Gena ceremony in Lalibela
Today – 7th January – it is Christmas (known as Gena) in Ethiopia, and indeed across the Orthodox world. For Ethiopians it is the culmination of a 44 day long Advent fast (the second longest fast after the Lenten Fast that runs for 55 days up to Easter). But in Lalibela Gena will be celebrated tomorrow on 8th January – for this year (2012) is a leap year or a Markos year. In fact the additional day came at the end of 2011 (Ethiopian Year) – Pagumay had 6 days -one extra day, and so the new Ethiopian Year began on September 12. This means that MOST dates get put back a day in the western calendar so Kulubi Gabriel – (Tahsas 19) usually falls on 28th December – but in a this year it was on
Bale Wold church in Addis, crowds gather to see the Tabot (Tahsas 29)
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29th December. However Gena does not move date – except in Lalibela. The western and Ethiopian dates re-sync with the western leap day at the end of February (2020). Why?
Well in the Ethiopian calendar and in Christian tradition Mary became pregnant on a specific day (before the leap day) and she was pregnant for a specific number of days… so Christmas – the birth of Christ must be on the a day earlier in the Ethiopian calendar. So today is Tahsas 28 – not 29. Yet Tahsas 29 is the monthly celebration of the birth of Christ…
Anyway -when ever you celebrate it – Melkam Gena!
