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 […]

The Six Hour of Good Friday: the Crucifixion After that they forced Him to carry His weapon of execution, the Cross, under which He fell three times on His way to Calvary. “And He bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha” […]

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God Amen. 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. After He had washed the feet of […]

Kyrieeleison ! O, Lord Have mercy! Kyrieeleison. Based on Church Holy Tradition, On Wednesday of Passion week we see the course of the devil's spite and the result of his crafty plans against Christ.  The devil had implanted in the leaders of the Jewish synagogue envy against Christ, which even leads to murder.  This disorder […]

The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church Tradition helps us live an intentional life with deep meanings rooted in the Holy Scriptures and Old Testament Gospels. The Church has always taught the necessity of penance for justification. She has instituted Lent as remembrance of the forty days fast of our Blessed Lord in the desert and as a […]

Kyrieeleison! O Lord, Have mercy! Kyrieeleison! Today, we learn from the bible and church tradition that Christ taught in the temple 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 so many malicious questions […]

On this day also we remember how the Lord entered to Jerusalem on Monday morning after having spent the night in Bethania. On His way to Jerusalem, He saw a leafy fig tree, but when He approached it He found no fruit and it deserved to be cursed immediately. “Now in the morning, as He […]

Lesson I. Kyrieeleison! God, have mercy on us! Kyrieeleison 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 shall be called a house of prayer and […]

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 eighth Sunday "Hosa'ina=ሆሳዕና"/Savior: Palm Sunday ( St John 12: 12-19) Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord! O King of Israel , Hosanna in the Highest! Blessed […]