Feast Days of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church recognizes many feast days. Every day of the month is dedicated to a particular Saint. The feast days of particular saints in particular months are considered the Annual Feast, (once or twice a year) when the Tabot (Ark) of the Church is brought out in procession and vast numbers of people gather to honor the Saint. The yearly feasts of the Savior of the World occure in the Ethiopian months of Megabit (runs from mid-March to mid-April), and Tirr (mid-October to mid-November). Below is a list of the dates and the monthly observances of Saints and holidays on those days.

Saint days and the Day of the month they fall on

• Lideta (Birth of the Holy Virgin Mary) and Elias (Elijah)on the 1st
• Thaddius on the 2nd
• Ba'eta (Presentation of the Holy Virgin to the Temple of Jerusalem) on the 3rd
• Yohannis Wolde Negedquad (John Son of Thunder) on the 4th
• Petros we Paulos (Peter and Paul) and Gebre Menfes Kidus on the 5th
• Our Lady of Qusquam (Egypt) on the 6th
• Holy Trinity Day on the 7th
• Kiros and Abba Banuda on the 8th
• Thomas (not the Apostle) on the 9th
• Kidus Meskel (Feast of the Holy Cross) on the 10th
• Hanna we Iyachem (St Anne and St. Joachim, parents of the Holy Virgin Mary) and Fasiledes on the 11th
• Michael the Archangel, Samuel, and Yared on the 12th
• Feast of Igziabher Ab (God the Father) and Ruphael the Archangel on the 13th
• Abba Aregawi and Gebre Kristos on the 14th
• Kirkos and his mother Iyalota on the 15th
• Kidane Meheret (Our Lady, Covenant of Mercy) on the 16th
• Estifanos (Stephen the Martyr) and Abba Gerima on the 17th
• Ewstatewos on the 18th
• Gabriel the Archangel on the 19th
• Hnstata on the 20th
• Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God on the 21st
• Deqsius on the 22nd
• Georgis (St George) on the 23
• Abba Tekle Haimanot & the 24 Heavenly Priests on the 24th

Feast days continued.....

• Merkorios on the 25th
• Thomas the Apostle on the 26th
• ****MEDHANE ALEM (SAVIOR OF THE WORLD) ON THE 27TH***
• Emmanuel on the 28th
• Bale Wold (Feast of God the Son)
• Markos (St. Mark the Evangelist)
• The first day of the year, Meskerem Ist, is the Feast of John the Baptist