ToΓια indicateνα theδείξουν yearτο έτος, EthiopiansΑιθίοπες andκαι followersοπαδοί ofτων theερυθραίων Eritreanεκκλησιών churchesχρησιμοποιούν todayσήμερα useτην theεποχή ''Incarnation Era''ενσάρκωσης, whichη datesοποία fromχρονολογεί theαπό [[Annunciation]]την orενσάρκωση Incarnationτου ofΙησού [[Jesus]]στις on [[25 March]],Μαρτίου [[9]] (Julian), as calculated by [[Annianus of Alexandria]] in ''c.'' 400 AD; thus its first civil year began seven months earlier on [[29 August]], [[8]] (Julian). Meanwhile, Europeans eventually adopted the calculations made by [[Dionysius Exiguus]] in 525 AD instead, which placed the Annunciation exactly eight years earlier than had Annianus. This causes the Ethiopian/Ge'ez year number to be eight years less than the Gregorian year number from January 1 until September 10 or 11, then seven years less for the remainder of the Gregorian year.
In the past, a number of other [[era]]s for numbering years were also widely used in Ethiopia and the Axumite Kingdom:
