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Meskel (Ge'ez: መስቀል, romanized: Mesk’el) is an Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church holiday that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman Empress Saint Helena of Constantinople in the fourth century.
Kidase (Ge'ez: ቅዳሴ, means "thanksgiving to the Lord") is an Orthodox Tewahedo daily worship service originated by the sixth century Aksumite composer Saint Yared hymnary works. [1] The word " Kidase " means thanksgiving to the Lord by mankind and angels alike, which has a purpose of converting the wine and bread into the Holy Sacrament ...
The Ethiopian Orthodox celebrates Meskel on 27 September (28 September in leap year) and the lodging of the pieces of the True Cross at Gishen Debre Kerbe on 1 October. [6] The church celebrates the festival on the grounds of historical background and holds it as her power and seal of salvation.
In 1534, a cleric of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Michael the Deacon, met with Martin Luther and affirmed the Augsburg Confession, saying "This is a good creed, that is, faith". [27] [25] In addition, Martin Luther stated that the Lutheran Mass agreed with that used by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. [25]
The Kidane Mehret Church [1] (Ge'ez for "Covenant of Mercy") [2] in Jerusalem, popularly known simply as the Ethiopian Church, is part of the Debre Genet (ደብረ ገነት) [3] monastery, whose name means "Monastery of Paradise". [4] [5] The monastery and its church belong to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
Orthodox Tewahedo music refers to sacred music of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The music was long associated with Zema (chant), developed by the six century composer Yared . It is essential part of liturgical service in the Church and classified into fourteen anaphoras, with the normal use being the Twelve Apostles .
Holy Trinity Cathedral, also known in Amharic as Kidist Selassie, is the highest ranking Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.It was built to commemorate the Ethiopian victory over Italian occupation and is an important place of worship in Ethiopia, alongside other cathedrals such as the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum.
Ethiopian liturgical chant, or Zema, is a form of Christian liturgical chant practiced by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The related musical notation is known as melekket . [ 3 ]