catholic denominations in Ethiopia, on 7 January (Tahsas 29 in the Ethiopian calendar).
Worship is conducted outdoors, usually at a site near a sacred tree called a k'ole, wrapped in variously-colored strips of cloth. This appears to be a survival of a biblical tradition: " Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there the name of God" ( Genesis 21:33) and "where the women wove hangings for the grove" ( II Kings 23:7).