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The Ethiopian months begin on the same days as those of the Coptic calendar, but their names are in Geʽez. 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 ...
Days per month (using the Ethiopian calendar) Dedicated saint(s) [4] [unreliable source?] 1st Lideta (Birth of the Holy Virgin Mary) and Elias 2nd Thaddius: 3rd Be'eta (Presentation of the Holy Virgin to the Temple of Jerusalem) 4th Yohannes Wolde Negedquad (John Son of Thunder) 5th Petros and Paulos (Peter and Paul) and Gebre Menfes Kiddus: 6th
21–22 July – 2024 Gofa landslides: At least 257 people are killed in two landslides caused by heavy rains that strike two villages in Gofa Zuria, South Ethiopia Regional State. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] 22 July – Fano's Shewan Chief commander Colonel Asegid Mekonnen surrenders to the Ethiopian security forces.
Enkutatash is the Ethiopian New Year, but unlike New Year's celebrations in many other parts of the world, it doesn't take place on December 31.
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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 ...
During July 2024, Fano began a broad offensive in the Amhara region which enabled it to seize control of rural territories. [3] [2]Fano units in Gondar started attacking the B30 Highway in September after a lull in August and launched an offensive to gain control over the C34 road, [4] which links Amhara to neighboring Sudan.
The Borana calendar is a calendrical system once thought to have been used by the Borana Oromo, a people living in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. The calendar has been claimed to be based on an earlier Cushitic calendar, developed around 300 BC found at Namoratunga. However, reconsideration of the Namoratunga site led astronomer and ...