Ethiopian Easter Fasting 2025. The ethiopian and eritrean orthodox churches have the longest lent,. Millions of orthodox christians around the world often celebrate easter sunday at a different time to the date set by many western churches.
Many christians in ethiopia will fast for 55 days before easter, avoiding all meat and meat products during that time. In ethiopia, easter is called fasika and it is celebrated following specific traditions directly related to the resurrection of jesus christ.