Festival and Ceremonies

Gishen is a cross-shaped mountainous area in South Wollo Region at 80 km from the town of Dessie. Gishen is one of the oldest monasteries in the country reputedly founded in the 5th century by King Kaleb. It is strongly believed that the piece of the True Cross on which [...]

Hidar Tsion festival is a very colorful church celebration in the historic cities of Axum and annually celebrated November 30th or 1st December in a leap year. The final resting places of the Ark of the Covenant is believed to be in Axum a Tsion Maryam church. Virgin is one [...]

Easter is one of the greatest festivals of the Ethiopian people, celebrated after 55 days lent when no meat or animal products of any kind including milk and butter.  Devout followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church offer daily prayers at the Church and this is most solemn Ethiopian festival. Good [...]

Timket is the biggest festival of the Ethiopian Orthodox church on 19th January of the Georgian Calander, falling just 2 weeks after Ethiopian Christmas. It is actually a 3-day affair preceded by the eve of Timket when the dramatic processions take place through a night of fasting, to the great [...]

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church annually celebrate Christmas day on January 7 accordingly Gorgonian calendar, to remember Jesus Christ birth, described in the Christian Bible. Christmas is highly colorful in Lalibela because of dual reason Because King Lalibela himself was born on the same day as the birth of Jesus Christ. [...]

Meskel is one of the most colorful religious Orthodox holidays in Ethiopia falls on 27th September accordingly Gorgorian Calander commemorates the discovery of the True Cross which Jesus Christ was crucified performed miracles, they buried it underground and dumped rubbish on the round where it was buried but when Empress [...]