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Fasika. Fasika (Ge'ez: ፋሲካ, sometimes transcribed as Fasica; [ultimately from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (paskha)] [1] is the Ge'ez, Amharic, [2] and Tigrinya word for Easter, also called Tensae (Ge'ez: ትንሣኤ, "to rise"). In Ethiopia, the most prominent and longstanding religion has been the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (then ...
Annual. 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. Meskel is celebrated by Oriental Orthodox members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the ...
Enkutatash is an annual holiday observed in September, the perennial Bidens macroptera flower is identified with this holiday due to growing densely in its fully maturation in September. Relatives especially family members gather and eat meals prepared by chicken's meat natively called doro wat. Invitations and well-wishing to relatives and ...
An Ethiopian Tewahedo ceremony at Fasilides' Bath in Gondar, Ethiopia, celebrating Timkat (Epiphany). Timket (Ge'ez: ጥምቀት T’imk’et) is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebration of Epiphany. It is celebrated on 19 January (or 20 in a leap year), corresponding to the 11th day of Terr in ...
Afewerk Tekle (1932–2012), painter, stained glass artist; known for Ethiopian Orthodox religious art. Kebedech Tekleab (born 1958), painter, sculptor, poet. Adamu Tesfaw (born 1933), painter known for Ethiopian Orthodox religious art. Abel Tilahun (born 1983), sculptor. Michael Tsegaye (born 1975), photographer, painter.
t. e. 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. At 81 books, it is the largest and most diverse biblical canon in traditional Christendom.
The Ethiopian calendar has twelve months, all thirty days long, and five or six epagomenal days, which form a thirteenth month. [2] The Ethiopian months begin on the same days as those of the Coptic calendar, but their names are in Ge'ez. A sixth epagomenal day is added every four years, without exception, on 29 August of the Julian calendar ...
In 1959, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church was granted autocephaly. This was extended to the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church in 1998 following the successful Eritrean War of Independence from Ethiopia. Since the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Coptic Christians have suffered increased religious discrimination and violence.