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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.
The faith and practice of Orthodox Ethiopian Christians include elements from Miaphysite Christianity as it has developed in Ethiopia over the centuries. Christian beliefs include belief in God (in Geʽez / Amharic, ′Egziabeher, lit. "Lord of the Universe"), veneration of the Virgin Mary, the angels, and the saints, besides others.
Dawit I [2] (Ge'ez: ዳዊት) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1382 to 6 October 1413, [3] and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the younger son of Newaya Krestos . Reign
Ghebbi is an Amharic word for a compound or enclosure. [2] The complex of buildings includes Fasilides' castle, Iyasu I's palace, Dawit III's Hall, Empress Mentewab's castle, a chancellery and library from Yohannes I, a banqueting hall from the emperor Bakaffa, stables, and three churches: Asasame Qeddus Mikael, Elfign Giyorgis and Gemjabet ...
He is considered one of the most important Ge'ez writers in fifteenth-century Ethiopia. Giyorgis was involved in a controversy concerning Sabbath in Christianity and consequentially fell into disfavor of emperor Dawit I. He managed to continue his work later in life, under the reigns of Tewodros I and Yeshaq I.
Dawit was educated at Gäläb at a school run by the Swedish Evangelical Mission. There, he worked on Scripture translation, for some years together with Tewolde-Medhin Gebre-Medhin . In addition to translating, Dawit began a Tigre dictionary and collected many Tigre songs and proverbs.
Dawit II (Ge'ez: ዳዊት; c. 1496 – 2 September 1540), also known by the macaronic name Wanag Segad (ወናግ ሰገድ, to whom the lions bow), better known by his birth name Lebna Dengel (Amharic: ልብነ ድንግል, essence of the virgin), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1508 to 1540, whose political center and palace was in Shewa.
Therefore, it is essential to religion life in the highland Ethiopia. Since Christianity was accepted in the Kingdom of Aksum in the 4th century, Zema has been widely incorporated with the music of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. [1] [2] Zema also preserved among the Ethiopian Jews drawing to Christians in modern Ethiopia. [1] [3]