Entries by Hiwot M

Feast of Archangel Saint Michael

Archangel Saint Michael’s Holiday on June 19, is celebrated in all the Ethiopian Orthodox Incarnation Church. His miraculous in this day encrypted in Holy Scriptures are as follows…

“Cast the net on the right side of the boat” (John 21:6)

In-scripted in the Bible, alike Saint Peter, fish in the land to the Israelis at the Sea of Tiberias. Nevertheless, whilst our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ reigned in the flesh in the land of Israel and gave them authority over their own, they seized to monger fish. They desired to be taught in demeanor of success and superiority…

Feast of Ascension

Thousands of years before our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ’s birth, Prophet David prophesied the ascension of Jesus when he announced the Lord’s enthronement at the Father’s right hand. The Ascension of Lord Jesus Christ was vital in a chain of the fulfillment of the prophecy of the Old and New Testament times. (Psalm 110:1)

“Be even more diligent” (2 Peter 1:10)

Diligence is “a steady application in righteousness of any kind; constant effort to accomplish what is undertaken; exertion of body or mind without unnecessary delay or sloth; due attention; industry; assiduity.” (King James Dictionary)

“Who can find a virtuous woman, for her worth is above rubies” (Proverb 31:10)

Our world is a forum for diversity. The differences are neither undetermined nor limited. Just as the Femininity and masculinity are the difference in gender, the ultimatum of being a woman or a man is for humanity. The question is, what kind of woman or man should we be? The name masculine does not apply to the body alone; to be named as a woman does not preclude being a woman; everyone must choose the scales that can be weighed.

The Revelation of Saint Mary

Holy Virgin Mary appeared in the lands of Egypt, on the temple of Coptic Church where many witnessed her revelation and her countless miracles for five consecutive days beginning May 29 till June 02.

“But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!” (Galatians 5:15)

The basis for hatred and stigma is severance. Butchery and obliteration are its main characteristics. If there is division, there can be no development. It is unthinkable to live in peace let alone develop and prosper. Even differences of language, which may be the cause of our intellectual prosperity, lead to hatred; Every time we hear each other’s language, we become filled with hatred.

“Seek those things which are above” (Colossians 3:1)

Amid apostle’s era, the church at Colossae was under attack from false teachers who were denigrating the deity of Lord Jesus. They were deceiving the people implying the Lord as a false teacher but not God. Hereby, apostle Saint Paul wrote an epistle in conferring the teachings which he coveted the Colossian Christians to evade. He presented Lord Christ as the center of the universe, not only as the active Creator but also as the recipient of creation in His taking on of human flesh.

Saint Jared

The sixth century was remarkable and glorious era in the Ethiopian Orthodox Incarnation Church history for it saw the rise of a magnificent and melodic Saint; ‘Jared.’…

“I am the Almighty God” (Genesis 17:1)

Torah, the first section of the bible, pioneered the name of the Almighty God; in particular to Genesis, “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.” (Genesis 17:1)