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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] The tradition began after the sixth century and is traditionally identified with Saint Yared. Through history, the Ethiopian liturgical chants have ...
Zema also preserved among the Ethiopian Jews drawing to Christians in modern Ethiopia. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church made its music in religious adapting services, to season of the ecclesiastical year and to solemnity of the feast, making celebratory on festivals and mourning service.
The dome and bell tower of the New Cathedral of Our Lady Mary of Zion. The Church of Our Lady, Mary of Zion [a] is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church which is claimed to contain the Ark of the Covenant.
The music of Ethiopian Orthodox Church traced back to Saint Yared, who composed Zema or "chant", which divided into three modes: Geʽez (ordinary days), Ezel (fast days and Lent) and Araray (principal feasts). [90] It is important to Ethiopian liturgy and divided into fourteen Anaphoras, the normal use being of the Twelve Apostles.
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.
From “Historical Dictionary of the Coptic Church” by Gawdat Gabra, Scarecrow, 2008. Abarkah; 'Abd al-Masih al-Isra'ili; Yassa 'abd al-Masih; Ablution; Absolution; Yusuf Abu Dakan; Abu al-Majd ibn Yu'annis; Al-Safi Ibn Yuannis; Abu Mina; Abu Salih Yu'annis; Act of Peter; Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles; Adam; al As-ad ibn al-Ass'al; Patriarch Alexander I of Alexandria; Alexandria ...
Dej. Wube Illustrated by Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville. Wube Haile Maryam of Semien, [note 1] (1799 – 1867), also called by his title Dejazmach Wube, Webé; his name is also given in European sources as ‘‘Ubie’’, [1] was one of the major figures of 19th century Ethiopia, during the closing decades of the Zemene Mesafint (lit: Era of the princes) a period of regional lords vying ...
Enda Mariam Cathedral, Asmara, Eritrea: Founder: The Apostle and Evangelist Mark in 42 AD Alexandria, Saint Frumentius in 328 AD Axum (according to the Eritrean Orthodox tradition), Abune Phillipos in 1993 AD Asmara (modern) Independence: From the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in 1991: Members: 2.5 million [1] –3 million [2] www ...