Gishen Mariam Festival around Dessie

Gishen Mariam Festival around Dessie; October 1 While the whole country celebrates the finding of the True Cross on (September 26th & 27th ), the commemoration of the deposition of the right arm of the True Cross at the remote mountain monastery of Gishen Mariam (in the present Sothern Wollo Zone, Amhara Region), makes the celebration there especially colorful.

The occasion is observed with the largest and most spectacular intensity on October 1st each year. 

However the date for the holiday changes every year because Islamic holidays are based on the Hijri calendar.