Debre Medhanit
Medhane Alem
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
…Only You, O love prepare me for the true serve of God. Christian Love.
…Spiritual riches of ancient African Christianity over two thousand plus years of faith and worship to the One True God;
When we understand, we reach out by faith to touch Jesus, the Word of God (Medhane Alem). Then His power reaches out to touch us.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is unique in the sense that the Ethiopians practised Judaism for approximately 1000 years before the coming of Our Lord and Saviour Eyesus Christos (Jesus Christ).
The world is an undisciplined place so the Church of God must be the opposite. Just read the scriptures and see that Heavenly Worship is very orderly; it involves a Heavenly Hierarchy if you will, Cherubim, Seraphim, Archangel, Angels, Principalities, and Powers.
The Worship is Liturgical Rev. 4:8 “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God, The Almighty, Who was and Who is and Who is to come” the living creatures chant this day and night without ceasing.
Come and experience a taste of this heavenly worship here on earth, in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church; for the scripture says in Psalms 34:8 “Taste and see that the Lord is good.”
Orthodoxy in general helps the believer to realize that the Church is a Militant Church, which means every believer is a soldier in Christ; then one must realize that the Christian life consist of Order, Discipline and Sacrifice. These are traits that a soldier must possess in order to be successful in warfare.
Come and have a little taste……
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is a member of the Oriental Orthodox Family, which consist of the Coptic (Egyptian) Orthodox Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Armenian Orthodox Churches, the Indian Malankara Orthodox Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Church.
May God Bless & Enrich Your Visit!
Clergy
Lique Kahanat Haile Mariam Fagan, Senior Priest
Lique Kahanat Haile Mariam Fagan, Senior Priest Fr. Haile Mariam began attending the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in the fall of 1978 and received the Sacrament of Baptism in November 1979. He was ordained as an Anagnost (Sub-Deacon) in September 1983.
Fr. Haile Mariam received a double ordination in September 1993. On the first day, he was ordained as a full Deacon and the second day as a Priest by His Eminence Abune Matthias I who was then the Archbishop of the United States and Canada. He is now currently the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, His Holiness Abune Matthias I.
When Canada became an Archdiocese in 1995 with the appointment of Abune Matthias Desta as the Archbishop of Canada; while working with His Eminence Abune Matthias Desta in the administration of the Archdiocese of Canada, Fr. Haile Mariam was elevated to the position of Lique Kahanat (Arch Priest).
Melake Mihret Kesis Tekle Dingel Bennett, Priest
Kesis Tekle began attending the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in June 1992 and received the Sacrament of Baptism on November 15, 1992.
In September 1993, he was asked by Father Haile Mariam to serve as Deacon (Anagnost), Father Tekle received the Sacrament of Holy Orders and was ordained a Deacon by His Eminence, Abune Mathias in February 1996. In November 2006, he was elevated to the rank of Archdeacon by his Eminence. On May 24, 2009, Father Tekle was ordained to the Holy Priesthood by His Eminence, Abune Mathias. In June 2013, Father Tekle received the title Melake Mihret (Messenger of Mercy) by His Eminence.