Holy Mother the Church, how much I've been fed from your altar. How much I will miss you. Bless me as I go, and keep me as one of your own, wherever I am sent.
The greatest examples of the priesthood, aside from Christ Himself, are the Coptic priests I've had the privilege of calling my spiritual fathers for over a decade. As I prepare to leave for Germany, I want to thank them and thank God for placing them in my life.
Dr. Mehari Z. Worku, a friend of the show and close confidant, is now a priest of the Orthodox Church. Under the auspices of his beatitude Archbishop Mark of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
Say ይደልዎ (ydelwo), ἄξιος (ak-see-os), he is worthy!
An exemplary #restitution. 17 Ethiopian manuscripts returned from the US by Prof Steve Delamarter and his team donated by Barbara Weiner and presented at the Ethiopian Heritage Authority and gifted to 7 Ethiopian Institutions.
“Hear my prayer; to thee all flesh shall come.
Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and adopted; he shall dwell in thy courts; we shall be filled with the good things of thy house; thy temple is holy.”
Psalm 64: 3,5 LXX
Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
This post is pure historical revisionism.First, academic history validates that the Oriental Orthodox Church dates back to the 1st Century with an uncut chain of apostolic succession by names from St. Mark and St. Peter. What happened during Empress Theodora's time wasn't creating a parallel church; it was preserving the original one from Byzantine eradication.The real parallel hierarchy was the one forced upon Egypt and Syria by the Byzantine empire. You military backed Chalcedonians implanted "Melkite" bishops who were completely rejected by the native populations. They had zero grassroots support.Second, to the comment saying we should be persecuted until we "repent",repent for what? You are the ones who compromised the faith! Your own Council of Chalcedon, specifically in Session 10, accepted the Three Chapters (Theodoret, Ibas, and Theodore of Mopsuestia),the literal friends and defenders of Nestorius,based on absolutely nothing. Then, a century later at Constantinople II, you had to turn around and anathematize them because you realized you messed up! Even Nestorius himself praised Leo’s Tome and saw his own teachings in it.Before you incite hatred and call for our persecution, go fix your own contradictory dogmatic history. We didn't leave the Orthodox faith; you did.
Buy Dr. Mehari’s fresh translation of The Confession of Claudius, a 16th Century decree, based on church scholarly consensus, against accusations of Judaizing laid against the Church in Ethiopia. Especailly, with regard to pork, circumcision, and the Sabbath.
https://t.co/rMCtohDM8g
If the world is against the truth, then I am against the world. Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord! I’d rather be cancelled by society than rejected by Christ
Thank you @NYNECopts, @AnbaDavid, Fr Samuel Hanna and @SMGebru, and all those who served alongside you, for a wonderful weekend of ministry.
Aside from the Liturgical prayers, learning, conversation, spiritual reflection and fellowship, there was an undeniable sense of love and fraternal blessing.