It’s still 2016 in Ethiopia due to its unique 13-month Julian calendar. Its residents use the calendar alongside the western calendar.

・Ethiopia celebrates its New Year, Enkutatash, which is based on the Ethiopian Orthodox calendar. ・The Ethiopian calendar is derived from the ancient Coptic and Julian calendars.

While the rest of the world has progressed to 2024, Ethiopia remains in 2016 because of its distinct calendar system. The country will celebrate the year 2017 on September 11, 2024, based on the ...

The Ethiopian and Australian flags have been sewn together at the Ethiopian New Year's festival on Saturday, September 7th 2024 on Nicholson Street in Footscray. ( ABC News: Kyle Harley ) ...

According to the Julian calendar, used by Ethiopians, Russian and some Eastern Orthodox, the birth of Jesus is celebrated Jan. 7, often with an overnight service and Mass.

Ethiopian Christmas ( also known as Genna) is celebrated on January 7th , which is also 29th of Tahas on the Ethiopian calendar, unlike the 25th of December which is usually done in other ...

The Ethiopian calendar is a solar calendar with 12 months (30 days each) plus an additional 13th month (Pagumē) with five or six days in leap years. It also has 365 days in a month. However, it's ...