Meskel (Celebration of the Finding of the True Cross) is a large celebration on September 26th, said to commemorate the finding of the true cross by Empress Eleni of Ethiopia. Hidar Tsion (St. Mary celebration in Axum) is colourfully celebrated every year on November 30th. The celebration marks the date that the Ark of the Covenant arrived in Ethiopia. It was also on this day that the first St. Mary Church was built with its 12 sanctuaries. Genna (Christmas) officially known by the Church as Baal Lidet (Ethiopian Christmas) is on the 7th of January. The city of Lalibela is famous for Christmas Mass on the morning of January 7th.
Timket (Ethiopian Epiphany) falls on the 19th of January and is the day when Christians celebrate the baptism of Christ. The celebration takes place just two weeks after Ethiopian Christmas. It is actually a three-day affair, beginning on the Eve of Timkat with dramatic and colourful processions. The following morning, Christ's baptism in the Jordan River by John the Baptist is commemorated and re-enacted all around the country. The third day is devoted to the Feast of St. Michael, the archangel, one of Ethiopia's most popular saints.
Hosanna (Palm Sunday) is celebrated a week before Easter and commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ with the disciples into Jerusalem. People welcomed Jesus by spreading palm branches. The best place to observe this ceremony is at Entoto St. Mary Church in Addis Ababa and St. Mary Zion Church in Axum.
Fasika (Easter) it is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and observed after 55 days of fasting.