section_path: Leap year cycle
section_name: Leap year cycle
paragraph_text: Leap year cycle
  
  The four-year leap year cycle is associated with the four Evangelists: the first year after an Ethiopian leap year is named the John -year, followed by the Matthew -year, and then the Mark -year. The year with the sixth epagomenal day is traditionally designated as the Luke -year. The leap year has 7 days every 700 years as opposed to 6 days every four years for the thirteenth month -Pagumen.The pagumen(ጳጉሜን) month has 5 days during the non-leap years.