#Feasts of #Ginbot_15
✞✞✞On this day we commemorate the Martyrdom of Saint Nathaniel the Apostle✞✞✞
✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞
✞✞✞ Saint Nathaniel the Apostle✞✞✞
=>According to Church Tradition, from the Holy Apostles, it was this Holy Apostle who was martyred last.
✞The Saintly Apostle was born from Israelite parents around the time that our Lord was also born. And if asked how this can be known, it is known since he, when he was a child, remained alive by the wisdom of God while the 144,000 children were slaughtered by Herod. And because his mother used to breastfeed him in hiding, after she had placed him within a basket and put him on a fig tree.
✞The Apostle was named Simon by his parents but our Lord renamed him Nathaniel. And his fellow Apostles used to call him Simon the Canaanite (because he grew up in Cana of Galilee) and sometimes as Simon the Zealot as he was a Scholar of the Old Testament and was fervent for the Law.
✞Dokimas who arranged the wedding ceremony in Cana of Galilee was St. Nathaniel’s cousin. And one of the reasons Dokimas called for the Lord and the disciples was this (inviting his cousin).
✞St. Nathaniel, after learning the Old Testament from Gamaliel, used to contemplate by sitting below a fig tree. And he used to brood over matters thinking, “Why did the Messiah not come?” And our God, Christ, Who knows the hidden things, knowing this, called him through Philip.
✞However, Nathaniel argued a bit. Nonetheless, later on, he discerned within minutes Who our Lord was and believed. And our Lord praised him saying, “A pure Israelite in whose heart is no betrayal or deceit.”
✞Then, after the Apostle St. Nathaniel learned under our Lord the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven and was filled by the grace of the Holy Spirit, converted many gentiles from darkness (idol worship) to light (belief in Christ). And he received many trials [in the process].
✞And after St. James, who was called the Lord’s brother, was martyred by the Jews, St. Nathaniel served as the 2nd Episcopos of Jerusalem. And endured considerable amounts of trials from Jews. And finally he passed away as a martyr. As it is mentioned in the Accounts/Acts of the Apostles, the Saint became a martyr at the age of 150 years. And that means it was him that passed away last from the Apostles.
✞✞✞May God preserve our country from destruction and its people from plague by the intercessions of St. Nathaniel. And may He not detach us from his blessing.
✞✞✞Annual feasts celebrated on the 15th of Ginbot
1. St. Nathaniel the Apostle (Simeon the Zealot)
2. St. Minas the Hermit/Anchorite
3. St. Katinos the martyr
4. “400” Holy Martyrs
✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts
1. St. Cyriacus and his mother Julietta
2. St. Ephraim the Syrian (of blessed tongue)
3. St. Mina the Egyptian
4. St. Anba (Abba) Marina
5. St. Christina
✞✞✞“Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.”✞✞✞
John 1:47-49
✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞
(Translated by Mhr. Esuendale Shemeles with the permission of Dn. Yordanos Abebe)
✞✞✞On this day we commemorate the Martyrdom of Saint Nathaniel the Apostle✞✞✞
✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞
✞✞✞ Saint Nathaniel the Apostle✞✞✞
=>According to Church Tradition, from the Holy Apostles, it was this Holy Apostle who was martyred last.
✞The Saintly Apostle was born from Israelite parents around the time that our Lord was also born. And if asked how this can be known, it is known since he, when he was a child, remained alive by the wisdom of God while the 144,000 children were slaughtered by Herod. And because his mother used to breastfeed him in hiding, after she had placed him within a basket and put him on a fig tree.
✞The Apostle was named Simon by his parents but our Lord renamed him Nathaniel. And his fellow Apostles used to call him Simon the Canaanite (because he grew up in Cana of Galilee) and sometimes as Simon the Zealot as he was a Scholar of the Old Testament and was fervent for the Law.
✞Dokimas who arranged the wedding ceremony in Cana of Galilee was St. Nathaniel’s cousin. And one of the reasons Dokimas called for the Lord and the disciples was this (inviting his cousin).
✞St. Nathaniel, after learning the Old Testament from Gamaliel, used to contemplate by sitting below a fig tree. And he used to brood over matters thinking, “Why did the Messiah not come?” And our God, Christ, Who knows the hidden things, knowing this, called him through Philip.
✞However, Nathaniel argued a bit. Nonetheless, later on, he discerned within minutes Who our Lord was and believed. And our Lord praised him saying, “A pure Israelite in whose heart is no betrayal or deceit.”
✞Then, after the Apostle St. Nathaniel learned under our Lord the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven and was filled by the grace of the Holy Spirit, converted many gentiles from darkness (idol worship) to light (belief in Christ). And he received many trials [in the process].
✞And after St. James, who was called the Lord’s brother, was martyred by the Jews, St. Nathaniel served as the 2nd Episcopos of Jerusalem. And endured considerable amounts of trials from Jews. And finally he passed away as a martyr. As it is mentioned in the Accounts/Acts of the Apostles, the Saint became a martyr at the age of 150 years. And that means it was him that passed away last from the Apostles.
✞✞✞May God preserve our country from destruction and its people from plague by the intercessions of St. Nathaniel. And may He not detach us from his blessing.
✞✞✞Annual feasts celebrated on the 15th of Ginbot
1. St. Nathaniel the Apostle (Simeon the Zealot)
2. St. Minas the Hermit/Anchorite
3. St. Katinos the martyr
4. “400” Holy Martyrs
✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts
1. St. Cyriacus and his mother Julietta
2. St. Ephraim the Syrian (of blessed tongue)
3. St. Mina the Egyptian
4. St. Anba (Abba) Marina
5. St. Christina
✞✞✞“Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.”✞✞✞
John 1:47-49
✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞
(Translated by Mhr. Esuendale Shemeles with the permission of Dn. Yordanos Abebe)
🕊መንግሥተ ሰማያት ቀርባለችና ንስኅ ግቡ🕊
(ማቴ ፫:፫)
✨በአማን ተንሥአ መድኃኒነ!✨
🌿ብፁዕ አባ አቡነ ተክለ ሃይማኖት ዘኤለ ገዳማተ እምኀበ እግዚኡ ይነሣእ እሴተ ቦአ ሀገረ ደብረ ሊባኖስ በፍሥሐ ወበሰላም።
⚜ሰአል ለነ ጊዮርጊስ ኀበ እግዚአብሔር ወጸሊ በእንቲአነ ሐረድዎ ወገመድዎ ወዘረዉ ሥጋሁ ከመ ሐመድ ወወሰድዎ ኀበ ሰብአ ነገሥት ረገጸ ምድረ አንሥአ ሙታነ አባ ጊዮርጊስ በሰላም ዐደወ መንግሥተ ክብር ወረሰ።
🌿ወልደ እግዚአብሔር አምላክነ ወመድኃኒነ ዕቀብ ሕይወተነ እም ገሀነመ እሳት ወእምኵሉ መንሱት በእንተ ቅዱስ ስምከ ወበእንተ ማርያም እምከ ወበእንተ ቅዱስ መስቀል ወበእንተ ዮሐንስ ወንጌላዊ ወበእንተ ዮሐንስ መጥምቅከ ወበእንተ ኵሎሙ ቅዱሳን ወሀባ ሰላመ ለሀገሪትነ ኢትዮጵያ ወለቅድስት ቤተክርስቲያን።
⚜ሰላም ለክሙ ጻድቃን ወሰማዕት እለ አዕረፍክሙ በዛቲ ዕለት መዋዕያነ ዓለም አንትሙ በብዙኅ ትዕግሥት። ሰአሉ ቅድመ ፈጣሪ በኩሉ ሰዓት እንበለ ንስሐ ኪያነ ኢይንሣእ ሞት።
🌿አንቅሐኒ በጽባሕ ክሥተኒ ዕዝንየ በዘአጸምእ አምላኪየ አምላኪየ እገይሥ ኀቤከ ዘይሰማዕ ግበር ሊተ ምሕረተከ በጽባሕ"
⚜ነቢያት ወሐዋርያት፥ ጻድቃን ወሰማዕት፤ ደናግል ወመነኮሳት፥ አዕሩግ ወሕጻናት፤ ገዳማውያን ወሊቃውንት፤ ሰአሉ ለነ ኲልክሙ፥ ቅድመ መንበሩ ለጸባኦት።
🌿እግዝእትየ ፍትሕኒ እማዕሠሩ ለሰይጣን፤
እሙ ለመድኅን ወለተ ብርሃን።
✝ዝክረ ቅዱሳን ማኅበረ ቅዱስ ዳዊት ጉባኤ ዘጎንደር
🌿ፍቅር ያጌብረኒ ከመ እንግር ዜናሆሙ ለቅዱሳን! (የቅዱሳንን ታሪክ እንድመሰክር ፍቅር ያስገድደኛል)
🌿አባ ጊዮርጊስ ዘጋስጫ (መጽሐፈ ምሥጢር)
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(ማቴ ፫:፫)
✨በአማን ተንሥአ መድኃኒነ!✨
🌿ብፁዕ አባ አቡነ ተክለ ሃይማኖት ዘኤለ ገዳማተ እምኀበ እግዚኡ ይነሣእ እሴተ ቦአ ሀገረ ደብረ ሊባኖስ በፍሥሐ ወበሰላም።
⚜ሰአል ለነ ጊዮርጊስ ኀበ እግዚአብሔር ወጸሊ በእንቲአነ ሐረድዎ ወገመድዎ ወዘረዉ ሥጋሁ ከመ ሐመድ ወወሰድዎ ኀበ ሰብአ ነገሥት ረገጸ ምድረ አንሥአ ሙታነ አባ ጊዮርጊስ በሰላም ዐደወ መንግሥተ ክብር ወረሰ።
🌿ወልደ እግዚአብሔር አምላክነ ወመድኃኒነ ዕቀብ ሕይወተነ እም ገሀነመ እሳት ወእምኵሉ መንሱት በእንተ ቅዱስ ስምከ ወበእንተ ማርያም እምከ ወበእንተ ቅዱስ መስቀል ወበእንተ ዮሐንስ ወንጌላዊ ወበእንተ ዮሐንስ መጥምቅከ ወበእንተ ኵሎሙ ቅዱሳን ወሀባ ሰላመ ለሀገሪትነ ኢትዮጵያ ወለቅድስት ቤተክርስቲያን።
⚜ሰላም ለክሙ ጻድቃን ወሰማዕት እለ አዕረፍክሙ በዛቲ ዕለት መዋዕያነ ዓለም አንትሙ በብዙኅ ትዕግሥት። ሰአሉ ቅድመ ፈጣሪ በኩሉ ሰዓት እንበለ ንስሐ ኪያነ ኢይንሣእ ሞት።
🌿አንቅሐኒ በጽባሕ ክሥተኒ ዕዝንየ በዘአጸምእ አምላኪየ አምላኪየ እገይሥ ኀቤከ ዘይሰማዕ ግበር ሊተ ምሕረተከ በጽባሕ"
⚜ነቢያት ወሐዋርያት፥ ጻድቃን ወሰማዕት፤ ደናግል ወመነኮሳት፥ አዕሩግ ወሕጻናት፤ ገዳማውያን ወሊቃውንት፤ ሰአሉ ለነ ኲልክሙ፥ ቅድመ መንበሩ ለጸባኦት።
🌿እግዝእትየ ፍትሕኒ እማዕሠሩ ለሰይጣን፤
እሙ ለመድኅን ወለተ ብርሃን።
✝ዝክረ ቅዱሳን ማኅበረ ቅዱስ ዳዊት ጉባኤ ዘጎንደር
🌿ፍቅር ያጌብረኒ ከመ እንግር ዜናሆሙ ለቅዱሳን! (የቅዱሳንን ታሪክ እንድመሰክር ፍቅር ያስገድደኛል)
🌿አባ ጊዮርጊስ ዘጋስጫ (መጽሐፈ ምሥጢር)
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"" እመቤቴ ማርያም፥ ደስ ይበልሽ! ""
(ሃይ. አበ. ምዕ. ፷፰፥ ክ. ፳፮:፩ / ሉቃ. ፩:፳፰)
"ገድለ ቅዱሳን ዮሐንስ አፈ ወርቅ፥ ወተክለ ሃይማኖት፥ ወክርስቶስ ሠምራ"
(ግንቦት 12 - 2017)
(ሃይ. አበ. ምዕ. ፷፰፥ ክ. ፳፮:፩ / ሉቃ. ፩:፳፰)
"ገድለ ቅዱሳን ዮሐንስ አፈ ወርቅ፥ ወተክለ ሃይማኖት፥ ወክርስቶስ ሠምራ"
(ግንቦት 12 - 2017)
✝እንኳን አደረሰነ!
☞ወርኀ ግንቦት ቡሩክ፤ አመ ፲ወ፭፦
✝በዓለ ቅዱሳን አበው፦
✿ናትናኤል ሐዋርያ ዘቃና፥ አረጋዊ ክቡር (ዘይሰመይ ስምዖን ቀናዒ)
✿ሚናስ ዲያቆን ወባሕታዊ
✿አባ ሐርበጥላክያ
✿አፄ ንዋየ ክርስቶስ (ንጉሠ ኢትዮጵያ)
✿፬፻ ሰማዕታት (ዘሃገረ ደንደራ)
✿ቀርጢኖስ ወብእሲቱ ሰማዕታት (ማኅበራነ ኤስድሮስ ኃያል)
❖ወስብሐት ለእግዚአብሔር፤
ኪያነኒ ይምሐረነ በጸሎቶሙ።
ወበረከቶሙ ይብጽሐነ፤ ለዓለመ ዓለም አሜን፡፡
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☞ወርኀ ግንቦት ቡሩክ፤ አመ ፲ወ፭፦
✝በዓለ ቅዱሳን አበው፦
✿ናትናኤል ሐዋርያ ዘቃና፥ አረጋዊ ክቡር (ዘይሰመይ ስምዖን ቀናዒ)
✿ሚናስ ዲያቆን ወባሕታዊ
✿አባ ሐርበጥላክያ
✿አፄ ንዋየ ክርስቶስ (ንጉሠ ኢትዮጵያ)
✿፬፻ ሰማዕታት (ዘሃገረ ደንደራ)
✿ቀርጢኖስ ወብእሲቱ ሰማዕታት (ማኅበራነ ኤስድሮስ ኃያል)
❖ወስብሐት ለእግዚአብሔር፤
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✝ በስመ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ፡ አሐዱ አምላክ
🗓 ግንቦት 16 የሚከበሩ ዓመታዊ የቅዱሳን በዓላት
🌕 ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ፍቁረ እግዚእ
📝 አምላካችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በቅዱስ ወንጌሉ እንደነገረን በመንግስተ ሰማያት ታላቁ ሰው ወንጌላዊው ዮሐንስ ነው። ቅዱሱ ሐዋርያ ከዘብዴዎስና ከማርያም ባውፍልያ ተወልዶ፡ በገሊላ አካባቢ አድጐ፡ ገና በወጣትነቱ መድኃኔ ዓለምን ተከትሎታል።
💡ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ከሐዋርያት ቀድሞ ጌታን ከመከተሉ ባሻገር በምንም ምክንያት ከጐኑ አይጠፋም ነበር። ስለ ንጽሕናውና በጐ የፍቅር ሕሊናው ሕጻን ሳለ በወንድሞቹ ሐዋርያት ዘንድ ሞገሱ ከፍ ያለ ነው። ጌታችንን እስከ እግረ መስቀሉ ድረስ በመከተሉ ድንግል እመቤታችንን ተቀብሏል።
📝 ከእርሷ ጋር ለ15 ዓመታት ቢቀመጥ መዝገበ ምሥጢር ሆነ። ስንኩዋን ከሰው ልጆች ይቅርና ከልዑላኑ መላዕክትም ማዕረጉ ከፍ አለ። ሰው ቢበቃ መላእክትን ሊያይ ይቻለዋል። ቅዱስ ዮሐንስን ግን መላእክት ሊያዩት ይከብዳቸዋል። ከፍጥረት ወገን ከእመ ብርሃን ቀጥሎ ክቡር እርሱ ነው።
📝 ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ በታናሽ እስያ ለ7ቱ አብያተ ክርስቲያናት መስበኩ ይታሰባል። ቅዱሱ ከጌታችን ዕርገት በሁዋላ ለ70 ዓመታት በዚህ ምድር ሲኖር አብዛኛውን ጊዜውን ያሳለፈው በኤፌሶን አካባቢ ነው። ሕዝቡን ወደ ክርስትና ለማምጣት በአፍም በመጽሐፍም ደክሟል።
📝3 መልዕክታት፡ ራዕዩንና ወንጌልን ጽፎላቸዋል። ሕይወትን ስለ ሰበከላቸው በፈንታው ብዙ አሰቃይተውታል። ከእሳት እስከ ስለት፡ እስከ መጋዝም በስተእርጅና ደርሶበታል። እርሱ ግን በትእግስቱ ገንዘብ አድርጉዋቸዋል።
ቅዱሱ በኤፌሶን
📝ይህቺ ኤፌሶን የሚሏት ሃገር መገኛዋ በቀድሞው ታናሽ እስያ (አሁን ቱርክ አካባቢ) ሲሆን ብዙ ሐዋርያት አስተምረውባታል። ያም ሆኖ የሚፈለገውን ያህል ለውጥ ያመጣች አልነበረችምና ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ሊሔድ ተነሳ።
📝ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ መካከልም ቅዱስ አብሮኮሮስን (ከ72ቱ አርድእት አንዱ ነው) አስከትሎ እየጸለዩ በመርከብ ላይ ተሳፈሩ። ሐዋርያት አበው መከረኞች ናቸውና ማዕበል ተነሳባቸው። በጥቂት አፍታም መርከባቸው በማዕበሉ ተበታተነች። ቅዱስ አብሮኮሮስ በስባሪ ላይ ተሳፍሮ ወደ አንዲት ደሴት ደረሰ። ከንጹሑ መምሕሩ ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ተለይቷልና አለቀሰ።
💡ፍቁረ እግዚእ ግን ያለ ምግብና ውሃ ማዕበለ ባሕር እያማታው ለ40 ቀናት ቆየ። እርሱ በፈጣሪው ፍቅር የተመሰጠ ነበርና አለመመገቡ አልጐዳውም። በ40ኛው ቀን ግን ደቀ መዝሙሩ ወዳለበት ደሴት ማዕበሉ አደረሰው። 2ቱ ቅዱሳን ተፈላልገው ተገናኙ። እጅግም ደስ ብሏቸው ፈጣሪን አመሰገኑ።
📝አምላካቸው ወደዚህች ደሴት ያመጣቸው በጥበቡ ነውና ሲዘዋወሩ 2 ነገርን አስተዋሉ። 1ኛ የደሴቷ ሁሉም ነዋሪ የሚያመልኩት ጣዖትን ነው። 2ኛ አብዛኞቹ የቤተ መንግስት ውላጆች ናቸው። ሮምና የሚሏት አንዲት ሴት ደግሞ እነዚህን ሁሉ እየመገበች ታስተዳድራለች።
📝ቅዱሳኑ በቦታው በቀጥታ ትምሕርተ ወንጌልን ቢናገሩ እንደ ማይቀበሏቸው ስለ ተረዱ ሌላ ፈሊጥን አሰቡ። እንዳሰቡትም ወደ እመቤት ሮምና ቤት ሒደው በባርነት ተቀጠሩ። ለእርሷም "ድሮ የአባትሽ ባሮች የነበርን ሰዎች ነን" ስላሏት 2ቱን ቅዱሳን እሳት አንዳጅና ገንዳ አጣቢ አደረገቻቸው። ለሰማይ ለምድሩ የከበዱ እነዚህ ቅዱሳን የካዱትን ይመልሱ ዘንድ በባርነት ግፍን ተቀበሉ።
📝የመከር (የማሳመኛ) ጊዜ ሲደርስም አንዳች አጋጣሚ ተፈጠረ። ቅዱሳኑ ዮሐንስና አብሮኮሮስ ወደ መታጠቢያ ቤቱ ሲገቡ ሰይጣን በውስጥ ኖሮ ደንግጧልና እወጣለሁ ብሎ ሲሮጥ የንጉሡን ልጅ ረግጦ ገደለው።
📝ሮምናና የአካባቢው ሰዎች ከበው ሲላቀሱ ቅዱሳኑ ቀረቡ። ሮምና ግን በቁጣ "ልትሣለቁ ነው የመጣችሁ?" በሚል ቅዱስ ዮሐንስን በጥፊ መታችው። መላእክት እንኩዋ ቀና ብለው ሊያዩት የሚከብዳቸው ሐዋርያ ይህንን ታገሰ። በጥፊ ወደ መታችው ሴት ቀረብ ብሎም "አትዘኚ! ልጁ ይነሳል" አላትና ጸለየ። ወደ ሞተውም ቀረብ ብሎ በጌታችን ስም አስነሳው።
💡በዚህ ጊዜም ሮምናን ጨምሮ በሥፍራው የነበሩ ሰዎች ለቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ሰገዱ። እርሱ ግን ሁሉንም አስነስቶ ትምሕርተ ሃይማኖትን፡ ፍቅረ ክርስቶስን ሰበከላቸው። በስመ ሥላሴ አጥምቆ፡ ካህናትን ሹሞ፡ ቤተ ክርስቲያንም አንጾላቸው ወጥቷል። በሁዋላም ለሮምናና ለደሴቷ ሰዎች ክታብ (መልዕክትን) ጽፎላቸዋል። ይህች መልዕክት ዛሬ 2ኛዋ የዮሐንስ መልዕክት ተብላ መጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ውስጥ ትታወቃለች።
📝ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ቀጥሎ የተጉዋዘው ወደ ኤፌሶን ነው። በዚህች ከተማ የምትመለክ አርጤምስ (አርጢሞስ) የሚሏት ጣዖት ነበረች። አርጤምስ ማለት መልክ የነበራት ትዕቢተኛ ሴት ስትሆን አስማተኛ ባሏ ነው እንድትመለክ ያደረጋት።
📝ቅዱስ ዻውሎስ ብዙ ምዕመናን ከእርሷ እንዲርቁ ማድረግ ችሏል። ጨርሶ ያጠፋት ግን ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ነው። በቦታውም ብዙ ግፍ ደርሶበት፡ በርካታ ተአምራትን አድርጉዋል። ቤተ ጣዖቱንም በተአምራት አፍርሶታል።
የፍቅር ሐዋርያ
📝ቤተ ክርስቲያን ቅዱስ ዮሐንስን 'የፍቅር ሐዋርያ' ትለዋለች። ለ70 ዘመናት በቆየ ስብከቱ ስለ ፍቅር ብዙ አስተምሯል። ፍቅርንም በተግባር አስተምሯል። በየደቂቃውም "ደቂቅየ ተፋቀሩ በበይናቲክሙ - ልጆቼ ሆይ! እርስ በርሳችሁ ተዋደዱ" እያለ ይሰብክ ነበር።
💡በተለይ ደግሞ ከፈጣሪው ክርስቶስ ጋር የነበረው ፍቅር ፍጹም የተለየ ነበር። በዚህ ምክንያትም ጌታ ባረገ ጊዜ እንዲህ ብሎታል፦ "ለፍጡር ከሚገለጥ ምሥጢር ከአንተ የምሠውረው የለኝም" ብሎታል:: ቀጥሎም በንጹሕ አፉ ስሞታል። ሊቁ፦ "ሰላም ለአፉከ ለዮሐንስ ዘሰዓሞ፡ ንጽሐ ኅሊናሁ ወልቡ ለዐይነ ፍትወትከ ሶበ አደሞ" እንዳለው። (መልክዐ ኢየሱስ)
📝ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ከእመቤታችንም ጋር ልዩ ፍቅር ነበረው። እርሷ እንደ ልጇ ስትወደው፡ እርሱ ደግሞ እንደ እናቱ ልቡ እስኪነድ ድረስ ይወዳት ነበር። እስከ እግረ መስቀሉ ድረስ ተከትሎ ያገኛት እመቤቱ ናትና።
📝ከዚያ ሁሉ ጸጋና ማዕረግ የመድረሱ ምሥጢርም ድንግል ናት። ለ15 ዓመታት በጽላሎተ ረድኤቷ (በረዳትነቷ ጥላ) ተደግፎ አብሯት ሲኖር ብዙ ተምሯል። ከመላእክትም በላይ ከብሯል። ከንጽሕናዋ በረከትም ተካፍሏል።
📝ስለ ድንግል ማርያምም "ነገረ ማርያም" የሚል ድርሰት ሲኖረው "የሰኔ ጐልጐታንም" የጻፈው እርሱ ነው። ድንግል ባረፈችበት ቀንም ልክ እንደ ልጇ ክርስቶስ እርሷም ስማው፡ ታቅፋው ዐርፋለች። ሊቃውንቱ ለዚህ አይደል በንጹሕ ከንፈሮቿ መሳምን (መባረክን) ሲሹ፦
"በከመ ሰዓምኪ ርዕሰ ዮሐንስ ቀዳሚ፡
ስዒሞትየ ማርያም ድግሚ" ያሉት።
🗓 ግንቦት 16 የሚከበሩ ዓመታዊ የቅዱሳን በዓላት
🌕 ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ፍቁረ እግዚእ
📝 አምላካችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በቅዱስ ወንጌሉ እንደነገረን በመንግስተ ሰማያት ታላቁ ሰው ወንጌላዊው ዮሐንስ ነው። ቅዱሱ ሐዋርያ ከዘብዴዎስና ከማርያም ባውፍልያ ተወልዶ፡ በገሊላ አካባቢ አድጐ፡ ገና በወጣትነቱ መድኃኔ ዓለምን ተከትሎታል።
💡ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ከሐዋርያት ቀድሞ ጌታን ከመከተሉ ባሻገር በምንም ምክንያት ከጐኑ አይጠፋም ነበር። ስለ ንጽሕናውና በጐ የፍቅር ሕሊናው ሕጻን ሳለ በወንድሞቹ ሐዋርያት ዘንድ ሞገሱ ከፍ ያለ ነው። ጌታችንን እስከ እግረ መስቀሉ ድረስ በመከተሉ ድንግል እመቤታችንን ተቀብሏል።
📝 ከእርሷ ጋር ለ15 ዓመታት ቢቀመጥ መዝገበ ምሥጢር ሆነ። ስንኩዋን ከሰው ልጆች ይቅርና ከልዑላኑ መላዕክትም ማዕረጉ ከፍ አለ። ሰው ቢበቃ መላእክትን ሊያይ ይቻለዋል። ቅዱስ ዮሐንስን ግን መላእክት ሊያዩት ይከብዳቸዋል። ከፍጥረት ወገን ከእመ ብርሃን ቀጥሎ ክቡር እርሱ ነው።
📝 ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ በታናሽ እስያ ለ7ቱ አብያተ ክርስቲያናት መስበኩ ይታሰባል። ቅዱሱ ከጌታችን ዕርገት በሁዋላ ለ70 ዓመታት በዚህ ምድር ሲኖር አብዛኛውን ጊዜውን ያሳለፈው በኤፌሶን አካባቢ ነው። ሕዝቡን ወደ ክርስትና ለማምጣት በአፍም በመጽሐፍም ደክሟል።
📝3 መልዕክታት፡ ራዕዩንና ወንጌልን ጽፎላቸዋል። ሕይወትን ስለ ሰበከላቸው በፈንታው ብዙ አሰቃይተውታል። ከእሳት እስከ ስለት፡ እስከ መጋዝም በስተእርጅና ደርሶበታል። እርሱ ግን በትእግስቱ ገንዘብ አድርጉዋቸዋል።
ቅዱሱ በኤፌሶን
📝ይህቺ ኤፌሶን የሚሏት ሃገር መገኛዋ በቀድሞው ታናሽ እስያ (አሁን ቱርክ አካባቢ) ሲሆን ብዙ ሐዋርያት አስተምረውባታል። ያም ሆኖ የሚፈለገውን ያህል ለውጥ ያመጣች አልነበረችምና ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ሊሔድ ተነሳ።
📝ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ መካከልም ቅዱስ አብሮኮሮስን (ከ72ቱ አርድእት አንዱ ነው) አስከትሎ እየጸለዩ በመርከብ ላይ ተሳፈሩ። ሐዋርያት አበው መከረኞች ናቸውና ማዕበል ተነሳባቸው። በጥቂት አፍታም መርከባቸው በማዕበሉ ተበታተነች። ቅዱስ አብሮኮሮስ በስባሪ ላይ ተሳፍሮ ወደ አንዲት ደሴት ደረሰ። ከንጹሑ መምሕሩ ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ተለይቷልና አለቀሰ።
💡ፍቁረ እግዚእ ግን ያለ ምግብና ውሃ ማዕበለ ባሕር እያማታው ለ40 ቀናት ቆየ። እርሱ በፈጣሪው ፍቅር የተመሰጠ ነበርና አለመመገቡ አልጐዳውም። በ40ኛው ቀን ግን ደቀ መዝሙሩ ወዳለበት ደሴት ማዕበሉ አደረሰው። 2ቱ ቅዱሳን ተፈላልገው ተገናኙ። እጅግም ደስ ብሏቸው ፈጣሪን አመሰገኑ።
📝አምላካቸው ወደዚህች ደሴት ያመጣቸው በጥበቡ ነውና ሲዘዋወሩ 2 ነገርን አስተዋሉ። 1ኛ የደሴቷ ሁሉም ነዋሪ የሚያመልኩት ጣዖትን ነው። 2ኛ አብዛኞቹ የቤተ መንግስት ውላጆች ናቸው። ሮምና የሚሏት አንዲት ሴት ደግሞ እነዚህን ሁሉ እየመገበች ታስተዳድራለች።
📝ቅዱሳኑ በቦታው በቀጥታ ትምሕርተ ወንጌልን ቢናገሩ እንደ ማይቀበሏቸው ስለ ተረዱ ሌላ ፈሊጥን አሰቡ። እንዳሰቡትም ወደ እመቤት ሮምና ቤት ሒደው በባርነት ተቀጠሩ። ለእርሷም "ድሮ የአባትሽ ባሮች የነበርን ሰዎች ነን" ስላሏት 2ቱን ቅዱሳን እሳት አንዳጅና ገንዳ አጣቢ አደረገቻቸው። ለሰማይ ለምድሩ የከበዱ እነዚህ ቅዱሳን የካዱትን ይመልሱ ዘንድ በባርነት ግፍን ተቀበሉ።
📝የመከር (የማሳመኛ) ጊዜ ሲደርስም አንዳች አጋጣሚ ተፈጠረ። ቅዱሳኑ ዮሐንስና አብሮኮሮስ ወደ መታጠቢያ ቤቱ ሲገቡ ሰይጣን በውስጥ ኖሮ ደንግጧልና እወጣለሁ ብሎ ሲሮጥ የንጉሡን ልጅ ረግጦ ገደለው።
📝ሮምናና የአካባቢው ሰዎች ከበው ሲላቀሱ ቅዱሳኑ ቀረቡ። ሮምና ግን በቁጣ "ልትሣለቁ ነው የመጣችሁ?" በሚል ቅዱስ ዮሐንስን በጥፊ መታችው። መላእክት እንኩዋ ቀና ብለው ሊያዩት የሚከብዳቸው ሐዋርያ ይህንን ታገሰ። በጥፊ ወደ መታችው ሴት ቀረብ ብሎም "አትዘኚ! ልጁ ይነሳል" አላትና ጸለየ። ወደ ሞተውም ቀረብ ብሎ በጌታችን ስም አስነሳው።
💡በዚህ ጊዜም ሮምናን ጨምሮ በሥፍራው የነበሩ ሰዎች ለቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ሰገዱ። እርሱ ግን ሁሉንም አስነስቶ ትምሕርተ ሃይማኖትን፡ ፍቅረ ክርስቶስን ሰበከላቸው። በስመ ሥላሴ አጥምቆ፡ ካህናትን ሹሞ፡ ቤተ ክርስቲያንም አንጾላቸው ወጥቷል። በሁዋላም ለሮምናና ለደሴቷ ሰዎች ክታብ (መልዕክትን) ጽፎላቸዋል። ይህች መልዕክት ዛሬ 2ኛዋ የዮሐንስ መልዕክት ተብላ መጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ውስጥ ትታወቃለች።
📝ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ቀጥሎ የተጉዋዘው ወደ ኤፌሶን ነው። በዚህች ከተማ የምትመለክ አርጤምስ (አርጢሞስ) የሚሏት ጣዖት ነበረች። አርጤምስ ማለት መልክ የነበራት ትዕቢተኛ ሴት ስትሆን አስማተኛ ባሏ ነው እንድትመለክ ያደረጋት።
📝ቅዱስ ዻውሎስ ብዙ ምዕመናን ከእርሷ እንዲርቁ ማድረግ ችሏል። ጨርሶ ያጠፋት ግን ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ነው። በቦታውም ብዙ ግፍ ደርሶበት፡ በርካታ ተአምራትን አድርጉዋል። ቤተ ጣዖቱንም በተአምራት አፍርሶታል።
የፍቅር ሐዋርያ
📝ቤተ ክርስቲያን ቅዱስ ዮሐንስን 'የፍቅር ሐዋርያ' ትለዋለች። ለ70 ዘመናት በቆየ ስብከቱ ስለ ፍቅር ብዙ አስተምሯል። ፍቅርንም በተግባር አስተምሯል። በየደቂቃውም "ደቂቅየ ተፋቀሩ በበይናቲክሙ - ልጆቼ ሆይ! እርስ በርሳችሁ ተዋደዱ" እያለ ይሰብክ ነበር።
💡በተለይ ደግሞ ከፈጣሪው ክርስቶስ ጋር የነበረው ፍቅር ፍጹም የተለየ ነበር። በዚህ ምክንያትም ጌታ ባረገ ጊዜ እንዲህ ብሎታል፦ "ለፍጡር ከሚገለጥ ምሥጢር ከአንተ የምሠውረው የለኝም" ብሎታል:: ቀጥሎም በንጹሕ አፉ ስሞታል። ሊቁ፦ "ሰላም ለአፉከ ለዮሐንስ ዘሰዓሞ፡ ንጽሐ ኅሊናሁ ወልቡ ለዐይነ ፍትወትከ ሶበ አደሞ" እንዳለው። (መልክዐ ኢየሱስ)
📝ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ከእመቤታችንም ጋር ልዩ ፍቅር ነበረው። እርሷ እንደ ልጇ ስትወደው፡ እርሱ ደግሞ እንደ እናቱ ልቡ እስኪነድ ድረስ ይወዳት ነበር። እስከ እግረ መስቀሉ ድረስ ተከትሎ ያገኛት እመቤቱ ናትና።
📝ከዚያ ሁሉ ጸጋና ማዕረግ የመድረሱ ምሥጢርም ድንግል ናት። ለ15 ዓመታት በጽላሎተ ረድኤቷ (በረዳትነቷ ጥላ) ተደግፎ አብሯት ሲኖር ብዙ ተምሯል። ከመላእክትም በላይ ከብሯል። ከንጽሕናዋ በረከትም ተካፍሏል።
📝ስለ ድንግል ማርያምም "ነገረ ማርያም" የሚል ድርሰት ሲኖረው "የሰኔ ጐልጐታንም" የጻፈው እርሱ ነው። ድንግል ባረፈችበት ቀንም ልክ እንደ ልጇ ክርስቶስ እርሷም ስማው፡ ታቅፋው ዐርፋለች። ሊቃውንቱ ለዚህ አይደል በንጹሕ ከንፈሮቿ መሳምን (መባረክን) ሲሹ፦
"በከመ ሰዓምኪ ርዕሰ ዮሐንስ ቀዳሚ፡
ስዒሞትየ ማርያም ድግሚ" ያሉት።
📝ታላቁ ቅዱስ ሐዋርያ ዕድሜው 90 ዓመት በሆነው ጊዜ ተሰውሯል። ከዚያ አስቀድሞም የዓለምን ፍጻሜ ተመልክቷል። ዛሬ ያለበትን የየሚያውቅ ቸር ፈጣሪው ነው።
📝ይሕች ዕለት ለሐዋርያው ቅዳሴ ቤቱ ናት።
📝እናት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ቅዱስ ዮሐንስን ስትጠራው እንዲሕ ነው፦
1. ወንጌላዊ
2. ሐዋርያ
3. ሰማዕት ዘእንበለ ደም
4. አቡቀለምሲስ (ምሥጢራትን ያየ)
5. ታኦሎጐስ (ነባቤ መለኮት)
6. ወልደ ነጐድጓድ
7. ደቀ መለኮት ወምሥጢር
8. ፍቁረ እግዚእ
9. ርዕሰ ደናግል (የደናግል አለቃ)
10. ቁጹረ ገጽ
11. ዘረፈቀ ውስተ ሕጽኑ ለኢየሱስ (ከጌታ ጎን የሚቀመጥ)
12. ንስር ሠራሪ
13. ልዑለ ስብከት
14. ምድራዊው መልዐክ
15. ዓምደ ብርሃን
16. ሐዋርያ ትንቢት
17. ቀርነ ቤተ ክርስቲያን
18. ኮከበ ከዋክብት
🤲 በቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ላይ ያደረ የእመቤታችን ድንግል ማርያምና የአንድ ልጇ ፍቅር በእኛም ላይ ይደር። ቅዱስ ዮሐንስን የወደደ ጌታ በፍቅሩ ይጠግነን። ከእናቱ ፍቅር አድርሶ በሐዋርያው በረከት ያስጊጠን። 🤲
🗓 ግንቦት 16 ቀን የሚከበሩ ዓመታዊ የቅዱሳን በዓላት
1.ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ወንጌላዊ (ስብከቱና ቅዳሴ ቤቱ)
2.ቅዱስ ኢያሱ ሲራክ ነቢይና ጠቢብ (መጽሐፈ ሲራክን የጻፈ)
3.ቅድስት እናታችን ዐስበ ሚካኤል (ኢትዮዽያዊት)
🗓 ወርኀዊ በዓላት
1.ኪዳነ ምሕረት (የሰባቱ ኪዳናት ማሕተም)
2.ቅድስት ኤልሳቤጥ (የመጥምቁ ዮሐንስ እናት)
3.ቅዱስ ገብረ ማርያም ጻድቅ ንጉሠ ኢትዮዽያ
(የቅዱስ ላሊበላ ወንድም)
4.ቅዱስ አኖሬዎስ ንጉሥ ጻድቅ
5.አባ አቡናፍር ገዳማዊ
6.አባ ዮሐንስ ወንጌሉ ዘወርቅ
7.አባ ዳንኤል ጻድቅ
📖"በጌታ ኢየሱስ መስቀል አጠገብ እናቱ፡ የእናቱም እህት፡ የቀለዮዻም ሚስት ማርያም፡ መግደላዊትም ማርያም ቆመው ነበር። ጌታ ኢየሱስም እናቱን፡ ይወደው የነበረውንም ደቀ መዝሙር በአጠገቡ ቆሞ ባየ ጊዜ እናቱን 'አንቺ ሆይ! እነሆ ልጅሽ' አላት። ከዚህ በሁዋላ ደቀ መዝሙሩን 'እናትህ እነሁዋት' አለው። ከዚህም ሰዓት ጀምሮ ደቀ መዝሙሩ ወደ ቤቱ ወሰዳት።"
(ዮሐ. 19:25)
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📝እናት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ቅዱስ ዮሐንስን ስትጠራው እንዲሕ ነው፦
1. ወንጌላዊ
2. ሐዋርያ
3. ሰማዕት ዘእንበለ ደም
4. አቡቀለምሲስ (ምሥጢራትን ያየ)
5. ታኦሎጐስ (ነባቤ መለኮት)
6. ወልደ ነጐድጓድ
7. ደቀ መለኮት ወምሥጢር
8. ፍቁረ እግዚእ
9. ርዕሰ ደናግል (የደናግል አለቃ)
10. ቁጹረ ገጽ
11. ዘረፈቀ ውስተ ሕጽኑ ለኢየሱስ (ከጌታ ጎን የሚቀመጥ)
12. ንስር ሠራሪ
13. ልዑለ ስብከት
14. ምድራዊው መልዐክ
15. ዓምደ ብርሃን
16. ሐዋርያ ትንቢት
17. ቀርነ ቤተ ክርስቲያን
18. ኮከበ ከዋክብት
🤲 በቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ላይ ያደረ የእመቤታችን ድንግል ማርያምና የአንድ ልጇ ፍቅር በእኛም ላይ ይደር። ቅዱስ ዮሐንስን የወደደ ጌታ በፍቅሩ ይጠግነን። ከእናቱ ፍቅር አድርሶ በሐዋርያው በረከት ያስጊጠን። 🤲
🗓 ግንቦት 16 ቀን የሚከበሩ ዓመታዊ የቅዱሳን በዓላት
1.ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ወንጌላዊ (ስብከቱና ቅዳሴ ቤቱ)
2.ቅዱስ ኢያሱ ሲራክ ነቢይና ጠቢብ (መጽሐፈ ሲራክን የጻፈ)
3.ቅድስት እናታችን ዐስበ ሚካኤል (ኢትዮዽያዊት)
🗓 ወርኀዊ በዓላት
1.ኪዳነ ምሕረት (የሰባቱ ኪዳናት ማሕተም)
2.ቅድስት ኤልሳቤጥ (የመጥምቁ ዮሐንስ እናት)
3.ቅዱስ ገብረ ማርያም ጻድቅ ንጉሠ ኢትዮዽያ
(የቅዱስ ላሊበላ ወንድም)
4.ቅዱስ አኖሬዎስ ንጉሥ ጻድቅ
5.አባ አቡናፍር ገዳማዊ
6.አባ ዮሐንስ ወንጌሉ ዘወርቅ
7.አባ ዳንኤል ጻድቅ
📖"በጌታ ኢየሱስ መስቀል አጠገብ እናቱ፡ የእናቱም እህት፡ የቀለዮዻም ሚስት ማርያም፡ መግደላዊትም ማርያም ቆመው ነበር። ጌታ ኢየሱስም እናቱን፡ ይወደው የነበረውንም ደቀ መዝሙር በአጠገቡ ቆሞ ባየ ጊዜ እናቱን 'አንቺ ሆይ! እነሆ ልጅሽ' አላት። ከዚህ በሁዋላ ደቀ መዝሙሩን 'እናትህ እነሁዋት' አለው። ከዚህም ሰዓት ጀምሮ ደቀ መዝሙሩ ወደ ቤቱ ወሰዳት።"
(ዮሐ. 19:25)
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በዚህ ቻናል ዲ/ዮርዳኖስ የሚያስተምራቸው ወቅታዊ እና የነገረ ቅዱሳን (ዝክረ ቅዱሳን ትምህርቶችን ከእርሱ በመቀበል እናስተላልፋለን):: "ፍቅር ያጌብረኒ ከመ እንግር ዜናሆሙ ለቅዱሳን"::አባ ጊዮርጊስ ዘጋስጫ /መጽሐፈ ምሥጢር/
Feasts of Ginbot 16
✞✞✞On this day we commemorate the consecration of the Church of St. John, whom the Lord loved, son of thunder ✞✞✞
✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞
✞✞✞Saint John whom the Lord Loved✞✞✞
=> As our Lord Jesus Christ has told us in His Holy Gospel, St. John the Evangelist, is the greatest of men in the heavenly kingdom. The holy apostle was born from Zebedee and Mary Baouflia, and grew up around Galilee. And he started following the Holy Savior in his youth. (John 1:39)
✞St. John, not only followed our Lord before most apostles, but also didn’t depart from Him for any reason. His favor among the Apostles, even though young, is great for his purity and good, loving conscience. Because he also followed our Lord up to His crucifixion (stood at the cross), he received our Lady the Virgin. (John 19:25)
✞And since he lived with her for 15 years, he became a chest of mystery. He was elevated in rank from the princely angels, let alone men. When men become perfect they see the angels, but it is difficult for the angels to see St. John. From creation, he is honored next to the Mother of Light.
✞It can be recalled that St. John had preached to the 7 Churches in Asia Minor. And he, after the ascension of our Lord, lived for 70 years on this earth and most of it was spent around Ephesus. He labored in writing and preaching to bring the people to Christianity.
✞He has written to them 3 letters, a revelation and a Gospel. But, because he preached Life to them, they, in turn, tortured him. He had received trials with fire, the sword and the saw at an old age. But he endured them all in patience.
✞The Saint in Ephesus✞
=> The country called Ephesus which is found in Asia Minor, as it was called then (now Turkey), had many Apostles preach in it. But as it had not brought forth the expected change, St. John went there.
✞He took with him St. Prochorus (one of the 72 disciples) and they entered a ship with prayer. As the Apostles, the fathers, pass through trials; a tempest started. And a bit later their ship was in pieces because of the storm.
✞Then St. Prochorus reached an island on a piece of the ship’s wreckage. But he wept as he was separated from his pure teacher St. John. The Beloved of Lord stayed in the sea for 40 days being hit by the waves without food and water.
✞As he was contemplating his Creator’s love, the hunger did not afflict him. But on the 40th day the waves took him to the island where his disciple was. The 2 Saints found each other and praised God with joy.
✞As their God has brought them by His will [for a reason], when they looked around the area, they noticed 2 things.
1. All of the inhabitants of the island worshipped an idol.
2. And most were princes (of royal family). And that a woman named Romna administered them all.
✞Because the saints knew that they won’t be believed if they preached the Gospel directly in the dwelling, they thought of another means. And accordingly they went to lady Romna’s house and were hired as slaves.
✞Because they said, “We were your father’s slaves in the old days” to her, she made the 2 saints to be in charge of the fire and the cleaning of the baths. These saints who are honorable than heaven and earth, to bring back those in idolatry accepted cruelty as slaves. And when the time to witness was at hand an opportunity came.
✞When the Saints John and Prochorus entered the baths, a demon that was there was petrified and when it tried to run out, it trampled and killed a prince. And when Romna and the people of the area wept the Saints went near them.
✞But Romna in anger said, “Did you come here to ridicule?” and slapped St. John. An apostle whom angels won’t even lookup on endured this. He went closer to the woman who hit him and said, “Don’t mourn! The child will rise” and prayed.
✞✞✞On this day we commemorate the consecration of the Church of St. John, whom the Lord loved, son of thunder ✞✞✞
✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞
✞✞✞Saint John whom the Lord Loved✞✞✞
=> As our Lord Jesus Christ has told us in His Holy Gospel, St. John the Evangelist, is the greatest of men in the heavenly kingdom. The holy apostle was born from Zebedee and Mary Baouflia, and grew up around Galilee. And he started following the Holy Savior in his youth. (John 1:39)
✞St. John, not only followed our Lord before most apostles, but also didn’t depart from Him for any reason. His favor among the Apostles, even though young, is great for his purity and good, loving conscience. Because he also followed our Lord up to His crucifixion (stood at the cross), he received our Lady the Virgin. (John 19:25)
✞And since he lived with her for 15 years, he became a chest of mystery. He was elevated in rank from the princely angels, let alone men. When men become perfect they see the angels, but it is difficult for the angels to see St. John. From creation, he is honored next to the Mother of Light.
✞It can be recalled that St. John had preached to the 7 Churches in Asia Minor. And he, after the ascension of our Lord, lived for 70 years on this earth and most of it was spent around Ephesus. He labored in writing and preaching to bring the people to Christianity.
✞He has written to them 3 letters, a revelation and a Gospel. But, because he preached Life to them, they, in turn, tortured him. He had received trials with fire, the sword and the saw at an old age. But he endured them all in patience.
✞The Saint in Ephesus✞
=> The country called Ephesus which is found in Asia Minor, as it was called then (now Turkey), had many Apostles preach in it. But as it had not brought forth the expected change, St. John went there.
✞He took with him St. Prochorus (one of the 72 disciples) and they entered a ship with prayer. As the Apostles, the fathers, pass through trials; a tempest started. And a bit later their ship was in pieces because of the storm.
✞Then St. Prochorus reached an island on a piece of the ship’s wreckage. But he wept as he was separated from his pure teacher St. John. The Beloved of Lord stayed in the sea for 40 days being hit by the waves without food and water.
✞As he was contemplating his Creator’s love, the hunger did not afflict him. But on the 40th day the waves took him to the island where his disciple was. The 2 Saints found each other and praised God with joy.
✞As their God has brought them by His will [for a reason], when they looked around the area, they noticed 2 things.
1. All of the inhabitants of the island worshipped an idol.
2. And most were princes (of royal family). And that a woman named Romna administered them all.
✞Because the saints knew that they won’t be believed if they preached the Gospel directly in the dwelling, they thought of another means. And accordingly they went to lady Romna’s house and were hired as slaves.
✞Because they said, “We were your father’s slaves in the old days” to her, she made the 2 saints to be in charge of the fire and the cleaning of the baths. These saints who are honorable than heaven and earth, to bring back those in idolatry accepted cruelty as slaves. And when the time to witness was at hand an opportunity came.
✞When the Saints John and Prochorus entered the baths, a demon that was there was petrified and when it tried to run out, it trampled and killed a prince. And when Romna and the people of the area wept the Saints went near them.
✞But Romna in anger said, “Did you come here to ridicule?” and slapped St. John. An apostle whom angels won’t even lookup on endured this. He went closer to the woman who hit him and said, “Don’t mourn! The child will rise” and prayed.
✞And he went nearer to the deceased child and raised him in the name of our Lord. And at that moment, including Romna, people that were there bowed down to St. John. But he told them to rise and taught them about the faith and preached to them the love of Christ.
✞He then went out of the island after he baptized them in the name of the Holy Trinity, ordained priests and built a Church for them. Later on, he wrote a letter to Romna and the people of the island. This letter is known today as the 2nd Epistle of St. John in the Holy Bible.
✞St. John then went to Ephesus. In that city, there was an idol named Artemis. Artemis was a woman that was fine-looking and it was her sorcerer husband that made her be worshipped.
✞St. Paul had pulled away many of the faithful from her [in his ministry there]. But it was St. John who demolished her [worship] completely. There, he endured many trials and performed many miracles. He also demolished the temple miraculously.
✞An Apostle of Love✞
=>The Church calls St. John the “Apostle of Love”. He has preached about love in his 70 years of ministry. He has also taught what love is practically. He used to preach every minute saying, “My children! Love one another”.
✞Particularly, his love for his Creator, Christ, was exceptional. And because of this, the Lord has told him when He ascended,
“I have no mystery that I will conceal from you that is proper for a mortal to be revealed to.”
✞And then He kissed him with His pure lips. As the scholar has said,
“Salutations to Your mouth which kissed John
Whose pure conscience and heart were pleasing for Your love” (Melkea Eyesus)
=>St. John also had an exceptional love to our Lady. She loved him like her son and he loved her from the bottom of his heart as his mother. Because she is his Lady that he received at the bottom of the Cross by following Christ.
✞And it is the Virgin that was the secret behind his reaching of all that grace and rank. While he lived with her for 15 years under her patronage, he had learned much. And he had become more honorable than the angels. And partook from her the blessing of her purity.
✞He has a work named “Negere Mariam” (About Mary) and he is also the author of “Sene Golgotha” (The Prayers of Mary at Golgotha).
✞And on the day of the Virgin’s dormition, she also kissed him like her Son and passed away while embracing him. And the scholars wanting to be kissed (blessed) by her pure lips say,
“As you have kissed the head of John first
Your kiss Mary repeat”
✞The Great Holy Apostle translated from this world when he was 90 years old. And before that he had foreseen the end of the world. And it is God who knows where he is now.
✞This day is the day on which the consecration of the church of the Apostle took place.
=> The Church, our mother, calls St. John as follows;
*Evangelist
*Apostle
*Martyr (without shedding blood)
*Apocalyptic
*Theologian
*Son of Thunder
*Disciple of the Godhead and Mystery
*Whom the Lord Loved
*Leader of Virgins/celibates
*One with a Sad Appearance
*One that sits beside the Lord
* A Soaring Eagle
*One with elevated oration
*Earthly Angel
*Pillar of Light
*Prophetic Apostle
*Horn of the Church
*Star of Stars…
=> May the love of our Lady the Virgin Mary and her only Son that dwelt in St. John indwell in us also.
✞✞✞ May the Lord, Who loved Saint John, heal us with His love. May He enable us to reach to the love of His Mother and adorn us with the blessing of the Apostle.
✞✞✞ Annual feasts celebrated on the 16th of Ginbot
1. St. John the Evangelist (Consecration of his Church)
2. St. Joshua Sirach, Prophet and Wiseman (One who wrote the Book of Sirach-Book of Ecclesiasticus)
3. Our Mother St. Asbe Michael (Ethiopian)
✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts
1. The Feast of the Covenant of Mercy of the Virgin (Queen-ship of Mary/The Seal of the Seven Covenants)
✞He then went out of the island after he baptized them in the name of the Holy Trinity, ordained priests and built a Church for them. Later on, he wrote a letter to Romna and the people of the island. This letter is known today as the 2nd Epistle of St. John in the Holy Bible.
✞St. John then went to Ephesus. In that city, there was an idol named Artemis. Artemis was a woman that was fine-looking and it was her sorcerer husband that made her be worshipped.
✞St. Paul had pulled away many of the faithful from her [in his ministry there]. But it was St. John who demolished her [worship] completely. There, he endured many trials and performed many miracles. He also demolished the temple miraculously.
✞An Apostle of Love✞
=>The Church calls St. John the “Apostle of Love”. He has preached about love in his 70 years of ministry. He has also taught what love is practically. He used to preach every minute saying, “My children! Love one another”.
✞Particularly, his love for his Creator, Christ, was exceptional. And because of this, the Lord has told him when He ascended,
“I have no mystery that I will conceal from you that is proper for a mortal to be revealed to.”
✞And then He kissed him with His pure lips. As the scholar has said,
“Salutations to Your mouth which kissed John
Whose pure conscience and heart were pleasing for Your love” (Melkea Eyesus)
=>St. John also had an exceptional love to our Lady. She loved him like her son and he loved her from the bottom of his heart as his mother. Because she is his Lady that he received at the bottom of the Cross by following Christ.
✞And it is the Virgin that was the secret behind his reaching of all that grace and rank. While he lived with her for 15 years under her patronage, he had learned much. And he had become more honorable than the angels. And partook from her the blessing of her purity.
✞He has a work named “Negere Mariam” (About Mary) and he is also the author of “Sene Golgotha” (The Prayers of Mary at Golgotha).
✞And on the day of the Virgin’s dormition, she also kissed him like her Son and passed away while embracing him. And the scholars wanting to be kissed (blessed) by her pure lips say,
“As you have kissed the head of John first
Your kiss Mary repeat”
✞The Great Holy Apostle translated from this world when he was 90 years old. And before that he had foreseen the end of the world. And it is God who knows where he is now.
✞This day is the day on which the consecration of the church of the Apostle took place.
=> The Church, our mother, calls St. John as follows;
*Evangelist
*Apostle
*Martyr (without shedding blood)
*Apocalyptic
*Theologian
*Son of Thunder
*Disciple of the Godhead and Mystery
*Whom the Lord Loved
*Leader of Virgins/celibates
*One with a Sad Appearance
*One that sits beside the Lord
* A Soaring Eagle
*One with elevated oration
*Earthly Angel
*Pillar of Light
*Prophetic Apostle
*Horn of the Church
*Star of Stars…
=> May the love of our Lady the Virgin Mary and her only Son that dwelt in St. John indwell in us also.
✞✞✞ May the Lord, Who loved Saint John, heal us with His love. May He enable us to reach to the love of His Mother and adorn us with the blessing of the Apostle.
✞✞✞ Annual feasts celebrated on the 16th of Ginbot
1. St. John the Evangelist (Consecration of his Church)
2. St. Joshua Sirach, Prophet and Wiseman (One who wrote the Book of Sirach-Book of Ecclesiasticus)
3. Our Mother St. Asbe Michael (Ethiopian)
✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts
1. The Feast of the Covenant of Mercy of the Virgin (Queen-ship of Mary/The Seal of the Seven Covenants)
2. St. Elisabeth (Mother of St. John the Baptist)
3. St. Gebre Mariam, Righteous Emperor of Ethiopia (Brother of St. Lalibela)
4. St. Honorius (Anorewos), Righteous Emperor
5. St. Abba Nofer (Onuphrius) the Anchorite
6. St. Abba John, of the Golden Gospel
7. Abba Daniel the Righteous
✞✞✞ “Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.”✞✞✞
John 19:25-27
✞✞✞ Salutation to God ✞✞✞
(Translated by Mhr. Esuendale Shemeles with the permission of Dn. Yordanos Abebe)
3. St. Gebre Mariam, Righteous Emperor of Ethiopia (Brother of St. Lalibela)
4. St. Honorius (Anorewos), Righteous Emperor
5. St. Abba Nofer (Onuphrius) the Anchorite
6. St. Abba John, of the Golden Gospel
7. Abba Daniel the Righteous
✞✞✞ “Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.”✞✞✞
John 19:25-27
✞✞✞ Salutation to God ✞✞✞
(Translated by Mhr. Esuendale Shemeles with the permission of Dn. Yordanos Abebe)
🕊መንግሥተ ሰማያት ቀርባለችና ንስኅ ግቡ🕊
(ማቴ ፫:፫)
✨በአማን ተንሥአ መድኃኒነ!✨
🌿ብፁዕ አባ አቡነ ተክለ ሃይማኖት ዘኤለ ገዳማተ እምኀበ እግዚኡ ይነሣእ እሴተ ቦአ ሀገረ ደብረ ሊባኖስ በፍሥሐ ወበሰላም።
⚜ሰአል ለነ ጊዮርጊስ ኀበ እግዚአብሔር ወጸሊ በእንቲአነ ሐረድዎ ወገመድዎ ወዘረዉ ሥጋሁ ከመ ሐመድ ወወሰድዎ ኀበ ሰብአ ነገሥት ረገጸ ምድረ አንሥአ ሙታነ አባ ጊዮርጊስ በሰላም ዐደወ መንግሥተ ክብር ወረሰ።
🌿ወልደ እግዚአብሔር አምላክነ ወመድኃኒነ ዕቀብ ሕይወተነ እም ገሀነመ እሳት ወእምኵሉ መንሱት በእንተ ቅዱስ ስምከ ወበእንተ ማርያም እምከ ወበእንተ ቅዱስ መስቀል ወበእንተ ዮሐንስ ወንጌላዊ ወበእንተ ዮሐንስ መጥምቅከ ወበእንተ ኵሎሙ ቅዱሳን ወሀባ ሰላመ ለሀገሪትነ ኢትዮጵያ ወለቅድስት ቤተክርስቲያን።
⚜ሰላም ለክሙ ጻድቃን ወሰማዕት እለ አዕረፍክሙ በዛቲ ዕለት መዋዕያነ ዓለም አንትሙ በብዙኅ ትዕግሥት። ሰአሉ ቅድመ ፈጣሪ በኩሉ ሰዓት እንበለ ንስሐ ኪያነ ኢይንሣእ ሞት።
🌿አንቅሐኒ በጽባሕ ክሥተኒ ዕዝንየ በዘአጸምእ አምላኪየ አምላኪየ እገይሥ ኀቤከ ዘይሰማዕ ግበር ሊተ ምሕረተከ በጽባሕ"
⚜ነቢያት ወሐዋርያት፥ ጻድቃን ወሰማዕት፤ ደናግል ወመነኮሳት፥ አዕሩግ ወሕጻናት፤ ገዳማውያን ወሊቃውንት፤ ሰአሉ ለነ ኲልክሙ፥ ቅድመ መንበሩ ለጸባኦት።
🌿እግዝእትየ ፍትሕኒ እማዕሠሩ ለሰይጣን፤
እሙ ለመድኅን ወለተ ብርሃን።
✝ዝክረ ቅዱሳን ማኅበረ ቅዱስ ዳዊት ጉባኤ ዘጎንደር
🌿ፍቅር ያጌብረኒ ከመ እንግር ዜናሆሙ ለቅዱሳን! (የቅዱሳንን ታሪክ እንድመሰክር ፍቅር ያስገድደኛል)
🌿አባ ጊዮርጊስ ዘጋስጫ (መጽሐፈ ምሥጢር)
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(ማቴ ፫:፫)
✨በአማን ተንሥአ መድኃኒነ!✨
🌿ብፁዕ አባ አቡነ ተክለ ሃይማኖት ዘኤለ ገዳማተ እምኀበ እግዚኡ ይነሣእ እሴተ ቦአ ሀገረ ደብረ ሊባኖስ በፍሥሐ ወበሰላም።
⚜ሰአል ለነ ጊዮርጊስ ኀበ እግዚአብሔር ወጸሊ በእንቲአነ ሐረድዎ ወገመድዎ ወዘረዉ ሥጋሁ ከመ ሐመድ ወወሰድዎ ኀበ ሰብአ ነገሥት ረገጸ ምድረ አንሥአ ሙታነ አባ ጊዮርጊስ በሰላም ዐደወ መንግሥተ ክብር ወረሰ።
🌿ወልደ እግዚአብሔር አምላክነ ወመድኃኒነ ዕቀብ ሕይወተነ እም ገሀነመ እሳት ወእምኵሉ መንሱት በእንተ ቅዱስ ስምከ ወበእንተ ማርያም እምከ ወበእንተ ቅዱስ መስቀል ወበእንተ ዮሐንስ ወንጌላዊ ወበእንተ ዮሐንስ መጥምቅከ ወበእንተ ኵሎሙ ቅዱሳን ወሀባ ሰላመ ለሀገሪትነ ኢትዮጵያ ወለቅድስት ቤተክርስቲያን።
⚜ሰላም ለክሙ ጻድቃን ወሰማዕት እለ አዕረፍክሙ በዛቲ ዕለት መዋዕያነ ዓለም አንትሙ በብዙኅ ትዕግሥት። ሰአሉ ቅድመ ፈጣሪ በኩሉ ሰዓት እንበለ ንስሐ ኪያነ ኢይንሣእ ሞት።
🌿አንቅሐኒ በጽባሕ ክሥተኒ ዕዝንየ በዘአጸምእ አምላኪየ አምላኪየ እገይሥ ኀቤከ ዘይሰማዕ ግበር ሊተ ምሕረተከ በጽባሕ"
⚜ነቢያት ወሐዋርያት፥ ጻድቃን ወሰማዕት፤ ደናግል ወመነኮሳት፥ አዕሩግ ወሕጻናት፤ ገዳማውያን ወሊቃውንት፤ ሰአሉ ለነ ኲልክሙ፥ ቅድመ መንበሩ ለጸባኦት።
🌿እግዝእትየ ፍትሕኒ እማዕሠሩ ለሰይጣን፤
እሙ ለመድኅን ወለተ ብርሃን።
✝ዝክረ ቅዱሳን ማኅበረ ቅዱስ ዳዊት ጉባኤ ዘጎንደር
🌿ፍቅር ያጌብረኒ ከመ እንግር ዜናሆሙ ለቅዱሳን! (የቅዱሳንን ታሪክ እንድመሰክር ፍቅር ያስገድደኛል)
🌿አባ ጊዮርጊስ ዘጋስጫ (መጽሐፈ ምሥጢር)
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