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ቅዱስ ፓትርያርኩ ጾመ ፍልሰታ ለማርያምን ምክንያት አድርገው መልእክት አስተላለፉ።

no name given · Mahibere Kidusan – Aethiopisch-Orthodoxe Tewahedo-Kirche (EOTC) · 2026-08-06 · Addis Abeba · Source

Care · main message Community · carrying Repentance · carrying

True love for God and for all humanity is manifested in obedience to divine commandments, particularly through the fast of the Virgin Mary and active works of mercy toward those in need.

Therefore, in this fast of the Virgin Mary, we should complete the fast by feeding the fasting, clothing the unclothed, covering the naked, visiting the sick and the imprisoned, receiving the holy sacrifice, and praying the prayer of repentance for our sins.

The text is a papal message from the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church that inaugurates the 22-day fast of the Virgin Mary (beginning on 1 Nehase). He grounds the practice theologically in love for God, which is manifested in keeping the commandments, and in the particular honor of Mary as Mother of God. The Patriarch defines the concept of the neighbor as all of humanity, including the deceased, and emphasizes the temporal and spatial boundlessness of Christian love. As concrete expressions of the fast, almsgiving, care for those in need, and prayers of repentance are mentioned. The text closes with a prayer for peace in Ethiopia and in the world in light of the war there. He calls on the faithful to strengthen their connection to God and to one another through abstinence and works of mercy.

Worldview

what this means
What, according to this text, is the root of the evil?
Sin, personal failure, guilt before God; Hostility, hatred, the breakdown of community (inferred)
Where does the evil reside?
in the heart, the will, or the soul of the individual
What helps against it?
keeping the commandments, maintaining order, fulfiling one's duties; practical action towards the neighbour, good works
What is human being according to this text?
willed by God, with a task and a responsibility
Where is history heading?
the message stands outside of history (inferred)
What does the text base its claim on?
on a present head, teacher, or office; on tradition, the fathers, an established practice
To whom does the text's call for devotion apply?
to one's own fellow believers
Where is the text's criticism directed?
at one's own community and at oneself

Related texts from other traditions

by similarity of the analysis, one text per tradition

What the text calls for

Passages cited

Joh 14,15 · 1. Joh 4,16

Measured

Basic stance
1 from -2 to 2
Insistence
2 of 3
Reach
3 of 5
Concreteness
3 of 3
Boundary
1 of 3
Time
past 2, present 3, future 1

Analysed with qwen/qwen3.8-27b, version v3. The same standards apply to every tradition, see Values.

Full text in English
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, one God, Amen. To all the followers of the faith of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, both within the country and throughout the world! The Creator, the Lord God, who chose the Virgin Mary to be the vessel of His Son in order to save the human race, has brought you to the forty-eighth year of the Fast of Mary! “For if you love me, keep my commandments; and if you love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15); Love is the delicate connection of living beings; living beings interact with each other through their external physical bodies in certain times and places; they also consult together regarding their common matters; and they draw closer to each other. However, the relationship of living beings is not limited only to the body, time, and place; they also interact and understand each other through the spirit of love; and this spirit of love is even greater than physical interaction; from this perspective, we can know God only through this spirit of love, with the eye of faith! Therefore, the Apostle Saint John taught us in his epistle, “He who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him” (1 John 4:16); this means that when we interact with Him in love, a state of abiding is created where He is in us, and we are in Him. Beloved children of the Holy Spirit, our faithful men and women! We know that our Lord commanded us, saying, “If you love God; love the Lord your God,” to love Him with our whole heart, and likewise to love one another to the extent that we love ourselves; He has taught us that the measure, balance, and sign of our love is to honor and keep His commandments, saying, “If you love me, keep my commandments.” From this, it means that loving the Lord is a great thing manifested by keeping His commandments, and not a hidden and invisible matter. If the matter of loving our Lord is manifested by keeping His commandments, it is necessary to see what His commandment is; our Lord Himself has made us understand that loving God and loving one’s neighbor is summarized by keeping His commandment. In particular, the love we follow towards our neighbor has been explicitly established as “love as you love yourself,” as stated above. Who are a person’s neighbors? Are they those who are alive? Or those who are dead? Kin and relatives? Or the entire human race? It is also necessary to know this. Our Lord did not leave the matter at this level; why? It is because the term “neighbor” does not indicate a specific segment of society, but rather represents the entire human race; and also because all of us, whether dead or alive, are neighbors to each other in His presence. Therefore, since our loving and honoring is not only while we are in the life of the flesh, but also after that until the age that has no end, our Lord did not limit it by time, place, or part. Beloved children of the Holy Spirit, our faithful men and women! The reason for the beginning of the Fast of Mary, which we fast for forty days starting from the 1st of Nehase, is the commandment and love of God. God has commanded us to honor man in general, and especially the saints who lived according to His will; among the created beings of the saints, the Holy Virgin Mary holds the first rank. Therefore, since there is no one from the created beings who receives more honor, we honor her above all others. The Orthodox Tewahedo Church, in expressing the honor of the Virgin Mary at this level, is a follower of the earlier fathers who preceded God and the Lord God. The renowned Saint and Universal Father Saint Ephrem, who lived in the fourth century, when speaking of the honor, sanctity, and exaltation of the Virgin Mary, taught us, saying, “She is greater than the Cherubim; and more beautiful than the Seraphim; for she became the tabernacle of the one who is of the Holy Trinity—she is greater than the Cherubim! She is also greater than the Seraphim, for she has become the tabernacle or vessel of the one who is of the Holy Trinity.” Therefore, in this fast, which is a commemoration of her name, as we honor the Virgin Mary at this level, we keep her commandment; and by keeping her commandment, we also confirm our love for Him! He commanded us to love the Virgin Mary, calling her “your mother”; and she, in order to love us, has commanded us, calling us “your children,” and prays for us. Through her prayer, she will be delivered from suffering; in general, the relationship between God, the saints, and us is bound by this commandment and love for the Church that exists in the world. Therefore, in this Fast of Mary, we should end the fast by feeding those who have fasted, clothing those who are naked, covering those who are uncovered, inquiring after those who are sick and those who are imprisoned, receiving the Holy Sacrifice, and performing the rite of forgiveness for our sins. Finally, With a sincere heart, and being humble, we send our paternal greetings in the name of God, asking God to stop the destructive war of creation, which has become a heavy suffering for our country and around the world, with His divine wisdom and power. May He grant us a blessed and holy fast; May God bless Ethiopia and its people! Glory to God, Amen! Abba Mathias the First Patriarch, Head of the Bishops of Ethiopia Metropolitan of Aksum and Tsaghae of the City of Faith 1st of Nehase, 2018 E.C. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The information is from the Media Service of the E.O.T.C.
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በስመ አብ ወወልድ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ አሐዱ አምላክ፣ አሜን በሀገር ውስጥና በመላው ዓለም የምትገኙ የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን እምነት ተከታዮች በሙሉ! የሰውን ወገን ለማዳን የልጁ ማደሪያ ትሆን ዘንድ ድንግል ማርያምን የመረጠ መፍቀሬ ሰብእ እግዚአብሔር አምላካችን እንኳን ለሁለት ሺህ ዓሥራ ስምንት ዓመተ ምሕረት ጾመ ማርያም አደረሰን አደረሳችሁ! “ወእመሰ ታፈቅሩኒ ዕቀቡ ትእዛዝየ፡- ከወደዳችሁኝስ ትእዛዜን ጠብቁ" (ዮሐ.14፥15)፤ ፍቅር የሕያዋን አካላት ረቂቅ መገናኛ ነው፣ ሕያዋን ኣካላት በውጫዊው ግዙፍ አካላቸው በተወሰኑ ጊዜያትና ቦታ ይገናኛሉ ፤ ስለ ጋራ ጉዳያቸውም በጋራ ይመክራሉ፤ ይበልጥም ይቀራረባሉ፡፡ ይሁንና የሕያዋን አካላት ግንኙነት በአካል በጊዜና በቦታ ብቻ የተወሰነ አይደለም፣ በፍቅረ መንፈስ ተገናኝተውም ይግባባሉ፣ ከአካላዊ ግንኙነት በላይ የበለጠም ይኸው ፍቅረ መንፈስ ነው፤ ከዚህ አንጻር እግዚአብሔርንም ማግኘት የምንችለው በዚሁ ፍቅረ መንፈስ ሆነን በእምነት ዓይን ነው! ይህም በመሆኑ ሓዋርያው ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ በመልእክቱ “በፍቅር የሚኖር በእግዚአብሔር ይኖራል፣ እግዚአብሔርም በእርሱ ይኖራል" በማለት ያስተምረናል፣ (1ዮሐ. 4፥16) ይህም ማለት ከሱ ጋር በፍቅር ስንገናኝ፤ እሱም በኛ፣ እኛም በእሱ የመኖሩ ኩነት ይፈጠራል ማለት ነው፡፡ የተወደዳችሁ የመንፈስ ቅዱስ ልጆቻችን ምእመናንና ምእመናት! ጌታችን “አፍቅሮ ለእግዚአብሔር አምላክከ፤- አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን ውደደው" በማለት በፍጹም ልባችን እንድንወደው፣ እንደዚሁም ራሳችንን በምንወድበት መጠን እርስ በእርሳችን እንድንዋደድ ማዘዙን እናውቃለን፤ የመውደዳችን መለኪያ ሚዛንና መገለጫ ምልክትም ትእዛዙን ማክበርና መጠበቅ እንደሆነ “ብትወዱኝስ ትእዛዜን ጠብቁ” በማለት ኣስተምሮናል። ከዚህ ኣኳያ ጌታን መውደድ ማለት ትእዛዙን በመጠበቅ የሚገለጽ ግዙፍ ነገር እንጂ ምናባዊና የማይታይ ድብብቆሽ ነገር ኣይደለም ማለት ነው፣ ጌታችንን የመውደድ ነገር ትእዛዙን በመጠበቅ የሚገለጽ ከሆነ ትእዛዙ ምንድን ነው? የሚለውን ማየት ኣስፈላጊ ይሆናል፤ ትእዛዙን በጥቅል ስናይ እግዚአብሔርንና ባልንጀራን በመውደድ እንደሚጠቃለል ራሱ ጌታችን አስገንዝቦናል፣ በተለይም በባልንጀራችን ላይ የምንከተለው መውደድ ከላይ እንደተገለጸው “እንደራስህ አድርገህ ውደድ" ተብለ በግልጽ ተቀምጦኣል፤ የሰው ባልንጀራ እነማን ናቸው? በሕይወት ያሉት ናቸው? ወይስ የሞቱት? ወገን ዘመድ? ወይስ የሰው ወገን በሙሉ የሚለውንም ማወቅ አስፈላጊ ነው፡፡ ጌታችን ነገሩን በዚህ ደረጃ ለያይቶ አላስቀመጠም፣ ለምን? ቢባል ባልንጀራ ማለት የተወሰነን የማኅበረሰብ ወገን የሚያሳይ ሳይሆን መላውን የሰው ወገን የሚገልጽ በመሆኑ፤ እንደዚሁም የሞቱም ሆኑ ያለነው ሁላችን በእሱ ፊት ሕያዋንና እርስ በእርሳችን ባልንጀሮች በመሆናችን ነው፤ በመሆኑም መዋደዳችንም ሆነ መከባበራችን በሕይወተ ሥጋ ሳለን ብቻ ሳይሆን ከዚያም በኋላ እስከ በሌለው ዕድሜ በመሆኑ ጌታችን በጊዜ በቦታና በከፊል ለይቶ ኣላስቀመጠም፡፡ የተወደዳችሁ የመንፈስ ቅዱስ ልጆቻችን ምእመናንና ምእመናት! ከነሐሴ ፩ ቀን ጀምሮ ለ፲፭ ቀናት የምንጾመው የጾመ ማርያም መነሻ ምክንያቱ የእግዚአብሔር ትእዛዝና ፍቅር ነው፣ እግዚአብሔር ሰውን በአጠቃላይ በተለይም ደግሞ እንደፈቃዱ የኖሩ ቅዱሳንን እንድናከብር አዞናል ከቅዱሳን ፍጥረታት መካከል ደግሞ ቅድስት ድንግል ማርያም የመጀመሪያውን ደረጃ ትይዛለች፤ ይህም በመሆኑ ከፍጥረት ወገን ከሏ ክብር የሚደርስ ባለመኖሩ ከሁሉም አብልጠን እናክብራታለን፤ ኦርቶዶክሳዊት ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን በዚህ ደረጃ የድንግል ማርያምን ክብር ስትገልጽ ክእግዚአብሔርና ለባስያነ እግዚአብሔር ክሆኑ ቀደምት ኣበው ተምራ ነው! በአራተኛው መቶ ክፍለ ዘመን የነበረው ዕውቁ ቅዱስና ዓለም ዓቀፋዊው አባት ቅዱስ ኤፍሬም የድንግል ማርያምን ክብር! ቅድስና እና ልዕልና ሲናገር “ይእቲ ተዓቢ እምኪሩቤል፡ ወትፈደፍድ እምሱራፌል፣ እስመ ኮነት ታቦተ ለአሓዱ ዘእምቅድስት ሥላሴ- እሷ ከኪሩቤል ትበልጣለች! ከሱራፌልም ትልቃለች፣ ከቅድስት ሥላሴ ኣንዱ ለሆነው ታቦት ወይም ማደሪያ ሆናለችና" በማለት አስተምሮናል፡፡ በመሆኑም ለስሟ መታሰቢያ በሆነው በዚህ ጾም ድንግል ማርያምን በዚህ ደረጃ ስናክብራት እዛዙን እንጠብቃለን፤ ትእዛዙን በመጠበቃችን ደግሞ እሱን መውደዳችንን እናረጋግጣለን! እኛ ድንግል ማርያምን እንድንወዳት "እናታችሁ'' ብሎ እንዳዘዘ፣ እሷም ልትወደን “ልጆችዅ ተብላ ታዛለችና ስለኛ ትጸልያለች፡፡ በጸሎቷም ከመከራ ትታደገናለች፤ በአጠቃላይ በእግዚአብሔር' በቅዱሳንና በእኛ መካከል ያለው ግንኙነት በዚህ ትእዛዝና ፍቅር በትዕይንተ ዓለም ባለች ቤተ ክርስቲያን ዘንድ የተሳሰረ ነው፡፡ ስለሆነም በዚህ የጾመ ፍልሰታ ለማርያም ሱባዔ የተራቡትን በመመገብ፣ የታረዙትን በማልበስ፣ የተጣሎትን በማስታረቅ፤ የታመሙትንና የታስሩትን በመጠየቅ፤ ቅዱስ ቍርባንን በመቀበልና ለኃጢአታችን የንሥሐ ሥርየትን በመለመን ሱባዔውን ልናሳልፍ ይገባል፡፡ በመጨረሻም በሀገራችንም ሆነ በዓለም ዙሪያ ከባድ ስጋት የሆነው የፍጥረት አውዳሚ ጦርነትን በመለኮታዊ ጥበቡና ሥልጣኑ እንዲያስቆምልን በቅን ልቡና፤ በትሑት ሰብእና ሆነን እግዚአብሔርን በዚህ ሱባዔ እንድንጠይቀው ኣደራ ጭምር አባታዊ መልክታችንን በእግዚአብሔር ስም እናስተላልፋለን፤ የተባረከና የተቀደስ ጾም ያድርግልን፤ እግዚአብሔር ኢትዮጵያንና ሕዝቦችዋን ይባርክ! ወስብሐት ለእግዚአብሔር፣ አሜን! አባ ማትያስ ቀዳማዊ ፓትርያርክ ርእስ ሊቃነ ጳጳሳት ዘኢትዮጵያ ሊቀ ጳጳስ ዘአኵስም ወዕጨጌ ዘመንበረ ተክለ ሃይማኖት ነሐሴ 1 ቀን 2018 ዓ.ም አዲስ አበባ፤ ኢትዮጵያ መረጃው የኢ/ኦ/ተ/ቤ/ክ መገናኛ ብዙኀን አገልግሎት ነው።