Holy Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebrates the commemoration of the miracle that our Lord Jesus Christ which He performed at Cana of Galilee on Tir 12. It was the first miracle that our Lord Jesus performed after His baptism. He was invited to the wedding with His virgin mother, Saint Mary and also His disciples.
Glory and Praise to the God Father for He gave His Begotten Son Who was revealed to us in Jordan River and be baptized in cleansing our sins as well as save our soul. Praise be to The Lord for His mercy and Love and to The Holy Spirit for He is our life.
The greatest of all festivals, the honorable, and great, and holy festival of the Birth of our Lord Christ, of the holy Virgin Mary is celebrated on Tahesas 29. Now our fathers, the doctors of the Church, are at one in their opinion that the festival of the Holy Nativity should be celebrated on two days, for the Nativity took place in the last part of the night of the twenty-eighth day, and in the first part of the night of the twenty-ninth day. When Paguemen (i.e. the intercalary month) hath six [days], in that year the festival of the Nativity shall be on the eight and twentieth day; but if Paguemen hath five [days] the festival of the Nativity shall be on the nine and twentieth day. And the [doctors] have ordained and commanded that the festival of the Nativity shall be celebrated two days, for it is the chief of the holy festivals.
Dear Children of God! How are you? Glory to God for reaching us to the feast of Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’s Birthday! How is school and life with your beloved ones? We hope you have been well in your spiritual life and brave in church education.
Little ones! We have brought you the answers to the questions we presented last time entitled “Which do you remember?” We encourage those who have participated on answering the questions and invite others who have not to do so on our next quiz.
On that day, when King of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar threw Ananias, Azarias, and Misael into the furnace, they prayed to the Lord high up to the heavens in saving them from burning fire.
Our righteous father has made the devil to carry the wood to the service of church in his entire life. He has performed many more miraculous where he raised the dead and made a horse to witness for God in his own mouth. While he was on the road, our Lord Jesus Christ came to him and told him the time of his departure has come, reminding about the covenant He gave him. The Saints has heard about this covenant in their own ears.
Our Father Abune Zena Markos afterwards gathered his disciples and told about the covenant The Lord gave him. By his prayer, he made the sun to stand still. And on Tahesas two, he washed the disciples’ feet and told them about his departure time. He then advised them to foremost live by love of neighbor and do good to inherit heavenly kingdom. He advised them much more and raised his face to the Lord saying “Safeguard these children you gave me from evil deed by your mercy.” On Tahesas three, he died.
Words cannot be sufficient enough to describe the honor and praise of our Holy Mother Saint Virgin Mary. Fortunate to us, for we are willed to use the words revealed to Saints in talking about and praise of her. “Our spiritual love towards the Savior Jesus Christ and His mother is deep-rooted in our hearts, and appears in our daily life. We love Saint Mary, the Virgin and mother of God, through whom we discover the nature of her Son as the Incarnate Son of God. Her life speaks of God’s redeeming deed, and explains man’s role in attaining the heavenly life by the divine grace. Saint Mary is our Mother, who became an archetype of the Church, receiving a universal maternity to man. She loves the whole world, longing for the perfect salvation of everybody…” says Father Tadros Yacoub Malaty in his book “Saint Mary in the Orthodox Concept)
The flight of The Holy Family to Egypt and Ethiopia is both a significant and a living tradition for the people of the land of the Pharaohos and blessing to our country.
The Crucifixion day of Our Lord Jesus Christ is the holiday, which is the salvation of the world. The Holy Bible mentioned that: “From the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.” (Matthew 27:45) The sun had hidden its light when it saw its creator incarnated, hanging with His own free will on the wood of the Cross, inclined His head, and yielded up His spirit.
Saint Matthew the Evangelist, was martyred on Tikmet 12. He was one of the Twelve Disciples and his name was Levi. He was the one sitting at the receipt of custom outside the city of Capernaum, when the Lord Christ said to him, “Follow Me.” He left all, rose up, and followed Him. He made for the Lord Christ a great feast in his own house. That made the Pharisees murmur against Him.