Feast Days of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Faith
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church recognizes many feast days. Every day of the month is dedicated to a particular Saint. The feast days of particular saints in particular months are considered the Annual Feast, (once or twice a year) when the Tabot (Ark) of the Church is brought out in procession and vast numbers of people gather to honor the Saint. The yearly feasts of the Savior of the World occure in the Ethiopian months of Megabit (runs from mid-March to mid-April), and Tirr (mid-October to mid-November). Below is a list of the dates and the monthly observances of Saints and holidays on those days.
Saint days and the Day of the month they fall on
Lideta (Birth of the Holy Virgin Mary) and Elias (Elijah)on the 1st
Thaddius on the 2nd
Ba’eta (Presentation of the Holy Virgin to the Temple of Jerusalem) on the 3rd
Yohannis Wolde Negedquad (John Son of Thunder) on the 4th
Petros we Paulos (Peter and Paul) and Gebre Menfes Kidus on the 5th
Our Lady of Qusquam (Egypt) on the 6th
Holy Trinity Day on the 7th
Kiros and Abba Banuda on the 8th
Thomas (not the Apostle) on the 9th
Kidus Meskel (Feast of the Holy Cross) on the 10th
Hanna we Iyachem (St Anne and St. Joachim, parents of the Holy Virgin Mary) and Fasiledes on the 11th
Michael the Archangel, Samuel, and Yared on the 12th
Feast of Igziabher Ab (God the Father) and Ruphael the Archangel on the 13th
Abba Aregawi and Gebre Kristos on the 14th
Kirkos and his mother Iyalota on the 15th
Kidane Meheret (Our Lady, Covenant of Mercy) on the 16th
Estifanos (Stephen the Martyr) and Abba Gerima on the 17th
Ewstatewos on the 18th
Gabriel the Archangel on the 19th
Hnstata on the 20th
Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God on the 21st
Deqsius on the 22nd
Georgis (St George) on the 23
Abba Tekle Haimanot & the 24 Heavenly Priests on the 24th
Merkorios on the 25th
Thomas the Apostle on the 26th
****MEDHANE ALEM (SAVIOR OF THE WORLD) ON THE 27TH***
Emmanuel on the 28th
Bale Wold (Feast of God the Son)
Markos (St. Mark the Evangelist)
The first day of the year, Meskerem Ist, is the Feast of John the Baptist
Priest Carrying The Tabot, the replica of the tablets from the Ark of The Covenant in Axum, Ethiopia
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