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January 7th: Christians in Ethiopia Celebrate Christmas Today (Photos) by tstx(op): 11:53am On Jan 07, 2020*

While those in Nigeria, West Africa, and much of Africa celebrate the birth of Christ in December 25th, there are roughly 37 million Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia for whom January 7 is the traditional day of celebration.

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Ethiopia which is located in the Horn of Africa has roughly 37 million Orthodox Christians, the world’s second-largest Orthodox population after Russia and unlike Christians in other parts of the world, they celebrate their own Christmas on January 7th.

That’s because they still observe the Julian Calendar, which is currently 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar used by most of the modern world.

The Christmas celebration in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is called Ganna or Genna.

Several other countries including Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan and across the world celebrate the Orthodox Christmas today, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ.

https://listwand.com/genna-an-ethiopian-christmas-celebrated-on-january-7th/

Re: January 7th: Christians in Ethiopia Celebrate Christmas Today (Photos) by Omnivalent(m): 11:55am On Jan 07, 2020

it could have been jan 13th not 7th.

Re: January 7th: Christians in Ethiopia Celebrate Christmas Today (Photos) by GhettoG1(m): 11:58am On Jan 07, 2020

Everyone with em different kind of believe, well na human create religion...
If we had put being human first bfr any religion ten it would av been a better World today.

Re: January 7th: Christians in Ethiopia Celebrate Christmas Today (Photos) by tempest01(m): 12:15pm On Jan 07, 2020

I was surprised to se a Christmas gift from an Ukrainian woman marking 7th as Christmas for Ukraine Christians. This explains why.

That said, any day they chose to honour the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ is welcome. Its the event that's significant, not the day. Both days chosen to celebrate could be wrong. Heck, the calendar we use could be wrong.

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Re: January 7th: Christians in Ethiopia Celebrate Christmas Today (Photos) by ghettokid1(m): 12:16pm On Jan 07, 2020

GhettoG1:
Everyone with em different kind of believe, well na human create religion...
If we had put being human first bfr any religion ten it would av been a better World today.

stop impersonating me