Fasika (Ge'ez: ፋሲካ) / Tensae (Ge'ez: ትንሣኤ, "to rise").

Fasika (Ge'ez: ፋሲካ, sometimes transcribed as Fasica; from Greek Pascha) is the Ge'ez, Amharic,[1] and Tigrinya word for Easter, also called  Tensae (Ge'ez: ትንሣኤ, "to rise").

In Eritrean and Ethiopia, the most prominent and longstanding religion has been the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (then including the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Catholic Church since the times of Frumentius. Ethiopian (Ethio-Eritrean, Eastern) Easter, or Fasika, however, takes place in all the Christian Churches throughout the country, whether it be Orthodox, Catholic, or Protestant, and follows the eastern method of calculating Easter (see Computus for details), thus tending to fall after Easter in the Western calendar (some years both fall on the same date). Fasika is a much more important festival than Christmas, since the Death and Resurrection of Jesus is more significant in Orthodox and Ethiopian Evangelical theology than his birth. Jesus' crucifixionwhich led to his death on a Friday, according to Orthodox thought was for the purpose of fulfilling the word of God, and led to the conquest of death and Jesus' resurrection from the tomb after three days, the third day being the Sunday when Ethiopian Easter is celebrated.

Fasika is a climactic celebration. Fasting becomes more intense over the 55-day period of Lent for Orthodox Christians, Catholics and optionally for some Protestant denominations, when no meat or animal products of any kind, including milk and butter, are eaten.[2][3][4] Good Friday starts off by church going, and is a day of preparation for the breaking of this long fasting period.