Eritrea, located along the southwest coast of the Red Sea, was the site of the ancient Christian Kingdom of Axum . Eritrea has been attracted and notable for its architecture, hacing a written culture and maintaining a flourishing trade not only with the Axumite kingdom but also with the Middle East and the Far East as well. For hundreds of years, Eritrea was in control of a large area extending into the Arabian Peninsula across the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden was particularly important.
Patriarch Antonios was born in 1927 in the town of Hemberti, to the north of Asmara in the province of Hamasien.
The Eritrea Orthodox Church of North American Diocese was established in September 2000 by His Holiness Abune Philipos, the 1st Patriarch of the Eritrea Orthodox Church.
Today, the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church Archdiocese in Diaspora comprises of the Diocese of North America, Diocese of Europe, and the Diocese of Middle East. The number of Churches and the faithful has flourished by the numbers in the past decade.
From its beginnings in September 2000 until present day, the diocese has developed slowly but surely under the devoted leadership of its clergy and faithful servants. Using every viable means, the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church Archdiocese in Diaspora has been proclaiming God's good news in according to the Canon Law of our Orthodox Tewahdo Church.
Prior to the establishment of the Diocese of North America and the coming of His Holiness patriarch Philipos, the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church in Diaspora was under the jurisdiction of the Asmara Bishop.
"To God be the glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen." (Ephesians 3: 21).
The Eritrean Tewahdo Orthodox Church, Diocese of North America sent a letter to Embassy of Eritrea Washington, D. C.
To Embassy of Eritrea
Washington, D. C.
February 9, 2008
Dear Sirs:
We patriotic and loyal Eritreans and Eritrean-Americans of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewhado Church in North America write to express our dismay over the campaign of defamation and false accusations that is being waged against us through the Radio Station known as FM WUST1120.
“ስለ’ዚ ኸም’ቲ ኣካላዊ ሞት ብሓደ ሰብ [ብኣዳም] ዝመጸ፡ ከምኡ ኸኣ ትንሳኤ ሙታን [ብክርስቶስ] ብሓደ ሰብ’ዩ ዝመጸ። ከም’ቲ ዅላቶም ብኣዳም ዝሞቱ፡ ከምኡ ድማ ኵላቶም ብክርስቶስ ህያዋን ኪዀኑ’ዮም። ግናኸ ነፍሲ ወከፍ በብመስርዑ’ዩ፡ ቅድም ክርስቶስ፡ ደሓር ከኣ ኣብ ካልኣይ ምጽኣቱ፡ እቶም ናይ ክርስቶስ [ዝዀኑ ክርስትያን]።” 1ቈረ 15፡21-23 ካ.ት
እስመ ኣልቦሙ ለኣግብርቲከ ሞት ኣላ ፍልሰት!” ኦ ጎይታ! ንኣገልገልትኻ ምግዓዝ እምበር ሞት የብሎምን፥ ዝብል ናይ ተስፋ ቃል፥ ኣብ ጸሎተ-ፍትሓት (እግዚኣ ሕያዋን) ብመንፈሳውያን ኣቦታትና ተጻሒፉ እንረኽቦ ጸሎት ቅድስት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ተዋሕዶ እዩ። በዚ መሠረት: 3ይ ፓትርያርክ ቅዱስ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ሰማዕት እንበለ-ደም፥ ብዙሕ ግፍዕን ማእሰርትን ተዓጊሶም፥ እምነቶም ኣጽኒዖም፥ መንፈሳዊ ገድሎም ወዲኦም፥ ካብ ምድራዊ ሰማያዊ፥ ካብ ጊዚያዊ ዘለዓለማዊ፥ ካብ ሥጋዊ መንፈሳዊ ክብርን ኣኽሊልን መሪጾም ኣብ መበል 96 ዓመት ዕድመኦም፥ ብ9 የካቲት 2022 ዓ/ፈ እዮም ዓሪፎም።
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ዘለዓለማዊ ናትና ንጉሠ
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ዘለዓለማዊወ ናትና ንጉሠ።
“ንጽባሒቱ ዮሃንስ ንኢየሱስ ናብኡ ኺመጽእ ከሎ ረኣዮ’ሞ፡ 'እንሆ፡ ሓጢኣት ዓለም ዜርሕቕ ገንሸል ኣምላኽ' በለ።”
መበል 25 ዓመታዊ ጉባኤ መንበረ ጵጵስና ሰሜን ኣሜርካ: ካብ 3 ክሳብ 6 ሓምለ (August 3-6) 2023 ኣብ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ቅድስት ማርያም ኣብ ከተማ ባፍሎ ክፍለግዝኣት ኒው ዮርክ ክካየድ እዩ። ናይዚ ዓመት'ዚ ፍሉይ ዝገብሮ ድማ መበል 25 ዓመት ጉባኤና (silver jubilee) ከነኽብር ኣምላኽ ዕድመ ስለዝሃበና ብፍሉይ እነኽብሮ ጉባኤ እዩ። ብተወሳኺ፡ ከተማ ባፍሎ፡ ሓደ ካብቶም ሰሓብቲ ናይ ተፈጥሮ ሃብቲ (Niagara Falls) ዘለዋ ከተማ'ውን እያ። ምእመናን ህዝበ ክርስቲያን ናይ ስራሕ ዕረፍትኹምን ናይ መገሻ መደባትኩምን ምሳና ኣብዚ ጉባኤ'ዚ ከተሕልፍዎ ብኣኽብሮት ንዕድም።
መሪሕ ጥቕሲ - Theme Verse:-
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