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The Effect of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians ‘Abiy Tsom’ (Lent fasting) on Metabolic Syndrome Indices and Serum Electrolytes [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Fasting and Health, 2018
Background: -Fasting, the voluntary abstention from all restricted foods, is a feature of many religions, and the putative health benefits have attracted both scientific and popular interest.
Chala Edae   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Number of children ever-born and its associated factors among currently married Ethiopian women: evidence from the 2019 EMDHS using negative binomial regression [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Women's Health
Background Ethiopia’s population is growing at about 2.7% annually with a fertility rate of 4.1 births per woman. However, as per the knowledge of the researcher, not enough studies have been done in Ethiopia to identify factors associated with women’s ...
Mamo Nigatu Gebre
doaj   +2 more sources

And Unto Dust Shalt Thou Return” Death and the Semiotics of Remembrance in an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Village [PDF]

open access: yesMaterial Religion, 2015
AbstractThis ethnographic article discusses funerary practice, Orthodox Christian ideas of body and spirit, and the ways in which people make memorials for each other on the Zege Peninsula in northwest Ethiopia. I pay special attention to gravestones because, here as in many other places, physical memorials to the dead become locations where latent ...
exaly   +3 more sources

Newborn community health advancements among Ethiopian Orthodox Christian women in North Gondar, Ethiopia: community-based randomised trial protocol. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Open
Introduction Despite significant progress over past decades, neonatal and infant morbidity and mortality remain unacceptably high in Ethiopia. Simple interventions have been shown to improve the health of children and reduce mortality. These include promotion of exclusive breast feeding for the first 6 months of
Alemie GA   +7 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

The Confession of King Gälawdewos (r. 1540–1559): A Sixteenth-Century Ethiopian Monophysite Document against Jesuit Proselytism

open access: yesAethiopica, 2023
The Jesuit mission in Ethiopia represented one of the most serious challenges of Ethiopian Christianity during the early modern times. The mission had two phases.
Solomon Gebreyes Beyene
doaj   +5 more sources

Sharpening the Identities of African Churches in Eastern Christianity: A Comparison of Entanglements between Religion and Ethnicity

open access: yesReligions, 2022
Although at first sight Eastern Christianity is not associated with Africa, the African continent has shaped the establishment and development of three of the four main Eastern Christian traditions. Through a sociological lens, we examine the identity of
Marco Guglielmi
doaj   +1 more source

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