Great Lent: The Holy Fast. Serve the Lord with fear, And rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry. Psalms 2:11 This Great Lent is considered the Holiest fast since our Lord Jesus Christ Himself had fasted it. During this Lent, we follow the example set by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who fasted […]

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit-One God, Amen. The Fast of Nineveh (Tsome Ninewe) The teacher told his elementary students, “I don’t want any of you to ever be afraid of going into the sea because there is no sea creatures that can swallow you whole”. A little girl […]

The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo church commemorates the death of St. Mary on Tiri 21 (January 29). The day is known as Aster’eyo which means mean appearance/Epiphany. It coincides with the season the church devoted to remembering the different manifestations of Christ's glory and Divinity, especially the Nativity, the Baptism as well as the miracle at […]

On this day our Lord Jesus Christ was baptized in the River Jordan by John the Baptist. The festival which is kept on this day is called Timqet Ge’ez word meaning “immersion in water. The word also denotes epiphany which is driven from the Greek word epiphaneia meaning “appearance” “Epiphany,” which is, being interpreted, “the […]

The Greatest Mystery of God's Love: Incarnation In the modern world, we are accustomed/trained/ to think everything in terms of rigid rules and formulae; calculus and Newtonian laws. It takes faith and courage to believe in Miracles!. What do you think the greatest miracle of all? Many  Christians might quickly remember the resurrection of Our […]

You see it everywhere Red and Green Christmas trees and lights Santa and cookies It is officially Christmas season   We have all heard it many times, “Are you in the Christmas spirit?” But what does it mean to be in the “Christmas spirit”?   Christmas is the day we celebrate Our Lord, God, and […]

In the name of the Father the Son the Holy Spirit One God Amen!!! Every year the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church celebrates “Hidar Tsion” on the 21st of November in geez calendar.  It is one of the 33 Holidays that our church has put for St. Mary. The history of the Holiday goes back to […]

Throughout the centuries our almighty God sent the Holy Prophets to predict different events and facts concerning the promised Savior. It was the Holy Trinity that prophesied first about the coming of Jesus Christ. God promised Adam that him and his descendants would be saved after 5500 years through his great granddaughter’s (St. Mary) Son […]

As October 31st draws near, I want to make all uninformed Christians in our Diocese aware of certain traditions celebrated in the United States on this day. The "Halloween" celebration pays tribute to Satan. Every act revolving around Halloween is in honor of false gods. False gods are spirits in the Satanic realm. "We only […]

You have been serving the house of the Lord for a long time. But have you been serving the Lord of the house? Christianity is a faith characterised by preaching, but you can say it was spread more through role-models than sermons and teachings. Growing up in the church, we were always told that you […]