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11th of Sep is the Ethiopian New Year. #Ethiopia uses its own calendar with 13 months in year. The 13th month has 5/6 days a leap year. Instead of fireworks+champagne we celebrate w/family, traditional food & honey wine #tej. chanting #Enkutatash.
#HappyNewYear @BLAsia_Africa

#ፍካሬኢየሱስ Fekkare #Iyasus Prophecy of #Jesus a treaties about the last days of the world. The #Apostles request Christ to reveal the signs of the future & the things that would happen before the final judgement. It also contains the prophecy of the messianic king. #Ethiopia

#Livesofsaints Abba Samuel was an ascetic who lived in the desert. He was able to tame any wild beasts. "The #lions used to peer into his cave like sheep, & of some he used to stroke them, & of others he used to dress their wounds; pluck out the thorns from their paws"
#Ethiopia

A ደብተራ Däbtära is a non-ordained clergy aid to the congregation. Educated in the traditional schools/universities founded before the 3rd C. Masters of rhetoric, poetry, trained scribes, exegesis, #hymns & medicine. But feared for their knowledge of the #esoteric.
#Hagenia

Council of Chalcedon of 451 A.D decision that Christ had two natures man & divine was rejected by the eastern churches.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is the official name The word Tewahedo being made one refers to the belief in the one perfectly unified nature of Christ

Artist & Egyptologist Henry Salt was in #Ethiopia in the 1800’s. His paintings of India have acquired epic status becoming a perpetual nostalgic reminder of the British Ra. However his #prints of #Ethiopia have not gained the consideration they deserved @BL_prints @BLAsia_Africa

#Jember, published in Amharic and English versions, is #Ethiopia's First #Comic. 
The author Beserat hopes to highlight the African history and mythology that have not been given the spotlight in mainstream media. @dan_a_lowe https://t.co/kaAPTKCPfP

According to the book Kebra Nagast the Ark of the Covenant given to Moses by God, was bought to #Ethiopia by Menelik I 10th c. BC. #Tabot is the Tablet onto which the Ten Commandments were written. Replicas are kept in every Church dedicated to particular saint. @britishlibrary

Scribes in #medieval Ethiopia were important in social hierarchy. They didn’t have to pay taxes ግብር, be in the military or farm. Traditional #Ethiopian title for Prime Minister is ‘ፀሐፌ ትዕዛዝ which translates to “"Minister of the Pen or Scribe by Command' @britishlibrary

The Resurrection of #Christ an early 18th century Ethiopian painting artist unknown. @britishlibrary
Or 607 #HappyEaster @BLAsia_Africa