Why Ethiopia Calendar is Seven years Behind

Whilst the rest of the world is in 2024, Ethiopia just recently ventured into the year 2016 on the 12th of September 2023 , and here is why.

The current year in Ethiopia is 2016. The Ethiopian year starts on 11th of September or on the 12th September in a Gregorian leap year. It is about seven years behind the rest of the World.

In case you missed it, recently, Ethiopia celebrated a new year 2016, sometimes in September 2023. Prior to 1582, many part of the world adopted the Kemet calendar, modern day Egypt. In 1582 Roman Pope Gregory introduced the Gregorian calendar, this today is the Calendar the world uses, including Egyptians except Ethiopia. When the rest of the world adopted the Roman Gregorian calendar, Ethiopia, the only country that wasn’t colonised in Africa continued with the calendar originally owned by ALKEBULANS. Why Ethiopia Calendar is Seven years Behind.