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Foreign intervention and legacies in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
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]

open access: yesScrinium, 2018
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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Domestic religious pilgrimage in Ethiopia: Validating Ethiopian orthodox Tewahido church monasteries sacredness through the name of Jerusalem and its significance

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Consumed from within? Social and ecological drivers of internal clearings in Ethiopian Orthodox church forests

open access: yesLand Degradation & Development, 2023
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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sacred church forests as sources of wild pollinators for the surrounding smallholder agricultural farms in Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2022
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

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science, 2020
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]

open access: yesВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология, 2017
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
doaj   +1 more source

In Search of Cura Vitae: A Theology of Healing and Hope for Ethiopia

open access: yesConspectus, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

A Rock-Hewn Yǝmrǝḥannä Krǝstos? An Investigation into Possible ‘Northern’ Zagwe Churches near ʿAddigrat, Tǝgray

open access: yesAethiopica, 2021
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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Ewosṭateans at the Council of Florence (1441): Diplomatic Implications between Ethiopia, Europe, Jerusalem and Cairo

open access: yesAfriques, 2016
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
doaj   +1 more source

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