www.ethiopiaimmigration.org By Jenna Jolie
Traveling to Ethiopia is like traveling back in time. When you first arrive in Ethiopia, you can’t help but notice that the 13-month Ethiopian calendar is seven or eight years behind the rest of the globe.
Ethiopia might not spring to mind when you think of a holiday destination, and that is where you will go wrong. This is because many people are unaware of some of the most amazing facts about this country. Continue reading to find out.
1. What is today in Ethiopian calendar 2024?
While most of the world observes the passage of time using the Gregorian calendar, Ethiopia has its own calendar, also known as the Ge’ez Calendar. The Ethiopian Calendar, which is based on the ancient Coptic Calendar, is seven to eight years behind the Gregorian Calendar due to different computations in estimating the date of Jesus’ annunciation.
The Ethiopian Calendar consists of 12 months. Each has 30 days, with five or six extra days (also referred to as the 13th month) added at the end of the year to align the calendar with the solar cycle.
What is Ethiopia’s 13-month called?
The 13th month in the Ethiopian calendar, called Pagume, has five days, and in a leap year, it has six days.
What year is 2024 in Ethiopia?
Ethiopia is currently in the year 2016 not 2024. The Ethiopian year begins on September 11th or 12th in a Gregorian leap year. It is seven to eight years behind the Gregorian year due to different computations used to determine the date of Jesus’ birth.
Ethiopia’s calendar differs from both the Coptic and Julian calendars; the Coptic and Ethiopian calendars diverge by 276 years. Despite this, Ethiopia’s calendar is intimately related to the Coptic Church’s laws and the many computations inspired by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
Ethiopian calendar
13-month Ethiopian calendar
One of the Interesting facts about Ethiopia is a year in the Ethiopian calendar has 13 months, 12 of which have 30 days. Pagume, the penultimate month, has five days, and six days in a leap year. The Gregorian calendar, on the other hand, features days that might be less or more than 30 in a month. This implies they are seven to eight years behind the rest of us, with 2016 beginning in September.
2. Why is the Ethiopian calendar behind by 07 years?
Ethiopia’s calendar is based on the belief that Adam and Eve resided in the Garden of Eden for seven years before being exiled for their crimes. The Bible says that once they repented, God promised to save them after 5,500 years.
Ethiopians refer to the process used to compute the calendar as Bahere Hasab, which translates as “sea of ideas.” This country estimates Jesus Christ’s birth year differently. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church did not change its calculation when the Catholic Church did in 500 AD. Another distinction is that Ethiopians celebrate the start of a new year on September 11th, or September 12 if it is a leap year, according to the BBC.
So, at least officially, Ethiopians only celebrated the millennium’s turn on September 11th, 2007. Because of the distinct calendar, the country celebrates various public holidays on different dates than other countries throughout the world.
Ethiopia still follows its old calendar today. Travelers, on the other hand, are rarely inconvenienced by the calendar variation. The Gregorian calendar is known to the majority of Ethiopians, and some even use both calendars interchangeably. It may appear perplexing, but Ethiopians will be unconcerned…
13-month Ethiopian calendar: What is the reason? (ethiopiaimmigration.org)
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