“You have given a banner (a sign of Cross) to those who fear You, that it may be displayed because of the truth. That Your beloved may be delivered” (Psalm 60:4) Would you wear a tiny electric chair “an instrument of execution” around your neck? How strange would you say a tool of torture would […]

Filseta is one of the seven canonized fasts of the Tewahdo church, which is observed as a remembrance of the fast the apostles held in passion of witnessing the falling asleep and assumption of Saint Maryam (Mary). It covers the period from the 1st to the 15th of Nehasie (August 7-22). Filseta literally means movement […]

This is a live stream of the 12th Annual Sunday School of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church - Diocese of America and Canada. Part 1: Friday Morning     Part 2: Friday Morning   Part 3: Friday afternoon     Part 4: Saturday Morning

In the Name of the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit, One God, Amen! Being Tewahdo Recently, my friend told me she doesn't feel like she belongs to our church because she is not “Tewahdo” enough. That struck me as a strange statement. Although I have my own ideas on what it means to be a […]

In the name of the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit one God Amen. This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. [Psalm 118:24] After many efforts taken by the Union of the Monasteries and Church Scholars of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, the issue of […]

Happy Feast of The Apostles and martyrdom of our Fathers and Saints Petros we Pawlos! While watching the video above, let us ask ourselves What does apostleship mean to us in this generation? How can we imitate our fathers the Apostles in their profound imitation of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? According to the […]

By Saint John Chrysostom (Qidus Yohannes Afewerq):  Marriage is a bond, a bond ordained by God. Why then do you celebrate weddings in a silly and immodest manner? Have you no idea what you are doing? ... What is the meaning of these drunken parties with their lewd and disgraceful behaviour? You can enjoy a […]

And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve, whom He also named apostles." (Lk 6: 13) The 12 Apostles were a group of men hand chosen by the Lord Jesus Christ to bear witness to the Word of God and to preach the Word to the […]

When the bridegroom shall be taken away from them,……. then they will fast. (Mtt 9:15) At one time the Pharisees asked our Lord and God, Jesus Christ, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?" And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long […]

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 had to die because […]