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Mahibre Kidusan Launches Its 5th Orthodox Tewahido Exhibition

  ‘Be versed with EOTC doctrines, and live up to one’s duties’

May 26, 2016

By Mesfin Zegeye 

The Special Exhibition organized by Mahibere Kidusan (MK) and eagerly awaited by the laity has been launched in the presence of senior Church fathers, management and members of MK, invited guests, and visitors. The Exhibition will remain open for six consecutive days from May 25 to 30, 2016 at Addis Ababa Exhibition Centre.

The Veneration of Relics of Saint Tekle Haymanot

May 20, 2016
By Kassa Nigus 
Based on the teachings of Holy Scriptures, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church honors the holy bodies of saints and martyrs and commemorates the days on which their relics are relocated. Saints intercede not only in the realms of the flesh as the scriptures testify for they are alive in soul. (Ex.32:2-15; Enoch 12:33-40, Luke 20:37-40). The word of God is living, and it works on the living.

The Feast of the Departure of St Yared

May 18, 2016
By Tsegaye Girma 
Ginbot 11 (May 19) marks the departure of St. Yared, the great Ethiopian composer who was lived in the 6th century. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church attributes its rich, age-old chant tradition to the Saint and commemorates his disappearance each year on this day.

8620 new believers baptized in Gilgel Beles of Metekel

April 28, 2016

By Mesfin Zegeye 

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Some 8620 new believers have been baptized and came into the fold of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church in a historic evangelic mission carried out at three weredas of Gilgel Beles in Metekel diocese, south western parts of Ethiopia, from April 23 – 24, 2016, Mahibere Kidusan Education and Apostolic Service Main Department disclosed.

Through the Solemn Lent to the Joyous Easter: Belief and Practice in Christian Ethiopia

April 27, 2016 

By Dr.  Mersha Alehegne

Ethiopia, as the stronghold of the Apostolic Christian faith, can be regarded as an open air Christian museum. It is the only country where Christianity deposits its two thousand years of tradition and history where biblical teaching gets the truest application. A lot of religious pasts come alive in Ethiopia in the form of strange and beautiful movements and ruins, built living centuries ago, or in the form of the unalterable biblical traditions. 

Hosaena: Eighth Sunday of Lent

April 23,2016
By Kassa Nigus
Hosa’ena: is one of the moveable feasts of the Lord that falls on Sunday prior to Easter. The feast commemorates the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-9), when palm branches were placed in His path, before His arrest on Thursday and His crucifixion on Good Friday. It thus marks the beginning of Passion Week, the final week of Lent.

Mahibere Kidusan Launches Oromiffa TV Program in Minnesota

April 21, 2016 (Mahibere Kidusan US Office)
Mahibere Kidusan has launched Oromiffa TV programs in Minneapolis and Saint Paul cities of Minnesota. Transmission commenced on April 17, 2016, the Mahibere Kidusan US Office indicated. Transmission of the TV program is aired starting from 4:00 PM /USA central time/ on Sunday via channel 75. 

The Banned Exhibition Gets the Green Light

April 20, 2016

Mahibere Kidusan’s 5th Grand Exhibition which was scheduled to be shown from March 24 – 30, 2016 was suddenly suspended following a ban issued by government bodies just a few hours before its planned opening.

Nicodemus: Seventh Sunday of Lent

April 18, 2016

By Kassa Nigus 

The seventh Sunday of the great lent is known in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church as Niqodimos (ኒቆዲሞስ). The day is named after a member of the Jewish ruling council who took special interest in the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ as recorded in the third chapter of St. John the evangelist. Throughout the week of the seventh Sunday, the Church narrates story of Nicodemus and the lesson of rebirth he learned from our Lord Jesus Christ. The story is recorded in John 3:1-8 as follows:

Gebr Her: the parable of the talents

April 11, 2016
By Tsegaye Girma 
Our Lord Jesus Christ often used parables to illustrate and simplify his teachings so that His audience understood His message simply. The people whom He taught easily related to His sermons because the stories He used to illustrate and compare His ideas are drawn from their everyday lives. The parable of the three talents is one of the stories Our Lord Jesus Christ used to teach His followers about the need to use talents and gifts faithfully.