Prior to Christmas, believers fast for 43 days, eating only a single meal a day, which must not contain any ingredients of animal origin. In rural areas of Ethiopia, the traditional game of gena ...

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).

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas with prayers for ... attire to mark the end of a 43-day fasting period and the birth of Jesus Christ.