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Timket, Ethiopia’s Feast of Epiphany, is one of the highest and holiest holidays in the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian calendar and is celebrated on 19th January every year (on 20th January if it is a leap year). This year as usual, millions of Ethiopians will celebrate the holiday in enthusiastic style with three days of festival, beginning on the eve of Timket with awe-inspiring processions.

Timket is the celebration the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River. Jesus Christ’s pre-baptism story starts when he, the then referred to as Jesus of Nazareth, was hailed by many as that long-awaited Messiah. His earthly ministry was marked by baptism in the Jordan River. Ever since, Ethiopian Orthodox churches have treasured and closely guarded their own model, or a replica, of the Ark of the Covenant, called a tabot. The tabot only leaves the church during Timket, when it’s carried with great pomp to a nearby pool or river and immersed, along with many of the Christian faithful, in commemoration of Christ’s baptism.

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Sources: Ethiopian Embassy in UK & Selamta Magazine