The ethiopian calendar is much more similar to the egyptian coptic calendar having a year of months, 365 days and 366 days in a leap year every fourth year and it is much influenced by the ethiopian orthodox tewahedo church, which follows its ancient calendar rules and beliefs. Ethiopian calendar is an online geez calendar converter and blog. Moon phase calendar calculate moon phases for any year. Calendars online and print friendly for any year and month. Ethiopian calendar 2004 click here to print the calendar.
This enables you to keep in touch with your roots, no matter where you might be in this world. January february march april may june july august september october november december. About ethiopian orthodox tewahedo churchethiopia, the land of judeochristianity, is one of the most ancient predominantly christian countries of the world. Unless otherwise indicated, the descriptions of the use of the medicinal plants relate to ethiopian traditional herbal medicine practices. Please visit for more free amharic fonts and keyboard. Ethiopian traditional herbal medicine botanica rastafari.
Ethiopian calendar converter ethiopian date to gregorian date. Sep 10, 2009 this is an open source calendar software which it can see both the gregorian calendar and the ethiopian calendar in one glance. Ethiopian calendar for mobiles ethiopian calendar for mobilesetcal is a calendar application used to track date, and holidays in ethiopian calendar. Free ethiopian calender to download ethiopica calendar is a perpetual ethiopian calendar software tool. The calendar has twelve months of thirty days plus five or six epagomenal days, which comprise a thirteenth month.
This short month is called pagumiene and it comes after august and before september. Faostat for 2009 fao, 2012b and 121 000 ha in 2003, it is 289 600 ha in. The ethiopic and coptic calendars have months, 12 of 30 days each and an intercalary month at the end of the year of five or 6 days depending whether the year is a leap year or not. According to the beliefs of the ethiopian orthodox church, god created the world 5500 years before the birth of christ and it is 1994 years since jesus was born. Amharic language of ethiopia amharic dictionary amharic. Ethiopian calendar is an online interactive geez calendar converter.
Free ethiopian calender ethiopica calender ethiopiansoftware. It has 12 months of 30 days plus five or six if it is a leap year other days that make a th month. Click here to install the amharic fonts on your computer if you havent already installed. Ethiopian calendar 2010 with its dates mapping to corresponding dates in other calendars in used in the world like the gregorian calendar. Amharic also known as amarinya, amarigna is a semitic language spoken in ethiopia. It is marked with a fascinating history, unique civilization, culture and religious life. Ethiopian christmas and the ethiopian calendar system february 22, 2016 by stephanie hall this is a guest blog post by fentahun tiruneh, area specialist for ethiopia and eritrea in the african and middle eastern division at the library of congress.
Ethiopian calendar etcal is an application used to track date and holidays in ethiopian calendar. Amharic numbers converter geez numbers converter ethiopian licence plate maker amharic online keyboard. The ethiopian calendar is based on the ancient coptic calendar and still in use today in ethiopia. Find out ethiopian public holidays and the date in the ethiopian calendar today. This is an open source calendar software which it can see both the gregorian calendar and the ethiopian calendar in one glance.
Although geez is ceased to be spoken popularly sometime between 900 and 1200 ad, it continues as a language of ethiopian church. Calendar ethiopian orthodox tewahedo church menbere. Duration between two dates calculates number of days. The ethiopian new year takes place on 11th september according to the gregorian calendar 1st september in the ethiopian calendar, except on the occurrence of leap years when enkutatash occurs on 12th september. The ethiopian calendar or known by eritreans eritrean calendar is the principal calendar used. Support for gregorian and ethiopian calendars ethiopian orthodox.
According to selamta magazine of the ethiopian, ethiopia has its own ancient calendar. A sixth epagomenal day is added every four years, without exception. Amharic numbers ethiomereja ethiopia facts and info. Geez was the official language of ethiopia before amharic. Ethiopian calendar 2004 ethiopian calendar the ethiopian calendar amharic. Ethiopian calendar 2003 pdf ethiopia liturgical calendar scribd. Ethiopian calendar online ethiopian calendar converter. Easy tool to convert any dates between ethiopian and gregorian calendars. The ethiopian calendar is composed of months, 12 months of 30 days and 1 month of 5 or 6 days depending if its a leap year. Amharic fonts need to be installed in order to properly display the ethiopian calendar on this page. Amharic is rooted from the ancient language geez geez. Western herbal medicine refers to the herbal medicine from the tradition of america and europe. Printable calendar pdf calendars especially made for printing.
Calendar with namedays,moon phases and anniversaries on every day. The ethiopian calendar has more in common with the coptic egyptian calendar. Enkutatash is the word for the ethiopian new year in amharic, the official language of. The ethiopian calendar is a solar calendar and it is the main calendar used in the country. Austria belgium bulgaria cyprus czech republic denmark estonia finland france germany greece hungary republic of ireland italy. Riddles amharic typing game amharic word search game amharic sliding puzzle game shop contact us. Ethiopian calendar is, as the name clearly states, a software tool in the form of an ethiopian calendar. Overview of holidays and many observances in ethiopia during the year 2009. The ethiopian calendar, also called the geez calendar, is the principal calendar used in ethiopia and also serves as the liturgical calendar for christians in eritrea belonging to the eritrean orthodox church, eastern catholic church and lutheran evangelical church of eritrea.
The geez calendar, usually known as the ethiopian calendar is seven or eight years behind the gregorian calendar and the year starts on september 11 of the gregorian calendar year. Sep 14, 2008 according to ethiopian scholars such as aleqa kidane wold kiflie, the ethiopic calendar a. In amharic, the official language of ethiopia, the word for new year is enkutatash. Nov 23, 2019 ethiopian orthodox calendar is used to track date and holidays.
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