Julian Calender

The Ethiopian Millennium, which by some is described as following Gregorian Calendar is a mistake due to the fact that, when in 1582 the Pope Gregori III, declared the new calendar which followed his name, The Gregorian Calender, Ethiopia was recovering from a devastating war that lasted fifteen years from 1528 to 1543, between islam insurgents determined to destroy christianity from Ethiopia and impose Islam in the whole Ethiopia. However, they lost the battle and Orthodox Ethiopia survived, with the help of Christian friends from Portugal with modern armour and the help of God.
the calendar Ethiopia was using at the time was similar to that of Europe. After forty years when the Gregorian Calendar was decread, the short love between catholicism and the Ethiopian Orthodox Churches had already expired and any advice from the Pope in Rome was not welcomed in Ethiopia, including the new Gregorian Calendar.
Isolated from the rest of the world for more than four centuries, Julian Calendar was so deeply rooted in the culture and dailly life of every Ethiopian, it was very difficult to change to Gregorian Calendar even in the twenty first century Ethiopia.
Thus,Ethiopians will continue to use the Julian Calendar, which makes September the 11th 2007, the begging of the Ethiopian Millennium.
Eventhough some political groups and sypatizers cry wolf, because the present Ethiopian Government want to celebrate the Millennium with the people of Ethiopia, their cry to the world to sabotage the festivity, is unjustified and unethical. Rather, this occasion can help Ethiopia in exposing its true beauty, culture and wealth.
The peace and stability in the country is brought by thousads of years of living together and interratial marriage. Thus, it is safe to visit Ethiopia and enjoy another millennium in Ethiopia.

The Millennium

When the rest of the world was debating on the new calendar in the sixteenth century, Ethiopia was in the middle of its darkest midlle ages, divided in regional kingdoms and land locked by muslim kigdoms, and just recovering from a devastating civil war between Islamic inssurgents lead by Ahmed Ibin Gran of Harar also called Gragn Mohammed, against the Christians of Ethiopia, killing Christians and burning churches, from 1528 to 1543.
With the help of the Portugues military expedition of four hundred soldiers, lead by the grandson of Vasco Degama christanity in Ethiopia was salvaged. However, the devastation and the scar of fifteen horrible years left Ethiopia back hundreds of years and its contacts with rest of the world was reduced to its historic minimum.
Such was the condition in Ethiopia when the world opted to change its calendar ignoring The only Christian nation in Africa at that time in history.
Even the most thorough on-line search engine like Answers.com bonot mention Ethiopian Millennium, in their references of 'millennium'.
The Ethiopian Clendar consists of thirteen months, twelve months of thirty days each and the thirteenth month of five days which becomes six days every leapyear. Like the monthof Febraury in the Gregorian Calendar, becoming twenty nine days every leap year.
The unfortunate year of the Universal Convention on Calendar adjustment forgot the invitation to Ethiopia or there was no authority that represted Ethiopia at the convention, we stucked to the original countig of times, which is correctly correlated to the birth of Jesus Christ.
The reason we in Ethiopia celebrate 11th of September 2007 as our New Millennium is, because it is truely two thousand years since Jesus Christ was born and the promise of new world order and prosperity ior all who survived the seven years of the rule of extremists, that started on 11th of September in USA by suicide attacks, which the Holy Bible calls 666, will begin at the dawn of September the 11th 2007 at the celebration of the Ethiopian Millennium in Ethiopia, where the Holy Arc of The Covenant rests.
We in Ethiopia invite you to come to Ethiopia and CELEBRATE the TRUE millennium.