One week after Easter was celebrated at various churches around the world, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebrated Tinsae – the Resurrection of Christ. On Sunday past, Tinsae was ...

To celebrate the 25 years of Facets of Faith, I am occasionally running updates of older columns this year. This week’s piece originally ran Sept. 14, 2018.

On September 11, Ethiopians will officially celebrate the beginning of the year 2017. So why is this East African country’s calendar seven years and eight months “behind” the rest of the world?

Addis Ababa, April 13, 2025 (ENA) -- Ethiopian Christians from various denominations united in spirit and devotion to celebrate Palm Sunday, locally known as Hosanna, with sacred rituals ...

Ethiopia's Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas with prayers ... She was draped in an all-white traditional attire to mark the end of a 43-day fasting period and the birth of Jesus Christ.

Ethiopia follows the Julian calendar, which places Christmas on January 7th and the new year on September 11th. Menalem Eshetu, a devoted follower of the Orthodox faith, expressed his joy, stating ...

Orthodox Christian churches in Ethiopian, Eritrean, Greek, Russian and Serbian cultures will be celebrating their Easter on Sunday, April 16, in accordance with the Julian calendar instead of the ...

Robe (Agenzia Fides) - “The Christmas season here in Ethiopia ends with the Feast of Timkat, the Ethiopian Orthodox Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, which in the theology and ecclesial practice of ...

Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas bears few of the hallmarks of the Christmas many celebrated with Santa and presents 13 days earlier, which observes the birth of Jesus Christ based on the Gregorian ...

Thousands of Orthodox Christians celebrated Christmas on Monday, attending prayers and midnight mass, draped in an all-white traditional attire to mark the birth of Jesus Christ and the end of a ...

In Ethiopia, the birth year of Jesus Christ is recognized as seven or eight years later than the Gregorian, or “Western” calendar, which was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582.