By NewsDire Contributor, Tamiru Geda (NewsDire):- Thousands of Members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, EOTC, gathered in London ,to attend and celebrate annual spiritual conference and event respectively that took place between 16 to 18, July,2010 . EOTC in Sweden are elected to host the next spiritual conference.
The thirteenth European EOTC gospel conference held at the Debre Genet Holy Trinity Church preached by famous and inspirational gospel preachers, who came from Ethiopia, US America, Italy, France, Sweden and the like. It is said that all participants rejoiced by the program. Fortunately, the Conference coincides with the annual festive of Kidist Selassie (Holy Trinity), the feast about the hosting of Abraham the Three people in his tent. That event believed where God expressed Himself to Abraham in Trinity: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
The Daily Star:-BEIRUT: Lebanon is widely known to be home to 18 official religious sects, but with the steadily growing numbers of foreign workers in the country, several other religions and sects now have a critical mass, requiring places to come together for worship and fellowship.
The current center of the Ethiopian Orthodox community is located at the church of the Convent of the Franciscaines in Badaro, where Ethiopian expatriates have been able to maintain their rich cultural and religious heritage every Sunday.
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(OBL Addis Ababa: On 12/7/2010) The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Patriarch celebrates his 18th year of enthronement at Holy trinity cathedral where he was enthroned to the patriarchate. The programm started in early in the morning with the divine liturgy. After the liturgy His Holiness takes his place with Archbishops, Church fathers & government Officials. Various colorful ceremonies were presented. His holiness blessed the people thereafter.
Source: Orthodoxy Beyond Limits Forum News Service
Stanislaw Chojnacki was a librarian, professor, historian and horiculturalist, but his friends will remember him as the kindest and gentlest person they have known.
"He never tolerated anything, he always celebrated what nature gave and that's the lesson that I learned and that I will take with me to my grave," said close friend Meron Yeshoa.
Chojnacki passed away peacefully on the weekend at Sudbury Regional Hospital at the age of 95. St. Casimir's Church will hold a Funeral Mass on Saturday at 10 a.m. He will be buried in Poland. Many friends and family members survive him, including wife Grace and sister Zofia Pratkowska.
(DAILY MAIL):- The world's earliest illustrated Christian book has been saved by a British charity which located it at a remote Ethiopian monastery. The incredible Garima Gospels are named after a monk who arrived in the African country in the fifth century and is said to have copied them out in just one day. Beautifully illustrated, the colours are still vivid and thanks to the Ethiopian Heritage Fund have been conserved. Abba Garima arrived from Constantinople in 494 AD and legend has it that he was able to copy the gospels in a day because God delayed the sun from setting.