Aramean Citizens - Revitalizing Our Heritage
2026 ANNUAL FEAST DAYS
ARFE ASART
Activities: Celebration.
MOON SIGHTING FAST ጠሐር T'EHER – 1/19/2026
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11th NEW MOON ጠሐር T'EHER – 1/20/2026
MOON SIGHTING FAST ከተተ KETETE – 2/18/2026
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12th NEW MOON ከተተ KETETE – 2/19/2026
MOON SIGHTING FAST መገበ MEGABE – 3/19/2026
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1st NEW MOON መገበ MEGABE – 3/20/2026
Prepare for Fasika. Rid of all leavened products before the Feast. Dates: 4/1 and 4/2
CHASHAH NEW YEAR MEGABE – 4/2/2026
Procedures: At sunset of the Feast Lamb is offered
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Do NOT buy store bought lamb, chemical processing blemishes the lamb.
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Do NOT eat lamb unless you have raised and terminated the lamb yourself for preparation of FASIKA.
Activities:
You will confess your sins to have a clean heart to prepare for a spiritual cleansing. The head of the home shall wash every one's feet of the home directly after each confession.
Rules:
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No work or travel is allowed on sacred days of the feast (1st & Last day). Prayers are said (2 Mezmur Salot Fasika) and drums are sounded during (1 Mezmur Fasika Song).
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At twilight (30 minutes before Nautical sunset) start Fasika.
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Eat bitter herbs, unleavened bread and drink. Wine & liquor are prohibited, use cherry or grape concentrate.
Remember the day you (your ancestors) left the land of Gbs (Egypt) for the rest of your life.
If there is a full moon during Feast Days, the Ram's Horn must be blown.
Note: Again, rid of all leavened products in your home in preparation for Fasika at sunrise.
BE'AL FASIKA (FEAST of PASSOVER) – MEGABE 4/3–4/9/2026
Te'eazaza Sanbat: On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to AMLAK. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
Procedures: No work April 3rd & April 9th
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7 days of celebration – Read Chapter 1: Metshafe Kufale
Activities: Kahan dedicates and cuts the bread. Te'eazaza Sanbat is read.
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Start all seven days with pleading to AMLAK for removal of sins, bad habits, corrupt mindset, personal practices, ideologies and Babylonian ways
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After pleading to AMLAK, eat unleavened qita a representation of cleansing
Psalms 81:4 "Sound the Ram's Horn on the new moon for all Feast Days."
Rules: Bring an offering made by fire for five days, excluding the two high Sanbat.
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On the 1st and 7th days there should be no intimacy with spouse because it's a Sanbat.
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Do NOT afflict your body with fasting because all seven days are celebratory events.
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All 7 days there shall be NO occupational working, meaning not working on the job.
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One can make purchases on days 2–6, but not on the 1st or 7th day. If there is a Sanbat during the Feast, one must recognize it.
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The 1st and 7th days are like Sanbat Days, but food can be cooked on all days except if one of the Feast Days falls on a regular SANBAT.
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On the 7th day, conduct a festive assembly (congregate/ dance/ feast together).
Note: If there is a full moon cycle during Feast Days, the Ram's Horn must be blown.
MOON SIGHTING FAST አኀዘ A'HAZE – 4/18/2026
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2nd NEW MOON አኀዘ A'HAZE – 4/19/2026
MOON SIGHTING FAST ግንባት GENBAT – 5/17/2026
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3rd NEW MOON ግንባት GENBAT – 5/18/2026
MA'RAR (FEAST OF HARVEST) – 5/31/2026 No work
–Deuteronomy 26:18 "And AMLAK caused you to proclaim today (this day for us) to be His people, a treasured possession, as He has spoken to you and to guard all his commands."
Procedures: Start evening of 5/30/2026
The objective is to give away your best food/crops (first fruit) to the needy or to another source.
Activities:
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Harvest is brought and dedicated. Kahan give thanks and honor. Then food is shared. Give free will offering (first fruits/dehydrated fruit) Deuteronomy 16:10
Rules:
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This is a Sanbat: No laborious work, no cooking, no cleaning, no intimacy with spouse
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Read Exodus 34:22-24
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Read all of Deuteronomy 26, Read the Covenant regarding Boaz and Ruth
MOON SIGHTING FAST ሠነየ SENYE – 6/15/2026
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4th NEW MOON ሠነየ SENYE – 6/16/2026
MOON SIGHTING FAST ሑመለ HAMELE – 7/15/2026
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5th NEW MOON ሑመለ HAMELE – 7/16/2026
MOON SIGHTING FAST ነሐስ NEHASSE – 8/13/2026
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6th NEW MOON ነሐስ NEHASSE – 8/14/2026
FEAST OF THE 18th – 8/31/2026
Procedure: Read on the lives of Aberhane, Yeshaq, and Ya'ekob
MOON SIGHTING FAST ከረመ KEREME – 9/11/2026
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7th NEW MOON ከረመ KEREME – 9/12/2026
BERHAN SARAQA/TAZKARA ABERHAN (FEAST OF LIGHT)
1st day in seventh moon 9/12/2026, No work
–Numbers 29:1 "In the seventh month, on the first day of the moon, you are to have a sacred convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work; it is a day of blowing the qarn for you."
Procedures: On the Eve of the Feast, search the sky to see if the new moon has started (slither stage).
Activities: X
Rules:
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Blowing of the Ram's Horn. It's a Sanbat
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1 Hour Prayer – Start the Prayer with blowing Ram's Horn, end Prayer with blowing the qarn towards the last minutes of the hour
ASTASREYO (DAY OF ATONEMENT)
Procedures: Starts sunset on 9/20/2026 – Ends sunset 9/21/2026
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At 15:00 hours, prepare your house for sundown
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Start fast at sunset, 24 hour dry fast (no food)
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This is a Sanbat
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Start the next day wearing white attire
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Read Isaiah 58:6
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Confess, forgive, repent for all sins & give thanks. It's a Sanbat
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No affectionate touching or intimacy with spouse so to concentrate on AMLAK
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no intimacy with spouse/ no cooking/ no cleaning/ no working
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Read Leviticus 23:28-32
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Pray and praise the last hour
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Prepare for Feast of Tabernacles – Assemble your tent or spread leaves in prayer house in advance.
BA'ALA MASALAT (FEAST OF TABERNACLES) 9/26–10/2/2026 Dwell in booths 7 Days.
Procedures: No work on 9/26–10/3/2026
Activities: X
Rules:
You should NOT conduct business all seven days of BA'ALA MASALAT.
The 1st & 8th days are a Sanbat, but in the middle of these days you can cook for the festivals.
Note: AMLAK requires to not conduct occupational business during the Feast. You can perform daily functions such as wash dishes, cook, clean booth, make a fire, shower.
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Dwell in Booths outside for 7 days/ cook outside
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On the eve of BA'ALA MASALAT, tent must be assembled to sleep and awake in
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On the first day, gather choice fruit and thick branches for celebrating AMLAK (Leviticus 23:40)
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All cooking is to be done outside
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Burnt offering to AMLAK by fire is done only by Seigneur Kahan
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Start each day in worship to AMLAK
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If there is a full moon cycle during Feast Days, the shofar must be blown.
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No Laborious work on 1st and 8th day
LAST GREAT DAY – 10/3/2026 (Represents Judgement) return to Prayer House
Procedures: No work on 10/3/2026
Value this day as a Sanbat.
MOON SIGHTING FAST ጠቀመ T'EK'EME – 10/11/2026
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8th NEW MOON ጠቀመ T'EK'EME – 10/12/2026
MOON SIGHTING FAST ኀደረ HEDERE – 11/10/2026
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9th NEW MOON ኀደረ HEDERE – 11/11/2026
MOON SIGHTING FAST ኀሠሠ HASESE – 12/9/2026
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10th NEW MOON ኀሠሠ HASESE – 12/10/2026
MOON SIGHTING FAST ጠሐር T'EHER – 1/8/2027
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11th NEW MOON ጠሐር T'EHER – 1/9/2027
MOON SIGHTING FAST ከተተ KETETE – 2/7/2027
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12th NEW MOON ከተተ KETETE – 2/8/2027
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ARFE ASART - 2027
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