Yadey Abeba – Meskal Daisy
We wish all or friends, family, supporters and partners Melkam Addis Amet: Happy New Year. Today – as the thirteenth month (Pagume) ends we say goodbye to 2015 and welcome in 2016 in the Ethiopian Calendar.
In this past year (2015), known as a Lukas year, (there is one for each of the four evangelists) the thirteenth month has an extra 6th day in it (today) – a leap month pushing the New Year date in the western calendar to tomorrow – 12 September.
The western and Ethiopian calendars will be ‘out of sync’ until the leap day at the end of February. So known dates like Timkat usually the 19th January will be on the 20th January in the coming year (a Yohannes Year). But Gena (Ethiopian Christmas) is even more
Tesfa Agenda
complicated. So probably the moment to get your hands on a Tesfa Calendar or Agenda/diary.
The Tesfa Calendar and Agenda are available with all the Ethiopian dates set into the western calendar so you can see what is coming
Tesfa Agenda pages
up. Weaving the many saints days, annual festivals, fasting periods, Islamic holidays and various curiosities, and even the full moon dates has been a labour of love for 17 years now! Conscious of the environment for the 3rd year, we are printing this on recycled paper. It is available from Tesfa Tours and in some other locations in town. Contact us on calendars@tesfatours.com to get your copy, or call our office 011 124 5178 / 092 349 0495.
We pray that 2016 will be a peaceful and happy year for Ethiopia!
