Feasts – Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Sunday School Department

Peace!

Dear Children of God! how are you? How is the feast of resurrection/Easter/? Hope you have been strong, obedient and good children through it out and reached the holiday of Lord and Savior Jesus Christ rising from the dead.

Little ones! Our Lord did not just rise from the dead but also defeated death and gave us eternal life! Mankind was imprisoned by the Satanic slavery until He Came down, crucified rise from the dead on the third day and liberated him.

It is as well vital to acknowledge that the Lord gave us ever lasting peace affirmed by His Holy words, “peace be with you!” So then we shall commemorate this and celebrate the holiday of His second resurrection at our Holy Church with our families and beloved ones.

Christ is risen!

Glory be to God and happy feast of Resurrection!

Feast of Covenant of Mercy

Blessed is the day on which Saint Virgin Mary, Pure, Most Holy, Blessed, abode of Deity, Mother of God, Praised above all creation, Mother of Mercy, Mother of many, Our Lady, received the covenant of mercy from her Beloved Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, so that she be the Salvation of all creation.

Holy Mother Saint Virgin Mary

Primordially, the Almighty God by His Divine Will thought of Holy Mother Saint Virgin Mary for the salvation of the world. By this Divine attention, He created the mother of all and the hope of human race. The years of her life on earth were 64 years. She was 15 years old when she left the temple. She spent 33 years in Joseph’s house, until the Ascension of the Lord, and 15 years with Saint John the Evangelist, according to the commandment of the Lord which He told her at the cross, “Behold, this is your son,” and to Saint John, “Behold, this is your mother. ” Our pure Lady Saint Mary, the Mother of God’s departure is on Tir 21.

The Miracle at the weeding in Cana of Galilee

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.

Feast of Baptism

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 Feast of Lord Jesus Christ’s Birthday

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.

Which do You Remember? Answers to the Questions

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.

The Three Children of God and Their Savior!

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.

Abune Zena Markos

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.