#Feasts of #Megabit_16

✞✞✞On this day we commemorate the departure of the righteous Archbishop, Pope Michael l of Alexandria✞✞✞

✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞

✞✞✞Abba Michael the 46th Archbishop of Alexandria✞✞✞
=>Abba Michael was Egyptian in lineage and lived in the Monastery of Scetes for many years, from an early age, in spiritual struggles after choosing the monastic life. And in those days, in Egypt, the Archbishop (Theodorus) of Alexandria departed, and the fathers (bishops of Lower Egypt and the priests of Alexandria) inquired Abba Michael with, “Let us appoint you”, after they had heard a voice that came [from heaven] which said, “Appoint Abba Michael”. Nevertheless, he said, “No”. However, they tied him up and appointed him.

✞Thereafter, Abba Michael received severe afflictions while he was appointed a shepherd (bishop). The Caliph (‘Caliph’ say the Ethiopian fathers ‘has the meaning of wicked – ‘Kifu’‘) of the era used to detain and beat the father before the people.

✞Many were killed by the brutality of the tortures while more than 20,000 renounced their faith.

✞And the Ethiopian Emperor of the period, in spiritual zeal, went to Egypt with 100,000 cavalrymen, 100,000 mule-riders and 100,000 camel-riders, and distressed the Caliph and saved the Egyptian Christians from further torments.

✞And once Abba Michael was released from prison, he labored much to return to faith the lapsed. And he was successful. The righteous Archbishop departed on this day after years of strife.

✞✞✞May God not remove from us the Saint’s blessing.

✞✞✞Annual feasts celebrated on the 16th of Megabit
1. Abba Michael the 46th Archbishop of Alexandria

✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts
1. Queenship of Mary (The Seal of the Seven Covenants)
2. St. Elisabeth (Mother of St. John the Baptist)
3. St. Gebre Mariam, Righteous Emperor of Ethiopia (Brother of St. Lalibela)
4. St. Honorius (Anorewos), Righteous Emperor
5. St. Abba Nofer (Onuphrius) the Anchorite
6. St. Abba John, of the Golden Gospel
7. Abba Daniel the Righteous

✞✞✞“(I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. . .In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.”✞✞✞
2 Cor. 11:23-28

✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞

(Translated by Mhr. Esuendale Shemeles with the permission of Dn. Yordanos Abebe)

ዝክረቅዱሳን (ማኅበረ ቅዱስ ዳዊት)

" ፍቅር ያጌብረኒ ከመ እንግር ዜናሆሙ ለቅዱሳን"::/የቅዱሳንን ዜና(ታሪክ) እንድመሰክር ፍቅር ያስገድደኛል::
       አባ ጊዮርጊስ ዘጋስጫ /መጽሐፈ ምሥጢር/

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††† እንኳን ለሐዋርያው ቅዱስ አልዓዛር ዓመታዊ በዓል በሰላም አደረሳችሁ፤ አደረሰን። †††

††† በስመ አብ ወወልድ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ አሐዱ አምላክ አሜን! †††

††† አልዓዛር ሐዋርያ †††

††† ቅዱስ አልዓዛር በሃገረ ቢታንያ ከእህቶቹ ማርያና ማርታ ጋር ይኖር ነበር:: ሦስቱም ድንግልናቸውን ጠብቅው ጌታችንን ያገለግሉት ነበርና አልዓዛርን ከ72ቱ አርድእት ማርያና ማርታን ደግሞ ከ36ቱ ቅዱሳት አንስት ቆጥሯቸዋል::

በወንጌል ጌታችን ይወዳቸው እንደነበር ተገልጧል:: (ዮሐ. 11:3) ጌታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሲወድ የሚያበላልጥ ሆኖ አይደለም:: ይልቁኑ በምሥጢር እነርሱ ተወዳጅ የሚያደርጋቸውን ሥራ ይሠሩ እንደነበር ሲነግረን ነው እንጂ::

ቅዱስ መጽሐፍ እንደ ነገረን ጌታችን በነ አልዓዛር ቤት በእንግድነት ይስተናገድ ነበር:: (ዮሐ. 12:1) በመጨረሻዋ ምሴተ ሐሙስም ቅዱስ ሥጋውንና ክቡር ደሙን ለሐዋርያቱ ያቀበላቸው በእነዚህ ቅዱሳን ቤት ውስጥ ነው::

ቅዱስ አልዓዛር በጽኑዕ ታሞ በዚሕች ቀን አርፏል:: ቅዱሳት እህቶቹ ማርያና ማርታ ከታላቅ ለቅሶ ጋር ዕለቱኑ ቀብረውታል:: (ዮሐ .11)

††† ቸር ጌታችን ክርስቶስ ከ4 ቀናት በሁዋላ ሊያስነሳው ይመጣልና ከበረከቱ ይክፈለን:: (ይቆየን)

††† መጋቢት 17 ቀን የሚከበሩ ዓመታዊ የቅዱሳን በዓላት
1.ቅዱስ አልዓዛር ጻድቅ ሐዋርያ
2.ቅዱስ ቴዎቅሪጦስ አናጉንስጢስ (ሰማዕት)
3.ቅዱስ ተላስስ ሰማዕት
4.ቅዱስ ዮሴፍ ኤዺስ ቆዾስ
5.ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ መስተጋድል

††† ወርኀዊ በዓላት
1.ቅዱስ እስጢፋኖስ ሊቀ ዲያቆናት (ቀዳሜ ሰማዕት)
2.ቅዱስ ያዕቆብ ሐዋርያ (ወልደ ዘብዴዎስ)
3.ቅዱስ ኤዺፋንዮስ ዘቆዽሮስ
4.ቅዱሳን አበው መክሲሞስና ዱማቴዎስ
5.አባ ገሪማ ዘመደራ
6.አባ ዸላሞን ፈላሢ
7.አባ ለትጹን የዋህ

††† "ጌታ ኢየሱስም:- 'ትንሳኤና ሕይወት እኔ ነኝ:: የሚያምንብኝ ቢሞት እንኩዋ ሕያው ይሆናል:: የሚያምንብኝም ሁሉ ለዘለዓለም አይሞትም:: ይህን ታምኛለሽን?' አላት:: እርስዋም (ማርታ):- 'አዎን ጌታ ሆይ: አንተ ወደ ዓለም የሚመጣው ክርስቶስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆንህ እኔ አምናለሁ::' አለችው::"†††
(ዮሐ. 11:25-27)

††† ወስብሐት ለእግዚአብሔር †††

#Feasts of #Megabit_17

✞✞✞On this day we commemorate the departure of the Apostle Saint Lazarus✞✞✞

✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞

✞✞✞Saint Lazarus the Apostle✞✞✞
=>St. Lazarus lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. And as all three were pure virgins and served the Lord, He counted Lazarus with the 72 Disciples and Mary alongside Martha with the 36 Holy Women.

✞And it is shown in the Gospel that our Lord loved them. (John 3:11) This was not because our Lord loves one more than the other. Rather, the account is telling us emblematically that they were found doing deeds that made them to be loved.

✞The Lord used to be hosted as a guest in Lazarus’ and his sisters’ house as the Holy Bible tells us (John 12:1). And it was in the home of these Saints that on Holy Thursday He gave from His Holy Body and Honorable Blood to the Apostles.

✞Later on, St. Lazarus became very ill and departed on this day. And his holy sisters buried him in great sorrow on the same day (John 11).

✞✞✞And our Good Lord will go 4 days later to raise him. May He grant us from his blessing. (Until then - until we commemorate the raising of Lazarus from the dead.)

✞✞✞ Annual feasts celebrated on the 17th of Megabit
1. St. Lazarus the Righteous Apostle
2. St. Theocritus the Anagnostis/Reader (A Martyr)
3. St. Talasius/Belasius the Martyr
4. St. Joseph the Bishop
5. St. George the Ascetic/Fighter

✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts
1. St. Stephen Archdeacon (Protomartyr)
2. St. James the Apostle (Son of Zebedee)
3. St. Epiphanius the Church Father (of the Island of Cyprus)
4. Holy Fathers Maximus and Domatius/Domadius
5. Abba Gerima of Medera
6. Abba Palaemon /Balamon the Wanderer
7. Abba Latsoun the Meek

✞✞✞“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that Thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.”✞✞✞
John 11:25-27

✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞

(Translated by Mhr. Esuendale Shemeles with the permission of Dn. Yordanos Abebe)

††† እንኳን ለቅዱስ ኤስድሮስ ሰማዕት ዓመታዊ የዕረፍት በዓል በሰላም አደረሳችሁ፤ አደረሰን። †††

††† በስመ አብ ወወልድ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ አሐዱ አምላክ አሜን! †††

††† ቅዱስ ኤስድሮስ †††

††† ሰማዕትነት በክርስትና ለሃይማኖት የሚከፈል የመጨረሻው ዋጋ (መስዋዕትነት) ነው:: ሰው ለፈጣሪው ሰውነቱን ሊያስገዛ: ሃብት ንብረቱን ሊሰጥ ይችላል:: ከስጦታ በላይ ታላቅ ስጦታ ግን ራስን አሳልፎ መስጠት ነው::

ራስን መስጠት በትዳርም ሆነ በምናኔ ውስጥ ይቻላል:: የመጨረሻ ደረጃው ግን ሰማዕትነት ነው::
"አማን መነኑ ሰማዕት ጣዕማ ለዝ ዓለም:: ወተዓገሡ ሞተ መሪረ በእንተ መንግስተ ሰማያት::" እንዳለው ቅዱስ ኤፍሬም ሶርያዊ
ሰማዕትነት ማለት መራራውን ሞት ስለ ፍቅረ እግዚአብሔር ሲሉ መታገስ ነው::

እርሱ ቅሉ መድኃኒታችን ክርስቶስ የሰማይና የምድር ጌታ ሲሆን ኃፍረተ መስቀልን ታግሦ ሙቶልን የለ!

በዓለም ያሉ ብዙ እምነቶች ስለ መግደል በቀጥታም ሆነ በተዘዋዋሪ ያስተምራሉ:: ክርስትና ግን መሞትን እንጂ መግደልን የሚመለከት ሕግ የለውም::

እርሱ ባለቤቱ "ጠላቶቻችሁን ውደዱ:: የሚረግሟችሁን መርቁ:: ስለሚያሳድዷችሁ ጸልዩ::" ብሎናልና:: (ማቴ. 5:44) ነገር ግን ዕለት ዕለት ራሳችንን በሃይማኖትና በምግባር ካልኮተኮትነው ክርስትና በአንድ ጀምበር ፍጹም የሚኮንበት እምነት አይደለምና በፈተና መውደቅ ይመጣል::

በተለይ የዘመኑ ክርስቲያን ወጣቶች ልናስተውል ይገባናል:: የቀደሙ ወጣት ሰማዕታት ዜና የሚነገረን እንድንጸና ነውና::

ቤተ ክርስቲያናችን ኢትዮዽያዊውን የጐንደር ዘመን ሊቅ ጨምሮ በዚህ ስም የምትዘክራቸው አያሌ ቅዱሳንና ሊቃውንት አሏት::

ዛሬ የምናከብረው ሰማዕቱ ቅዱስ ኤስድሮስ በዘመነ ሰማዕታት የነበረ: ቅዱስ ፃና የሚባል ደግ ጉዋደኛ የነበረው: ሁለቱንም እናቶቻቸው እንደሚገባ ያሳደጉዋቸው የ3ኛው መቶ ክ/ዘመን ክርስቲያኖች ነበሩ::

በወጣትነት ዘመናቸው በድንግልና: ቅዱስ ፃና የሠራዊት አለቃ: ቅዱስ ኤስድሮስ ደግሞ የልብስ ዝግጅት ባለሙያ ነበሩ:: ከሚያገኙት ገቢ ለዕለት ጉርስ ብቻ እያስቀሩ ለነዳያን ይመጸውቱ ነበር::
በመከራ ዘመን (ዘመነ-ሰማዕታት) ቅዱሳኑ ያላቸውን ሁሉ ለነዳያን አካፍለው በክርስቶስ ስም መሞትን መርጠዋል::

በዚህች ቀንም አስቀድሞ ቅዱስ ኤስድሮስ አንገቱን ተሰይፎ የክብርን አክሊል ተቀዳጅቷል::

††† ፈጣሪ ከሰማዕቱ ክብር ያድለን::

††† መጋቢት 18 ቀን የሚከበሩ ዓመታዊ የቅዱሳን በዓላት
1.ቅዱስ ኤስድሮስ ሰማዕት

††† ወርሐዊ በዓላት
1.ቅዱስ ፊልዾስ ሐዋርያ
2.አቡነ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ ሰባኬ ሃይማኖት (ረባን)
3.አቡነ አኖሬዎስ ዘደብረ ጽጋጋ
4.ማር ያዕቆብ ግብፃዊ

††† "የጭንቀት ቀን ሳይመጣ በጉብዝናህ ወራት ፈጣሪህን አስብ:: ደስ አያሰኙም የምትላቸውም ዓመታት ሳይደርሱ: ፀሐይ: ጨረቃና ከዋክብትም ሳይጨልሙ . . . አፈርም ወደ ነበረበት ምድር ሳይመለስ: ነፍስም ወደ ሰጠው ወደ እግዚአብሔር ሳይመለስ ፈጣሪህን አስብ::
ሰባኪው:- "ከንቱ: ከንቱ: ሁሉ ከንቱ ነው" ይላል::" †††
(መክ. 12:1-9)

††† "ዳሩ ግን የነገር ሁሉ መጨረሻ ቀርቦአል:: እንግዲህ እንደ ባለ አእምሮ አስቡ:: ትጸልዩም ዘንድ በመጠን ኑሩ:: ፍቅር የኃጢአትን ብዛት ይሸፍናልና ከሁሉ በፊት እርስ በርሳችሁ አጥብቃችሁ ተዋደዱ::" †††
(1ዼጥ. 4:7)

††† ወስብሐት ለእግዚአብሔር †††

#Feasts of #Megabit_18

✞✞✞On this day we commemorate the Martyrdom of Saint Isidore✞✞✞

✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞

✞✞✞Saint Isidore the Martyr✞✞✞
=>Martyrdom is the highest price a Christian pays for his/her faith. A person can subdue his body in the service of God or give away his wealth and property. However, the greatest gift is offering oneself.

✞Giving oneself is possible in matrimony or asceticism. Nonetheless, its peak is martyrdom. As Saint Ephraim the Syrian said, “…the martyrs rejected the desire of this world, and poured out their blood for God, and have endured bitter death[s] for the sake of the kingdom of heaven”, martyrdom means enduring unpleasant death for the love of God. (Thursday’s Theotokia)

✞Did not our Redeemer, Christ, while being the Lord of heaven and earth endure the humiliation of the Cross and die for us! Many religions in the world speak about killing directly or indirectly. However, Christianity does not have a rule that puts forward or indicates killing [others].

✞And that is because He Himself had told us, “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you” (Matt. 5:44). But if we do not nourish ourselves with faith and virtues daily, Christianity is not a belief where one becomes perfect in a day hence there might come failures in trials.

✞Particularly, we the Christian youths of today should give due attention, since the chronicles of the youthful martyrs of the past are articulated to us in order that we steadfast.

[Let us see the account of Saint Isidore in short for today.]

✞Our Church has many saints and scholars that She calls with this name including an Ethiopian scholar of the Gonderian period (1508 AD and 1784(69) AD).

✞St. Isidore, whom we commemorate today, lived in the Era of Persecution and had a kind friend named Sina. And both were Christians of the 3rd century that were raised properly by their mothers.

✞In their formative years, St. Sina was a soldier while St. Isidore a wool maker. And from their daily earnings they used to give as alms to the destitute after allotting small amounts necessary for their daily bread.

✞The Saints chose to be martyred in the name of Christ after they gave all that they had to the needy during the Era of Persecution.

✞And on this day, St. Isidore was beheaded first (before Sina) and received the crown of glory.

✞✞✞May God grant us from the Martyr’s glory.

✞✞✞ Annual feasts celebrated on the 18th of Megabit
1. St. Isidore the Martyr

✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts
1. St. Philip the Apostle
2. Abune Ewostatewos/Eustathius/Eustathios, preacher of faith
3. Abune Anorios/ Honorius of Debre Tsegaga
4. Mar James of Egypt

✞✞✞“Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened . . . Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.”✞✞✞
Eccl. 12:1-8

✞✞✞“But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”✞✞✞
1 Pet. 4:7-8

✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞

(Translated by Mhr. Esuendale Shemeles with the permission of Dn. Yordanos Abebe)