01/12/2023
Abune Aregawi is one of the Nine Saints of the Tigrai Orthodox Tewahedo Church. These learned monks came from various parts of the Roman Empire to escape persecution after the Council of Chalcedon (451).
Once in Tigrai, they revitalized Christianity, and to whom the Ge'ez version of the New Testament is attributed. Besides Abba Aregawi, the Nine Saints included Abba Aftsé, Abba 'Aléf, Abba Gärima, Abba Guba, Abba Libanos, Abba Pantelewon, Abba Tsehma, and Abba Yäm'ata (Yemata).