St. Tekle Haimanot Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Ottawa Youth Mahiber

11/22/2014

Epistles reading in english

11/22/2014

Kidan in english

A portion of the Ethiopian Orthodox vesper prayer chanted in English with the original Ge'ez melody. www.gennexteo.com

11/08/2014

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Gospel reading in English. Psalm from the feast of the cross. Psalm 60:4. Gospel of Matthew 25:1-13.

10/19/2014

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rvvkV06OsXc

10/19/2014

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn_CclzGzk8

08/23/2014

05/08/2014

የእመቤታችን ስሞችና ትርጓሜያቸው፡፡

ማርያም ማለት ፍጽምት ማለት ነው፡፡ ለጊዜው መልክ ከደምግባት አስተባብራ ተገኝታለችና፡፡ ፍጻሜው ግን ንጽሐ ሥጋ ከንጽሐ ነፍስ ድንጋሌ ሥጋ ከድንጋሌ ነፍስ አስተባብራ ተገኝታለችና፡፡ አንድም ማርያም ጸጋ ወሀብት ማለት ነው፡፡ ለጊዜው ለእናት ለአባቷ ጸጋ ሆና ተሰጥታለች፡፡ ፍጻሜው ግን ለሰው ሁሉ ጸጋ ሁና ተሰጥታናለችና፡፡

አንድም፡- ማርያም ማለት መርሕ ለመንግሥተ ሰማያት ማለት ነው፡፡ ምእመናንን መርታ ገነት መንግሥተ ሰማያት አግብታለችና፡፡ አንድም ማርያም ማለት ልዕልት ማለት ነው፡፡ ከፈጣሪ በታች ከፍጡራን ሁሉ በላይ ናትና አንድም ማሪሃም ማለት እግዝእተ ብዙኀን ማለት ነው አብርሃም ማለት አበ ብዙሃን እንደሆነ ማለት ነው፡፡

እንግዲህ ለነቢያተ ዜና ትንቢታቸው ለሐዋርያት ስብከታቸው ለክርስቲያኖች ሁሉ ተስፋቸው የሆነች እመቤታችን የተወለደችበትን ቀን ሁላችን ምእመናን በፍጹም ፍቅርና ደስታ እናከብረዋለን፡፡

ፈጣሪያችን ልዑል እግዚአብሔር ለተዋሕዶ ከመረጣት ከዓለመ አንስት ተለይታ በንጽሕና በቅድስና አጊጣ የመመኪያችን ዘውድ ከሆነች እመቤታችን ቅድስት ድንግል ማርያም በረከት ረድኤት ይክፈለን፡፡ አሜን፡፡

ወስብሐት ለእግዚአብሔር
ወለወላዲቱ ድንግል
ወለመስቀሉ ክቡር
ለዓለመ ዓለም አሜን።

04/21/2014

Berhane tensae.

04/04/2014

According to St. Yared week 7 of lent is called Nicodemus. Nicodemus was a person who went to Jesus during the night to learn from him. Hence St. Yared says "ሆረ ኃቤሁ ዘስሙ ኒቆዲሞስ" in his "degua".

The psalm of this week reads...

Psalm 17:3
You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night;
You have tried me and have found nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Concerning the works of men

Along with this psalm read the gospel of John 3:1-20 to see what the psalm is referring to.

04/01/2014

According to St. Yared the 6th week of lent is called "The Good Servant".

Misbak (found below) this week is from psalm 40:8 and gives light to some characteristics of the "good servant".

I desire to do your will, my God;
your law is within my heart.
I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly;

03/23/2014

Link to a very good article on the orthodox perspective of tattoos. I suggest everyone reads it.

http://www.holytrinity-lansing.org/index.php/news/41/109/What-Mom-Least-Wants-to-See/d,betterDetails.htm

03/22/2014

The fifth Sunday of lent according to St. Yared's tsome degua is called Debre Zeyet, meaning mount of olives (እንዘ ይነብር እግዚእነ ውስተ ደብረ ዘይት). This week we focus on the second coming of Christ in both the gospel and the psalms.

Psalm 50:3
God shall come openly
and our Lord shall not keep silence:
a fire shall devour before him

This psalm refers to the coming of Christ.

At the first coming the God who was never before seen was revealed in the flesh he obtained from the most Holy Virgin Mary and hence David has said that "God shall come openly". When our Lord came he did not keep silent but rather preached the gospel to Israel saying woe ye to the hypocrites, the scribes and the Pharisees; hence why David says "and our Lord shall not keep silence".

The second coming of Christ will also be open however will be in his glory and majesty (not in the same lowly manner as the first coming); hence David has said that "God shall come openly". He shall speak at his second coming saying "come ye blessed of my Father" to those on his right and "depart ye cursed" to those on his left; hence David says "our Lord shall not keep silence" because he will judge. The nature of the Lord will be like a fire which burns and separates the righteous from the unrighteous. Just as a fire burns through a forest and destroys all trees and vegetation but is not able to destroy pure gold, as such is the fire which burns before the Lord. Destroys the unrighteous pushing them to the left and leaves the righteous unharmed but rather takes them to a better place. Hence David says "a fire shall devour before him".

Gospel reading
Matthew 24:1-36