በስመ አብ ወወልድ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ አሐዱ አምላክ አሜን።
Liturgy /ሥርዓተ ቅዳሴ።
ቅዳሴ በኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ዋነኛ አምልኮተ እግዚአብሔር መፈጸሚያ ነው። ይህ ዋነኛ የሆነ የቤተ ክርስቲያኑ መንፈሣዊና ሃይማኖታዊነትን የሚገልጽ እንደ ወርቅ ማዕድን የሆነ ነው። ይህ አምላካዊ ግልጋሎት መግለጫ የሆነው የኢየሱስን በመስቀል ሞቱንና ትንሣኤውን የሚያከብርና ያለማቋረጥ ለሰው ልጆች የተሰጠውን የሕይወት ፍሬ ሁል ጊዜ የሚያሳይ ነው። ስለሆነም የቤተ ክርስቲያናችን ቅዳሴ ሁለት ዐበይት ነገሮችን ያካትታል፣
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ልዑል እግዚአብሔርን የሚያመሰግንና ስለማያልቅ የፀጋ ስጦታው ማክበር ነው።
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ቅዳሴ አዲስ መስዋዕት አይደለም ወይም የቀራንዮን መስዋዕትነት መድገም አይደለም። ይኸውም እውነተኛውና ንፁሑ የእግዚአብሔር በግ ለአንድ ግዜ ብቻ ተሰውቷል። ቅዳሴ የድኅነትን ሥራ የሚያረጋግጥ ማኅተም ነው። በዚህም የሚታየው ቤተ ክርስቲያን በአማኞቹ የሚገለጽ ነው (ካህናቱንና ምዕመናኑን ያቀፈ ነው) በዋነኛነት ሊጠቀስ የሚገባው የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ሥርዓተ ቅዳሴ የመንፈስ ቅዱስን ሥራ የሚያንጸባርቅ መሆኑ ነው። በሁሉ የቅዳሴ ዓይነቶች ውስጥ ሙሉ ክርስቶስ የሚገለጽበት እንጂ የእርሱ ግማሽ አካል ብቻ የሚታይበት አይደለም።
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Beliefs
An important religious requirement, however, is the keeping of fast days, during which adherents abstain from consuming meat and animal products, and refrain from sexual activity.[39][41][43] The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has 250 fasting days, 180 of which are obligatory for laypeople, not just monks and priests, when vegan food is eaten by the faithful. During the 40-day Advent fast, only one vegan meal is allowed per day.[44]
The divine services of the Ethiopian Church are celebrated in Geʽez. It has been the liturgical language of the church at least since the arrival of the Nine Saints (Pantelewon, Gerima (Isaac, or Yeshaq), Aftse, Guba, Alef, Yem’ata, Liqanos, and Sehma), who fled persecution by the Byzantine Emperor after the Council of Chalcedon (451).[citation needed] The Greek Septuagint was the version of the Old Testament originally translated into Ge'ez, but later revisions show clear evidence of the use of Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic sources. The first translation into a modern vernacular was done in the 19th century by a man who is usually known as Abu Rumi. Later, Haile Selassie sponsored Amharic translations of the Ge'ez Scriptures during his reign, one before World War II and one afterwards. Sermons today are usually delivered in the local language.[citation needed]
An Ethiopian Orthodox ceremony at Fasilides' Bath in Gondar, Ethiopia, celebrating Timkat (Epiphany).
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Fast for Hudadi or Abiye Tsome [ሁዳዴ/ዓብይ ጾም][citation needed] (Great Lent), 55 days prior to Easter (Fasika).[45][46] This fast is divided into three separate periods: Tsome Hirkal (ጾመ ህርቃል),[citation needed] eight days commemorating an early Christian figure; Tsome Arba (ጾመ አርባ),[citation needed] forty days of Lent; and Tsome Himamat (ጾመ ሕማማት),[citation needed] seven days commemorating Holy Week.[45][46]
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Fast of the Apostles, 10–40 days, which the Apostles kept after they had received the Holy Spirit. It begins after Pentecost.
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The fast Tsome Dihnet (ጾመ ድህነት),[citation needed] which is on Wednesdays in commemoration of the plot organized to kill Jesus Christ by Caiaphas and the members of the house of the high priest and Fridays in commemoration of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ (starts on Wednesday after Pentecost and spans up to Easter, in other words all Wednesdays and Fridays except during 50 days after Easter).[39]
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The fast of Dormition, 16 days.
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The fast preceding Christmas, 40 days (Advent). It begins with Sibket on 15th Hedar and ends on Christmas Eve with the feast of Gena and the 29th of Tahsas and 28th if the year is preceded by leap year.
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The Fast of Nineveh, commemorating the preaching of Jonah. It comes on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the third week before Lent.
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The gahad of Timkat (Epiphany), fast on the eve of Epiphany.
In addition to standard holy days, most Christians observe many saints' days. A man might give a small feast on his personal saint's day. The local voluntary association (called the maheber) connected with each church honours its patron saint with a special service and a feast two or three times a year.[40]
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