Experience Timkat (ጥምቀት) in Gondar, Ethiopia Jan 19, 2018
(Amharic: Timkat ጥምቀት which means “baptism”) also spelled Timket, or Timqat is the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo celebration of Epiphany. It is celebrated on January 19 (or 20 on Leap Year), corresponding to the 10th day of Terr following the Ethiopian calendar. Timket celebrates the baptism of Iyesus Christ in the Jordan River.