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The Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon is a version of the Christian Bible used in the two Oriental Orthodox Churches of the Ethiopian and Eritrean traditions: the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
A vegan Ethiopian Yetsom beyaynetu, compatible with fasting rules.. Fasting and abstinence (Ge'ez: ጾም ṣōm; Amharic and Tigrinya: tsom) have historically constituted a major element of the practice of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, following the counsel of Saint Paul (Ge'ez: ቅዱስ ጳውሎስ; k’idus p’awilos) to "chastise the body and bring it under subjection" per 1 ...
A debtera (or dabtara; [1] Ge'ez/Tigrinya/Amharic: ደብተራ (Däbtära); plural, Ge'ez\Tigrinya: debterat, Amharic: debtrawoch [2]) is an itinerant religious figure in the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches, [3] and the Beta Israel, [4] who sings hymns and dances for churchgoers, and who performs exorcisms and white magic to aid the congregation.
Geʽez is the liturgical language of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo, Ethiopian Catholic and Eritrean Catholic Christians and the Beta Israel, and is used in prayer and in scheduled public celebrations.
When the tabot goes out of the Bete Mekdes ቤተ መቅደስ, everyone goes down to the floor and says a prayer. At first the tabot remained motionless, accompanied by several processional crosses and their attendant brightly colored canopies, while a group of cantors ( dabtara ) performed the liturgical dance so beloved of the Abyssinians.
Cowley spent 15 years in Ethiopia as an Anglican missionary and teacher, during which time he assembled a collection of Biblical commentaries in Amharic. [27] His MSS consist of copies on paper commissioned by Cowley and executed during the years 1967-77 (except for numbers 19-61, 32, 37, 40-42 and 44 which are copies made at different times in ...
Belief in the evil eye, or buda, is still widespread in Ethiopia. [4] The Beta Israel, or Ethiopian Jews, are often characterized by others as possessing buda. [2]: 20–21 Other castes such as ironworkers are often labeled as bearing the buda. [1] In fact, the Amharic word for manual worker, tabib, is also used to denote "one with the evil eye."
1. The prayer of the Priest 2. The prayer of the Deacon 3. The prayer of the People Priests chant and pray by reading the book, the congregants in a church follow their word like participants in praising the Lord, and deacons reads, chants, and instructs the people. All people regardless of sex and age obliged to participate to this service. [6 ...