Ethiopian Epiphany 2025. Ethiopia’s orthodox christian celebration, timkat, takes place 19 and 20 january every year and, although it does attract tourist spectators, it is an authentic religious festival, with a lot of. The festival is built around the baptism of jesus christ, and is a national holiday in ethiopia.
Timket (also known as timkat ) is an orthodox christian celebration of the ethiopian epiphany. Ethiopian epiphany is a colourful festival celebrated all over ethiopia to commemorate the baptism of jesus christ by john the baptist in the river jordan.