Ethiopian Orthodox Church Fasting Calendar

Ethiopian Orthodox Church Fasting Calendar. Easter, known as fasika, will fall on 2 may this year. The feast of the ascension of our lord god and savior jesus christ is one of the nine great feasts of the church in the liturgical calendar, and commemorates each year the bodily.

The total number of fasting days amounts to about 250 a year, of which about 180 are obligatory for all, and the rest are only for priests, monks, nuns and other special groups in the church. The most important period of the year for orthodox christians in ethiopia is the lent fast leading up to the easter feast.