Happy Mothers’ Day, An entertaining moment with comedian Betty Wanos. A calendar is a tool that helps us keep track of time. It tells us what day, month, and year it is. We use calendars for various reasons such as planning events, religious holidays, work schedules, and business meetings.
The Ethiopian calendar is made from the Coptic calendar, which is very old and started 3000 years before Jesus was born. We don’t know the exact date when it first started. The Coptic calendar used in Egypt is behind the Gregorian calendar by about 7 or 8 years. The difference happened because the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church disagreed on when the world was made.
The Coptic calendar is like the Ethiopian calendar because it also has 13 months. The first year has 30-day months. The last month of the year in Ethiopia is called Pagume. It is a special month that happens every four years, where there are six days in that month instead of the usual five days. The year begins on September 11th, but on leap years it starts on September 12th. The Coptic Leap Year is like the Gregorian Leap Year because they both have an extra month. This extra month always has 6 days in a Gregorian Leap Year.
The Ethiopian calendar is connected to stories from the Bible, including the names of the days of the week and months of the year. The first day of the week is called Ehud in the Ethiopian church language. It means the very first day. This is a special day because it is when God started making the sky and the Earth. It is called “Ehud”.
