Onwards the first Church of our Holy Mother
built with three stones without wood, mud and water
in Caledonia of Caesarea by Lord and Savior
then the apostles commanded prayer
and on the Sabbath of His appearance
at Philippians, gathered all the disciple
Saint Mary as the Ark of the Covenant
Saint Peter, the Priest
Archdeacon Stephen, the Saint
which they received the Eucharist
the Flesh and Blood of Jesus Christ!
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You are the teacher he knows truly
He rushed to you at night hourly
whilst he heard the words holy
healed him from his mind consciously
he was encouraged to present his enquiry
The teaching of the childhood enviably
You are my mother, the Holy
your words are sweet as honey
and you raised me by milky
blessing thee infancy
It is thru you
I devour bodily
I love you
My dear country!
Return to Galilee
free dove be thee!
For your enemy deceased
come home; you’re endorsed!
It is a feast day
For us on holy day
Sing a song in appraisal
Call its name, be delightful
Let’s praise the day!
The Cross entered today
Ethiopia’s feast day
Celebrate the holy day!
Grief came upon me
feeling solo!
My heart sank
in desire of hollo!
Lord Jesus Christ become the redeemer
The salvation of men baring all the bitter
He is “The Sacrificed Lamb”
The only man’s savior!
Ge‘ez, is a South Semitic language that survived as a spoken language in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea until sometime between 900 and 1200 and remains in use as a liturgical language to this day. In its earliest form, the Ge’ez script was an abjad, or writing system consisting only of consonants; by the 4th century the script had developed into an abugida, or alphasyllabary, a writing system in which each symbol represents a consonant-vowel combination. Ge‘ez literature is dominated by religious texts, and this is reflected in the collection of manuscripts at the Fisher, which includes prayer books, a Psalter, a hagiography of Abuna Gabra Manfas Qeddus, and a life of Jesus Christ.
He is the only Shepherd
who guides the lost ones
The mere savior of the strayed
The mender of the broken hearts