Celebrate Ethiopian millennium and feel 7 years younger!!

Ethiopia will welcome the millennium with a year-long celebration that marks this momentous turn of the calendar with nationwide celebrations,breathtaking entertainments,various cultural shows and tastes from all around the country.more

Ethiopia has its own ancient calendar. According to the beliefs of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, God created the world 5500 years before the birth of Christ. It is 1999 years since Jesus was born. Based on this timeline, we are in the year 7499 of the eighth millennium. These are referred to as Amete Alem in Amharic or "the years of the world". Era of the world dates from 5493 Ethiopian B.C.

Ethiopian dates therefore, fall 7- 8 years behind western dates and have done so since early Christian times. This discrepancy results from differences between the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Churchas to the date of the creation of the world.

Each Ethiopian year is dedicated to one of the four Evangelists according to the cycle: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The year of St. Luke is Leap Year, and therefore always has six days in the thirteenth month of the Ethiopian calendar.  

Ethiopia will welcome the millennium with a year-long celebration that marks this momentous turn of the calendar .The celebration starts on 9th of September with   Ethiopian-Millennium-Great-Run and continues throughout the year with nationwide celebrations,breathtaking entertainments,various cultural shows and tastes from all around the country.