Timket (Epiphany) is one of the greatest festival in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church calendar. It commemorates Christ's Baptism by St. John in the Jordan River. Timket is celebrated in Ethiopia on the 11th January Ethiopian calendar (19th January Gregorian calendar), two weeks after Genna (Ethiopian Christmas), beginning on the Eve of Timket with colourful processions and ceremonies ending on the 12th January (20th January Gregorian calendar).
In Timket, Tella and Tej are brewed, special bread is baked called "Himbash" (in Tigrigna) "Ambasha" (in Amharic), and sheep are slaughtered to mark the three-day celebration.
