Good Friday “Arbi Siqlet" Why the Cross? But Why did He need to die in this way? Why the Cross? Was there any other way for God to redeem us, beside the Cross? Before explaining anything we have to understand the basic consequence of our original parents' sin. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God they […]

Kyrieeleison! O, Lord Have mercy! Kyrieeleison! Contemplation of Passion of Christ on Good Friday Passion week for believers has been a spiritual walk together along the way to Calvary with Our God and Savior Christ. It is a Passover we have been longing for throughout our lives; a Passover from the eye of destroying angle; […]

Kyrieeleison! Holy Thursday- Misete hamus ምሴተ ሐሙስ Today our  Church teaches two most important thing. Christ’s humbleness and Holy Communion. Our Lord instituted the Sacrament Holy Communion on Thursday, just a few hours before His arrest and trial. This is the day on which Christ celebrated the Passover with His disciples, washed their feet (this […]

Kyrieeleison! O, Lord Have mercy! Kyrieeleison. Kyrieeleison! Wednesday- The Jews, Judas, and Satan [Our God and Lord, Christ betrayal] On Wednesday of Holy Week, two things took place 1. Satan enters Judas, who seeks out the Jewish authorities in order to betray Jesus for a price. 2. Mary had lovingly anointed Jesus with expensive perfume. […]

Kyrieeleison! O Lord, Have mercy! Kyrieeleison! Today, we learn from the bible and church tradition that Christ taught in the temple for the last time talking with the scribes and Pharisees in parables about the Kingdom of heaven and the end times; and the Jews leader/priest didn't like it.  The Pharisees and Sadducees came with […]

Lesson I. Kyrieeleison! God, have mercy on us! Kyrieeleison Jesus chased the money-changers out of the Temple. Today from the Bible and Church tradition that we know Christ went to the Temple and attacked the money changers and those who sold animals and cried in a voice heard by all “It is written,  my house […]

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God Amen. Lesson On Palm Sunday, the Lord Jesus Christ went to Jerusalem where He was gloriously received as a King: The people praised and cheered Him with palms, spreading their robes under His feet, and the whole city was […]

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God Amen. The seventh Sunday: “Nicodimos=ኒቆዲሞስ”: A Ruler of the Jews (St John 3: 1-13) The theme in the seventh Sunday in the Great Fast points to the new birth given by water and the Holy Spirit. Nicodimos a ruler […]

Lesson II- Pondering on Gebrehier [Mt. 25:14-]  Our Challenge to be honest. As we remember the servants of the five and the two talents have profited only because they had ‘the honesty in their job.’  As a result, they were worthy to be in charge of a big amount.  But as far as of the […]

The sixth Sunday "GebrHeir=ገብርኄር": the Good & Faithful Servant ( Matthew 25: 14-25) In this sixth great theme in the fast, we ask, "Who is the wise and faithful servant?" The answer to this question is what we do or do not do with our lives until we await Christ's return to this world in […]