What Ethiopian date is it now?
12 November 2026 is 3 Hidar 2019. Hidar, ኅዳር, began on 10 November and runs thirty days, to 9 December. Tahsas, ታኅሣሥ, begins on 10 December and runs to 8 January 2027. The Ethiopian year has twelve months of thirty days and a short thirteenth month, Pagume. Year 2019 began at Enkutatash on 11 September 2026.
The feasts still in front of this winter are Hidar Michael on 21 November, Hidar Tsion, the feast of St Mary of Zion, on 30 November, Kulubi Gabriel on 28 December, and Genna on 7 January 2027. Genna is Tahsas 29. A compiled Ethiopian holiday list for this Gregorian year is the place to check the monthly saints against the civil date.
Is Genna the same as Orthodox Christmas?
They share 7 January because both keep an older reckoning than the Gregorian 25 December. The liturgies are not the same. Orthodox Christmas on the Julian calendar has its own page. The Hidar and Tahsas collection is for a named Ethiopian or Eritrean kitchen already in the directory, not for a guessed menu.