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While most of the world uses the Gregorian calendar, Ethiopia sticks to the Ethiopian calendar, an ancient system that sets the country about seven to eight years behind the rest of the world ...

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).

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