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Abune Fanuel writes letter to Obama condemning legalization of same sex marriage

October 28, 2015
By Kassa Nigus  
During the 34th regular General Parish Holy Council of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church which lasted three days, from October 19-22, 2015, the reports of all departments were presented. Among the presented reports, one is the report of Abune Fanuel, archbishop of Washington DC and California diocese under the Ethiopia Orthodox Tewahido Church.
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Jesus the Migrant, the Hope of Migrants

October 27, 2015

 ZeYared Zarema (zeyared2007@gmail.com) 

Part One: Introduction

The season which starts on the 26th of the first month of the Ethiopian calendar, the month of Meskerem (or October 6th in the other years and October 7th  in the leap year) and stays for 40 days is a season assigned for the commemoration of the migration of the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary His mother, the old Joseph and Salome. In the Ethiopian Orthodox Church liturgical calendar, the season is known by the name “Season of Flower” (ዘመነ ጽጌ).

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The Patriarch Identifies Focus Areas for Holy Synod to Ponder

October 27, 2015
By Mesfin Zegeye  
In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, one True God, Amen!
His Holiness Patriarch Abuna Mathias delivered message to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Holy Synod regarding focus areas for action in the time to come. The message communicated to the Seven Asian Churches and their respective leaders also holds true for the Church today and its leaders, the Patriarch said.
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The 34th regular General Parish Holy Council concludes

October 26, 2015
By Kassa Nigus 
The 34th regular General Parish Holy Council of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church has ended on October 22, 2015 after three days of meetings. During the council which was held at the patriarchate, the reports of all departments were presented by His Grace Abune Matewos, General Manager of the Patriarchate and Archbishop of Wolayta Konta and Dawro Dioceses.
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Last Year Report of Mahibere Kidusan Presented

October 22, 2015
By Kassa Nigus  
The 2014/2015 fiscal year annual report of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church was presented in the 23rd of the General Parish Council Department of the Patriarchate held at its head office on October 19/2015 by Dr. Abba Haile Mariam Melese, the Deputy Head of the Department. 
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About Mahibere Kidusan

Name

The association was named Mahibre Kidusan (an association in the name of Saints) Saints would be commemorated in that they abounded the secular world and sacrificed their lives to the orthodox belief for whom the prophets prophesized and apostles evangelized.

History

In 1977 E.C (Ethiopian Calendar) few students of higher education initiated the youth in the compass to become members of Sunday school and know the teachings of the churches. Later, this effort had been strengthened by students trained in the Zeaway Hamere Berehan St.Gebreil Clergy Training Monastery by the Then Arch Bishop of Shewa Abune Gorgorious II.

The movements continued in Bilatie military camp that brought all students of higher institutions in the country in 1983 E.C after a year, with the blessing of the church fathers the associations was set up by the name “Mahibre Kidusan” under the Sunday School Department of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Since then the associations has been proving spiritual service.

Vision

“Envisioning the Church fulfill its universal leadership role.”

Mission

Fructify and procure an organized, whole, eloquent, moderate, versatile and leader generation who strives in achieving the church’s mission and diligently work for her existence.

Institutional Asset

  • Spirituality: - It is the incarnation of the True Orthodox Religion, inveterate faith, good endeavors and spiritual knowledge; diligence God’s embodiment and cherishes the return to the Lord through the apostolic fight and a heavenly life; Thus, members are made by conversing and working in Christians endeavors at any state, period and condition. Trailing the path of patristic fathers, they serve humbly, faithfully with the trepidation of God.
  • Servanthood: -Members of the association serve with the indication of their Christian life, in a good will, seeking heavenly honor and grace, detesting worldly honor and praise vanity, sincerely, faithfully and with Christian love.
  • Leadership of Thoughts: - The association works in collaboration with leader of church concerned with the sustainability of the Church’s service necessary for the emit of orthodox ideas, with the timely thoughts and leadership
  • Cooperation - The association believes church’s service is activity of all members of the church. Therefore, it works in accordance to the issue, properly with shareholders and partners with affinity, discussion and sincerity for the unison of the mission, venerating sundry grace in incarnation.
  • Veneration of Professions: - It gives proper veneration and priority for skillful thoughts that do not contrast with orthodoxy education and are based with real information within any of its activities done by servile utilizing their various skill and knowledge of the association’s members, as they are congregated in serving the church. It also works for the endowment of proper veneration of the spiritual and carnal profession and professionals.
  • Rational Orator: - The association works for the challenge and resolution of the church’s internal and external obstacles, activities, habitual and histories based on the right data, clear and spiritual firm and truth.
  • Accountability: - Service of the association goal is embracing heavenly virtue. It therefore makes it accountable before God and the pupil as well, if it does not fulfill its responsibility properly. The manager or member in any of its ladder, is liable for the responsibility given within the work of the association.

OBJECTIVES

  • Empower the Church’s Institutional management, operating system and perception for a strong and time redeemer services, thru support of technology and various methods.
  • Expand gospel and apostolic mission multifaceted all over the world by organized and accessible centralized method.
  • Fructify and procure servile who are redeemer of the time, whole and orthodox, serving in the constitution of the Church as well as be active participants in the social, economic, political and on national management affairs through constructible curriculum, enabling students of Higher School Institutions attain full personhood
  • Preserving the Church thru firm apologetics based on the study and research about the blazon rumor on Church, spurious tales and trials of the Church activities by challenging and correcting the mistakes
  • Enhance the role of empowerment of children and youngsters by consolidating the Sunday School’s Capacity to empower the successor generation’s source
  • Executing organized and discerning services by constructing a family expressing orthodox spirituality endeavors and orthodox community maintaining its unity.
  • For the association to create an institutional working system redeeming the time, enabling the fulfillment of its mission. (in Management, Human Resource, Spirituality, Relation, Knowledge, Development, Finance and Technology)
  • Enhance the economic, social and political participation of orthodox through the principle of International Public Relation and Cooperatives Services.

Stand

The association shall not interfere in administrative affairs of the church and it is free from and political affiliation.

Membership

  1. Disciples who trained in various training institution of the church and providing ministerial activity.
  2. Higher institution students attending Sunday in their respective parishes.
  3. Member of Sunday school or/and parish that provide spiritual service after graduating from higher institution.
  4. The laity who support the objective of the association with their knowledge, money and labor.

Structure

Mahiber Kidusan is set under the Sunday School department of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. It provides spiritual services by its sub centers in the dioceses all over the country and in the Diaspora.