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Foreign intervention and legacies in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church
This paper examines foreign intervention and the legacies remain in the affairs of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church (EOTC). It discusses the so-called Jesuit missionaries’ intervention in the EOTC during the 16th and 17th centuries and some of their legacies. It also explores Italy’s intervention in the EOTC in the 19th and 20th centuries and the
Solomon Molla Ademe, Mohammed Seid Ali
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The Fixed Easter Cycle in the Ethiopian Church [PDF]
Abstract This article deals with the fixed Christian Easter and the feasts, which depend on it. Both moveable and fixed feasts are recorded in Christian calendars and synaxaria. Following the decisions of the First Oecumenical Council of Nicaea (AD 325) the Ethiopians celebrated mostly the moveable Easter and its cycle.
E. Gusarova
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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Christians have a long history of pilgrimage. The Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims' journey to Jerusalem, in particular, was very well known and ancient.
Solomon Molla Ademe
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In a largely deforested landscape, thousands of small pockets of indigenous forest remain in Ethiopia's northern highlands. These “church forests” are maintained by Ethiopian Orthodox church communities, and they provide valuable reserves of indigenous ...
Wesley M. Zebrowski, Travis W. Reynolds
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Remnant natural forests act as a source of wild pollinators that are potentially relevant for crop pollination for sustaining the food production system of smallholder farms.
Tegegne Molla Sitotaw +3 more
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Willingness to pay for church forest conservation: a case study in northwestern Ethiopia
Church forests provide a safe habitat for plants and animals, sources of food and traditional medicine, seed bank for native tree species, reduce soil erosion and rich in biodiversity. But the economic values of these important benefits of church forests
Birara Endalew +2 more
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An Ethiopian Grammar Treatise (Säwasəw) in the Manuscript NLR Eth. n.s. 11 as a Textbook for the Future Metropolitan of Ethiopia [PDF]
This article deals with a remarkable example of Ethiopian grammatical and lexicographic treatise (Säwasəw) kept in the Manuscript Department of the National Library of Russia in St Petersburg.
Ekaterina Gusarova
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In Search of Cura Vitae: A Theology of Healing and Hope for Ethiopia
This article argues that Ethiopia has seen an increase in ethnic-based atrocities and killings, creating a “society of enmity” which is in need of cura vitae, healing.
Youdit Tariku Feyessa
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Rulers of the short-lived Zagwe dynasty have long been lauded for their role as builderkings, producing several churches in the Lalibäla complex in Lasta in addition to the nearby church of Yǝmrǝḥannä Krǝstos.
Mikael Muehlbauer
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This article argues that at the Council of Florence, arguably the most important instance of European–Ethiopian diplomacy before the 16th century, the delegates representing the Ethiopian Orthodox Church were Ewosṭatean monks—schismatics, whose positions
Samantha Kelly
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