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Great Lent (Abiy Tsom) - ዐብይ ጾም The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church commemorates the Great Fast (Abiy Tsom) – Hudadi means Vast Land...

Yekatit 16 / February 23 – The Covenant of Mercy – Kidane Mehret (ኪዳነ ምሕረት) Kidane Mehret is a Ge'ez phrase meaning the Covenant of...

On the island of Faso, near Alexandria, at 80 years old, Simeon was one of the scholars elected to translate the Old Testament books from...

The commemoration of the death of Our Holy Mother Saint Virgin Mariam Aster’eyo - አስተርዮ is a Ge’ez word meaning appearance or...

The Holy Trinity ‘አጋዕዝተ ዓለም ቅድስት ሥላሴ’ [Tirr 7 - Jan 16] The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebration of the Holy Trinity is known...

According to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church canon, the birth of Our Holy Mother Virgin Maryam is celebrated on Ginbot 1 (May 9)....

The Great Lent Fast (Abiy Tsom) has eight weeks. St. Yared, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church hymn writer, wrote the hymnbook known...

The Great Lent Fast (Abiy Tsom) has eight weeks. St. Yared, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church hymn writer, wrote the hymnbook known...

The fast of Nineveh is a three-day lent recognized by the Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The fast of Nineveh lasts from Monday to Wednesday,...

In the Fetha Negest* fasting is defined as follows: “ Fasting is abstinence from food, and is observed by man at certain times determined...