by Joram Jojo | Jan 21, 2023 | Social Science
The Timket (Epiphany) holiday is a holiday when Jesus Christ travelled from Galilee to Jordan and was baptised by his servant St. John. The Ethiopian Orthodox Epiphany is the most important holiday to many Ethiopians because its celebrate by everyone together despite...
by Joram Jojo | Jan 19, 2023 | Social Science
The believers have kept the religious and cultural traditions and have sent the arks off with different cultural clothes. The festival of Ketera is being celebrated in a colourful way around Ethiopia. The festival of Timqat (Ethiopian Epiphany) is the biggest and most...
by Joram Jojo | Jan 19, 2023 | Social Science
On the eve of Epiphany Day every year on Tirr 18th (January 18th) in Gondar, believers spend the day restricting the water for baptism , so the day has been named as Ketera. The water will be saved because the day after January 18th (Ethiopian calendar) is the day of...