(AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopians on Friday welcomed what many people around the world might like to see: the beginning of a new year. Following a calendar seven years behind the Gregorian one used by much of the world, Ethiopians marked the beginning of 2013. “The 2012 Ethiopian calendar is a year where we went through a lot. There was a big punishment as a result of (God’s) wrath,” said Emkulu Yiheyis, an Ethiopian Orthodox priest. On Friday, people prayed and sang at Bole Medhane Alem Church in the capital, Addis Ababa.

Source: Ethiopian News September 11, 2020 10:18 UTC