Unlike most nations, Ethiopia follows the Ge’ez calendar, which is seven to eight years behind the widely used Gregorian calendar. The difference comes from an alternate calculation of the birth ...

A Nigerian lady who travelled to Ethiopia on a tour discovered that the country does not use the Gregorian Calendar Instead, Ethiopia uses what is called the Geez Calendar, which has one ...

Historian Bahru Zewde, in "A History of Ethiopia from 1848 to 1966" (Ethiopian calendar), underscores the brutality of Italian fascism, which manifested with horrifying clarity on February 19, 1937.

Ethiopians follow the ancient Julian calendar, and like many other Orthodox Christians they celebrate Christmas on 7 January (or according to the Ge'ez Ethiopian calendar, the 29th day of Tahsas).

In the annals of Ethiopia's history, few years stand as grimly as 1937--also known as Yekatit 12 in Ethiopia. Under Italian occupation, the nation groaned under the iron grip of Mussolini's Viceroy, ...