Ethiopian calendar

The Ethiopian calendar is a variant used in Ethiopia Coptic calendar. In the year count of the Ethiopian calendar is the Coptic by 276 years ahead.

Years counting

The annual counting runs the Gregorian calendar seven years and about nine months afterwards. The calendar year therefore begins on the 11th, or in the year preceding a leap year on 12 September - on 12 September 2007 began the Ethiopian 2000 The chronology is as returned in the Gregorian calendar on the birth of Christ. . The difference in the annual count is based on a holding of the Ethiopians at the pre- dionysianischen birth year of Christ, which was set 5500 years after the time estimated date of creation. The years before Christ are in Ethiopia with ዓመተ ዓለም ( amätä aläm; " years of the world" ) inscribed and with ዓ.ዓ. abbreviated; the years after the birth of Christ are ዓመተ ምሕረት ( amätä mïhrat; " Years of Mercy"; abbreviated ዓ.ም. ) called. Since the Ethiopian calendar as the Julian, in contrast to the Gregorian, no exceptions to the four- year cycle of leap years knows, Christian holidays are to those of the Western churches at different times.

Months

Like the Coptic calendar counts the Ethiopian 13 months, the first 12 are each 30, the 13, the leap month ( Ṗagumen, from Greek: Epagomenen ), however, takes 5 or 6 days.

The last column indicates the beginning of each month for the period between September before a ( Gregorian) Leap year until February of a leap year in, for example, between September 2007 and February 2008:

(Note: This data is only from the year 1900 to the year 2100 valid. )

Monthly religious holidays

Since all months have the same number of 30 days, is assigned to each of the 30 days, a certain religious holiday. The monthly holidays have their reference to the holidays of the annual fixed circle. Churches whose Tabot the person or event in question is dedicated to celebrating a festival at each monthly holiday of the year. The 12th, 21st and 29th of each month ( highlighted in bold ) are public holidays: