EOTC Calendar

Stay rooted in the faith, wherever you are. EOTC Calendar keeps the fasts, feasts, saints and prayers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church close at hand in Amharic or English for everyone living far from home and busy with life abroad. NEW: DAILY PRAYER • Wudase Mariam for every day of the week, opened at today’s reading • The Daily Prayers: the Sign of the Cross, the Lord’s Prayer, the Creed, the Magnificat and more • The feel of the prayer book: red and black rubrics, a parchment or night page, and adjustable text • Follows the Church year: Wudase Mariam and the Angelic Salutation rest in Holy Week until Fasika • An optional daily reminder to pray NEVER MISS A FAST OR A FEAST • Every fast of the Church year: Great Lent (Abiy Tsom), Advent (Tsome Nebiyat), Nineveh, the Apostles’ Fast, the Assumption (Filseta), the Holy Family (Tsige), Gehad, and Wednesdays and Fridays • Movable feasts calculated with Bahire Hasab: Hosanna, Siklet, Fasika, Erget and Paracletos • Reminders before each fast two weeks, one week, three days, a day before or that morning at the time you choose • Choose exactly which fasts you follow • Monthly feast reminders for the saints you love: St. Michael, Kidane Mihret, St. Gabriel, St. Mary, St. George, Medhane Alem and more TWO CALENDARS, ONE GLANCE • Ethiopian and Gregorian dates side by side, every day • One tap decides which calendar leads • Date converter and Addis Ababa time • The saint of the day and the monthly cycle of commemorations • Holy Week guidance from Hosanna to Fasika WIDGETS & APPLE WATCH • Fasting Season widget: the fast you are keeping, the days left and every fast ahead • Lock Screen widgets with the Ethiopian date and your fast countdown • Month calendar widgets in Amharic and English • An Apple Watch app and complications with the Ethiopian date and today’s fast DIGITAL FASTING Fast from the noise, too. On fasting days, Digital Fasting uses Apple’s Screen Time to rest the apps you choose social media, news, videos, games behind a gentle shield with a reminder of why we fast. Unlocking early asks for a short, mindful pause. Your app choices stay private: EOTC Calendar never sees or shares them. IN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR HEART • Every screen in Amharic or English switch anytime • Adjustable text size and a choice of Amharic fonts • Ask Siri for today’s Ethiopian date or whether it is a fast day FIND A CHURCH •Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo churches near you, with directions and contact details EOTC Calendar is free, supported by a small banner ad so it stays available to everyone.