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Protestant music also plays a dominant role since booming its distribution via CDs in 2000s, and recently it evolves from digital downloads. Some Ethiopian religious music has an ancient Christian element, traced to Yared , who lived during the reign of Emperor Gebre Meskel (Son of Kaleb of Aksumite Empire ) in the 6th century.
P'ent'ay (from Ge'ez: ጴንጤ P̣enṭe) is an originally Amharic–Tigrinya language term for Pentecostal Christians.Today, the term refers to all Evangelical Protestant denominations and organisations in Ethiopian and Eritrean societies.
Saint Yared (Ge'ez: ቅዱስ ያሬድ; 25 April 505 – 20 May 571) [2] [3] [4] was an Aksumite composer in the 6th century. Often credited with being the forerunner of traditional music of Ethiopia, he developed the music of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Eritrean Orthodox Church.
Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument (Amharic: ኃይሉ መርጊያና የመሣረያ ቅንብሮቹ), also known as Shemonmuanaye, is a 1985 studio album by Ethiopian jazz musician Hailu Mergia, formerly of the Walias Band.
Elias Melka was born in Sebategna, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to his father Melka Geresu and his mother Atsede Feleke and raised in Abinet, Addis Ababa. [3] [4] Elias was born to a Protestant family, and this led him to becoming a member of church choir.
He was born to a Protestant Christian family and his father was a health professional and the mother a housewife. [citation needed] Kamuzu's passion for music grew in the church choir, and slowly spread to the outside. [2] [failed verification] Kamuzu attended Bele primary school in the town of Bele (Wolaita), and attended secondary school in ...
The Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church was founded in 1927 in southern Ethiopia by the evangelical missionary organization Sudan Interior Mission and Dr. Thomas Alexander Lambie. [1]
Fasting becomes more intense over the 55-day period of Lent for Orthodox Christians, Catholics and optionally for some Protestant denominations, when no meat or animal products of any kind, including milk and butter, are eaten. [3] [4] [5] Good Friday starts off by church going, and is a day of preparation for the breaking of this long fasting ...