✞And when the Era of Persecution was at hand, he preached the name of Christ in public. And when wicked people accused him and he was brought before the governor, he was not fearful. Rather, he chanted while the soldiers threw him down, beat him, and his blood flowed on the ground.

✞And finally, he was beheaded for the love of Christ. Let us call upon St. Leontius (Laventius) in faith as he is a wonder working Saint. The Church commemorates today the miracle he performed. And it was also on this day that the consecration of his church took place.

✞✞✞May the God of the Saints give us the Month of Senne for blessing, repentance, to do righteousness and bear fruit. And may He grant us from the diligence, grace, and blessing of the martyr. 

✞✞✞Annual feasts celebrated on the 1st of Senne
1. St. Joseph the Righteous (Jacob’s son)
2. Our Mother Asenath (St. Joseph’s wife)
3. St. Leontius (Laventius)
4. St. Abe-Fam (Bifam or Phoebammon) the Martyr
5. St. Cosmas (Qozman) El-Tahawy the Martyr

✞✞✞Monthly Feasts
1. Nativity of the Virgin Mary, our Lady
2. Sts. Joachim and Anna
3. St. Bartholomew the Apostle
4. St. (Mar) Melki of Kuelzem (Full of Virtues)
5. St. Raguel the Archangel

✞✞✞“And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. . .And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.”✞✞✞
Gen. 45:4-8

✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞

(Translated by Mhr. Esuendale Shemeles with the permission of Dn. Yordanos Abebe)

🕊መንግሥተ ሰማያት ቀርባለችና ንስኅ ግቡ🕊 (ማቴ ፫:፫)

ርዕስ፦📝
"" አገልግሎቴ ቅዱሳንን ደስ የሚያሰኝ ይሆን ዘንድ ጸልዩ! "" (ሮሜ. ፲፭ : ፴፩)

"ቅድስት አመተ ክርስቶስ"

📅(ግንቦት 28 - 2016)

🎤 በመምህር ዲ/ዮርዳኖስ አበበ

✝ዝክረ ቅዱሳን ማኅበረ ቅዱስ ዳዊት

🌿ፍቅር ያጌብረኒ ከመ እንግር ዜናሆሙ ለቅዱሳን! (የቅዱሳንን ዜና እንድመሰክር ፍቅር ያስገድደኛል)

🌿አባ ጊዮርጊስ ዘጋስጫ (መጽሐፈ ምሥጢር)

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††† እንኩዋን ለበዓለ ዸራቅሊጦስ (መንፈስ ቅዱስ) በሰላም አደረሳችሁ †††

††† በዓለ ጰራቅሊጦስ (መንፈሰ ጽቅድ) †††

=>ከዚሕ በፊት እንደተመለከትነው የጌታችን ዓበይት በዓላቱ 2 ጊዜ (ማለትም
ጥንተ በዓልና የቀመር በዓል ተብለው) ይከበራሉ:: ዛሬም ከ➊➒➐➏ ዓመታት
በፊት አምላካችን መንፈስ ቅዱስ በቅዱሳን ሐዋርያት ላይ መውረዱን
እናስባለን::

††† ይህስ እንደ ምን ነው ቢሉ:-

+ቸር አምላክ ወልድ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ለእኛ ሲል
*ከልዑል ማዕርጉ ወርዶ:
*በማሕጸነ ድንግል ተጸንሶ:
*በኅቱም ድንግልና ተወልዶ:
*ከኃጢአት በቀር በግዕዘ ሕጻናት አድጐ:
*በ30 ዘመኑ ተጠምቆ:
*ቅድስት ሕግ ወንጌልን አስተምሮ:
*በፈቃዱ ሙቶ:
*በባሕርይ ስልጣኑ ተነስቶ:
*በአርባኛው ቀን ያርጋል::

+ታዲያ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን የቅዱስ መንፈሱን ጸጋ ተስፋ እንዲያደርጉ ነግሯቸው
ነበርና በተነሳ በ50ኛው ቀን: በዐረገ በ10 ቀን ተስፋውን ፈጸመላቸው::

+እመቤታችን ቅድስት ድንግል ማርያም ዶሮ ጫጩቶቿን በክንፎቿ እንድትይዝ
በአንድ ላይ ሰብስባ ለክብረ መንፈስ ቅዱስ አብቅታቸዋለች:: 120ው ቤተሰብ
ከጌታችን እናት ጋር ሲጸልዩ መንፈስ ቅዱስ በአውሎ ንፋስ አርአያ ወርዶ
በአምሳለ እሳት አደረባቸው::

+ቅዱሳን ሐዋርያት ፈሪዎች የነበሩ ደፋሮች: አሮጌ ሕሊና የነበራቸው
ሐዲሶች ሆኑ:: በአዕምሮ ጐለመሱ: ቁዋንቁዋ ተናገሩ: ምሥጢርም
ተረጐሙ:: በቅጽበትም ብሉይ ከሐዲስ በልቡናቸው ውስጥ ተሞላ::

+ሐዋርያቱ ቅዱስ መንፈስን ተቀብለው ዓለምን በወንጌል ዕርፈ መስቀል
አርሰዋል:: አልጫውን ዓለም ጨው ሆነው አጣፍጠዋል:: ሳይሳሱም
አንገታቸውን ለሰይፍ ሰጥተዋል::
"ኪያሁ መንፈሰ ነሢኦሙ ለለአሐዱ:
ሐዋርያት ለሰቢክ አሕጉራተ ዓለም ዖዱ:
ሰማዕትኒ ለሕማም ነገዱ::" እንዳለ ደራሲ::

✝በዚህ ቀን 2 ነገሮች በትኩረት ይነገራሉ:-

1."የመንፈስ ቅዱስ የባሕርይ አምላክነት:-"

✝እርሱ ከአብ የሠረጸ: ቅድመ ዓለም የነበረ: በባሕርይ ስልጣኑ ከአብና ከወልድ ጋር እኩል የሆነ: የራሱ ፍጹም አካል ያለው ፍጹም አምላካችን ነውና::

2."ቅድስት ቤተ ክርስቲያን:-"

✝አብ ያሰባት: ወልድ በደሙ የቀደሳት: መንፈስ ቅዱስ በጸጋው ያጸናት
የክርስቲያኖች አማናዊት አንድነት: አንድም ቤት ናትና:: ዛሬ በጉባዔ ተመስርታለች::

✝የመንፈስ ቅዱስ ቸርነቱ፤ ምሕረቱ፤ ጸጋው ይደርብን፡፡

ወስብሐት ለእግዚአብሔር ልዑል!

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✞✞✞On this day we commemorate the Descent of the Holy Spirit (the Feast of Pentecost)✞✞✞

✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞

✞✞✞The Feast of Pentecost-The Descent of the Holy Spirit ✞✞✞
=>As we have seen on previous days (on Ginbot 8/May 16), the Feasts of our Lord are celebrated twice a year (i.e. the Actual Dates “Tinte Beal” and the Movable Feasts “Yeqemer Beal”). Today also we commemorate that 1,980 years ago (from 2014 E.C) took place the Descent (Dorea) of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. 

✞✞✞If asked how that came to be, it was as follows.
✞After the Good God, the Son - Jesus Christ, for us
*Came [to this world] by humbling Himself
*Was conceived in the womb of the Virgin
*Was born of the Virgin
*Grew up like children but without sin
*Was baptized at age of 30 years
*Taught the Gospel, the holy commandment[s]
*Died by His will
*Arose from the dead by His authority
*And ascended on the 40th day of His resurrection;

✞As He had assured His disciples of the coming of His Holy Spirit, He fulfilled the promise on the 50th day of His resurrection and the 10th day of His ascension.

✞And our Lady the Virgin St. Mary gathering together the Apostles, as a mother hen would hold its chicks within its wings, enabled them to receive honor from the Holy Spirit. And while the 120 Disciples (called “The Kin of Christ”) prayed with our Lord’s Mother, the Holy Spirit descended in the manner of a rushing mighty wind and in the likeness of fire and dwelt in them [by grace].

✞Then, the Holy Apostles who were previously fearful became brave, and their timeworn conscience was renewed. They also became illuminated, spoke [different] languages, and explained mysteries. And in an instant their hearts were filled with the Old and New Testaments.

✞And after the Apostles received the Holy Spirit, they tilled the world with the Gospel. And as salts they sweetened the flavorless world. And they gave their necks, without hesitation, to the sword [for the sake of Christ’s name].

As the author has said,
“They received each [gifts] from the Holy Spirit
And to preach to the nations of the world the Apostles went
And as witnesses [they] travelled for torment”

✞Hence, on this day, 2 things are given emphasis in the discourses.
1. The Divinity of the Holy Spirit.
*That He is perfect God, Who proceeds from the Father, has existed before the world, is equal in authority with the Father and the Son, and has His own Hypostasis.
2. The Church
*That It is a true communion of Christians which was thought by the Father, sanctified by the blood of the Son and preserved by the gift[s] of the Holy Spirit. It is also the [consecrated] building or house of worship. And that on this day, it was established as a community – an ecclesia.

=>May the God of the Saints grant us His sinful servants from the grace of His Holy Spirit.

✞✞✞“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit), and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”✞✞✞
Acts 2:1-4

✞✞✞Salutations to God✞✞✞

"" ስንክሳር - ሰኔ ፩/1 ""

"በዓለ ጰራቅሊጦስ (መንፈስ ቅዱስ)"

"ወበዓለ ቅዱሳን ለውንትዮስ ወዮሴፍ ጻድቅ"

(ግንቦት 30 - 2017)

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††† እንኳን ለቅዱሳን ነቢያት ዮሐንስና ኤልሳዕ ዓመታዊ የፍልሠት በዓል በሰላም አደረሳችሁ፤ አደረሰን። †††

††† በስመ አብ ወወልድ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ አሐዱ አምላክ አሜን! †††

††† መጥምቀ መለኮት ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ †††

†††የቅዱሳኑ ዘካርያስና ኤልሳቤጥ ልጅ ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ:-
¤በብሥራተ መልዐክ የተጸነሰ
¤በማሕጸን ሳለ መንፈስ ቅዱስ የሞላበት
¤በበርሃ ያደገና በገዳማዊ ቅድስና ያጌጠ
¤እሥራኤልን ለንስሃ ያጠመቀ
¤የጌታችንን መንገድ የጠረገ
¤ጌታውን ያጠመቀና
¤ስለ እውነት አንገቱን የተቆረጠ ታላቅ ሰው ነው::
ስለዚሕም ቤተ ክርስቲያን:-
ነቢይ:
ሐዋርያ:
ሰማዕት:
ጻድቅ:
ገዳማዊ:
መጥምቀ መለኮት:
ጸያሔ ፍኖት:
ቃለ ዐዋዲ . . . ብላ ታከብረዋለች::

††† ቅዱስ ኤልሳዕ ነቢይ †††

††† ከነቢያተ እሥራኤል አንዱ ኤልሳዕ:-
¤ከእርሻ ሥራ ቅዱስ ኤልያስን የተከተለ
¤መናኔ ጥሪት የተባለ
¤በድንግልና ሕይወት የኖረ
¤የታላቁ ነቢይ ኤልያስ መንፈስ እጥፍ የሆነለት
¤እጅግ ብዙ ተአምራትን ያደረገ
¤አንዴ በሕይወቱ : አንዴ በአጽሙ ሙታንን ያስነሳ ታላቅ ነቢይና አባት ነው::
ቅዱሳት መጻሕፍት ሁለቱን ቅዱሳን በመልካቸውም ይገልጿቸዋል::
ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ
¤ቁመቱ ልከኛ
¤አካሉ በጸጉር የተሸፈነ
¤የራሱ ጸጉር በወገቡ
¤ጽሕሙ እስከ መታጠቃያው የወረደ
¤ግርማው የሚያስፈራ የ31 ዓመት ጎልማሳ ነበር::
ቅዱስ ኤልሳዕ
¤በጣም ረዥም
¤ራሱ ገባ ያለ (ራሰ በራ)
¤ቀጠን ያለ
¤ፊቱ ቅጭም ያለ (የማይስቅ) ሽማግሌ ነበር::

በዚሕች ቀን በ350 ዓ/ም አካባቢ የሁለቱም ቅዱሳን አጽም ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ ግብፅ ፈልሷል:: በወቅቱ ክፋተኛ የነበረው ንጉሥ ዑልያኖስ ክርስቲያኖችን ለማጥፋት ሞክሮ ነበር:: ለዚሕ እንዲረዳው በ70 ዓ/ም የፈረሰውን የአይሁድ ቤተ መቅደስ አንጻለሁ ቢልም 3 ጊዜ ፈረሰበት::

ምክንያቱን ቢጠይቅ "የክርስትያኖች አጽም በሥሩ ስላለ እሱን አውጥተህ አቃጥል" አሉት::
ሲቆፈር በመጀመሪያ የሁለቱ ቅዱሳን አጽም በምልክት በመታወቁ በኢየሩሳሌም የነበሩ ክርስቲያኖች በብዙ ብር ገዝተው : ወደ ግብፅ አውርደው ለቅዱስ አትናቴዎስ ሰጥተውታል:: እርሱም በስደት ላይ ነበርና በክብር ደብቋቸዋል::

በኋላም በቅዱስ ቴዎፍሎስ ዘመን ቤተ ክርስቲያናቸው ታንጾ በዚህ ቀን ተቀድሷል:: በቅዳሴው ሰዓትም ቅዱስ ቴዎፍሎስ ዮሐንስ መጥምቁና ቅዱስ ኤልሳዕ ወርደው ሕዝቡን ሲባርኩ በይፋ ተመልክቷል::

††† አምላከ ቅዱሳን የወዳጆቹን ፍቅር ያድለን::

†††ሰኔ 2 ቀን የሚከበሩ ዓመታዊ የቅዱሳን በዓላት
1.ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ መጥምቀ መለኮት (ፍልሠቱ)
2.ቅዱስ ኤልሳዕ ነቢይ (ፍልሠቱ)
3.አባ ቀውስጦስ ኢትዮዽያዊ

†††ወርኀዊ በዓላት
1.ቅዱስ ታዴዎስ ሐዋርያ
2.ቅዱስ ኢዮብ ጻድቅ ተአጋሲ
3.ቅዱስ አቤል ጻድቅ
4.ቅዱስ አባ ዻውሊ ገዳማዊ (ታላቁ)
5.ቅዱስ ሳዊሮስ ዘአንጾኪያ
6.አባ ሕርያቆስ ዘሃገረ ብሕንሳ

†††"ጌታ ኢየሱስ ለሕዝቡ ስለ ዮሐንስ ሊናገር ጀመረ . . . ምን ልታዩ ወጣችሁ? ነቢይን? አዎን እላችሁአለሁ ከነቢይም የሚበልጠውን . . . እውነት እላቹሃለሁ ከሴቶች ከተወለዱት መካከል ከመጥምቁ ዮሐንስ የሚበልጥ አልተነሳም . . . ነቢያት ሁሉና ሕጉ እስከ ዮሐንስ ድረስ ትንቢት ተናገሩ:: ልትቀበሉትስ ብትወዱ ይመጣ ዘንድ ያለው ኤልያስ ይሕ ነው::
የሚሰማ ጀሮ ያለው ይስማ::" †††
(ማቴ. 11:7-15)

††† ወስብሐት ለእግዚአብሔር †††


" ፍቅር ያጌብረኒ ከመ እንግር ዜናሆሙ ለቅዱሳን"::/የቅዱሳንን ዜና(ታሪክ) እንድመሰክር ፍቅር ያስገድደኛል:: አባ ጊዮርጊስ ዘጋስጫ /መጽሐፈ ምሥጢር/
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#Feasts of #Senne_2

✞✞✞On this day we commemorate the translocation of the relics of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Elisha✞✞✞

✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞

✞✞✞ Saint John the Baptist ✞✞✞
✞ Saint John the Baptist, the son of the Sts. Zacharias and Elisabeth,
* was filled by the Holy Spirit in the womb,
*grew in the desert and was adorned with ascetic holiness,
*baptized Israel for repentance,
*paved the way for our Lord (was the Forerunner),
*also baptized his Lord and
*was a great man who was beheaded for the truth.

✞Thence, the Church honors him with the following titles among many others.
*Prophet,
*Apostle,
*Martyr,
*Righteous,
*Ascetic,
*Baptizer of the Incarnate Word (‘Metmeke Melekot’ – the Baptist),
*Forerunner,
*And Herald (“the voice that crieth in the wilderness”).

✞✞✞Saint Elisha ✞✞✞
=>Elisha, one of the Prophets of Israel, was a great prophet and father that
*followed St. Elijah from his farm,
*was called as the one who shunned material wealth,
*lived a life of celibacy/virginity,
*was granted the double portion of the spirit of Elijah,
*made numerous miracles,
*and that raised the dead once when he was alive and once by his relic.

✞✞✞The Holy Books describe the appearances of both Saints as follows.

✞Saint John the Baptist
*was of medium height
*his body was covered with hair (camel’s hair)
*his hair reached his back
*his beard reached his girdle
*And was an adult of 31 years that had a great majesty

✞Saint Elisha
*was very tall,
*bald,
*thin,
* and an old man that had a serious appearance.

✞On this day, around the year 350 A.D the relics of both Saints were translocated from Jerusalem to Egypt. The Emperor of the time, Julian the Infidel, tried to annihilate Christians. And to help him accomplish this, he tried to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem, which was destroyed in the year 70 A.D. However, what he tried to build shattered 3 times. 

✞And when he asked for the reason, they (Jews) said to him, “Because there are relics of Christians beneath, you should get them out and burn them.”

✞Hence, when the ground was dug, because the relics of the two Saints were found first and were known by signs, Christians that were in Jerusalem bought them and took them to Egypt and gave them to St. Athanasius. And since he was in exile, he hid them honorably.

✞Later, during the time of St. Theophilus, their Church was built and consecrated on this day. And during the liturgy St. Theophilus saw St. John the Baptist, and St. Elisha vividly.

✞✞✞May the God of the Saints grant us the love of His beloved.

✞✞✞ Annual feasts celebrated on the 2nd of Senne
1. St. John the Baptist (His translocation)
2. St. Elisha the Prophet (His translocation)
3. Abba Qewstos the Ethiopian

✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts
1. St. Thaddeus the Apostle
2. The Righteous and Longsuffering St. Job
3. St. Abel the Righteous
4. St. Abba Paul the Hermit (the Great)
5. St. John the Prophet (the Baptist)
6. St. Severus of Antioch
7. Abba Heryakos of Behensa

✞✞✞“And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John . . . what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet . . . Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist . . . For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”✞✞✞
Matt. 11:7-15

✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞

(Translated by Mhr. Esuendale Shemeles with the permission of Dn. Yordanos Abebe)