ዝክረ ቅዱሳን ማኅበረ ቅዱስ ዳዊት - ዘብሔረ ጎንደር (ዲ/ዮርዳኖስ አበበ)

#Feasts of #Megabit_26

✞✞✞On this day we commemorate the actual date of ‘Me’sete Hamus’ - The Evening of Thursday (Holy Thursday) and the departure of Eupraxia the Virgin✞✞✞

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

✞✞✞‘Me’sete Hamus’ - The Evening of Thursday (Holy Thursday) ✞✞✞
=>1,980 years ago (counted backwards from 2014 E.C – Ethiopian Calendar) on this day called ‘Me’sete Hamus’ – Holy Thursday, may the invocation of His name be elevated, our Savior Jesus Christ
1. Washed the feet of His Apostles humbly lowering Himself while He is the Creator of the world in the house of His beloved Lazarus.
2. Gave His Holy Body and Honorable Blood for our salvation for the first time.
3. Taught us to pray saying, “Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation” and by praying in Gethsemane until His sweat came down like drops of blood.
4. And in the evening, around 3, Judas came followed by the Jewish archpriests and delivered Him up for 30 silver pieces. (Matt. 26:26/John 13:1)

✞✞✞As all this was done for our salvation, praise and glory be to our God, Jesus Christ.

✞✞✞Saint Eupraxia (Euphrasia) the Virgin✞✞✞
=>Also on this day, our mother St. Eupraxia the Virgin departed.

✞The Saint was a mother that lived in the 5th century. At the age of 9 years, she despised the treasures of the world, as her kinsfolk were the likes of the Roman Emperor Honorius, and became an ascetic. St. Eupraxia the Virgin departed on this day after living in a monastery/convent, in prayer and fasting, in perfect humility and obedience and in love.

✞✞✞May the God of our Holy Mother grant us from her blessings.

✞✞✞Annual feasts celebrated on the 26th of Megabit
1. The Holy Apostles
2. St. Eupraxia the Virgin
3. St. Perpeius the Martyr

✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts
1. St. Thomas the Apostle
2. Abune Habte Maryam the Righteous
3. Abune Iyesus Moa of Hayk Monastery
4. Saints Martyrs of Najran
5. Saint Abune Selama Kesate Birhan (the Illuminator)

✞✞✞“Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.”✞✞✞
John 6:54-56

✞✞✞“So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.”✞✞✞
John 13:12-14

✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞

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

††† እንኳን ለጥንተ በዓለ ምሴተ ሐሙስ እና ኢዮጰራቅስያ ድንግል ዓመታዊ በዓል በሰላም አደረሳችሁ፤ አደረሰን። †††

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

††† ምሴተ ሐሙስ †††

††† ስም አጠራሩ ከፍ ከፍ ይበልና መድኃኒታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ከ1978 ዓመታት በፊት "ምሴተ ሐሙስ" በምትባለው በዚሕች ዕለት:-
1.በወዳጁ በዓልዓዛር ቤት የዓለማት ፈጣሪ ሲሆን በትሕትና ዝቅ ብሎ የደቀ መዛሙርቱን እግር አጥቧል::
2.ለእኛ ድኅነት ይሆነን ዘንድ ቅዱስ ሥጋውን : ክቡር ደሙን ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ ሰጥቷል::
3.በጌቴሴማኒ ላበቱ እንደ ደም እየተንጠፈጠፈ ጸልዮ "ወደ ፈተና እንዳትገቡ ጸልዩ" ሲል አስተምሯል::
4.ምሽት 3 ሰዓት አካባቢ ይሁዳ ሊቃነ ካህናቱን አስከትሎ መጥቶ ለ30 ብር አሳልፎ ሰጥቶታል:: (ማቴ. 26:26 / ዮሐ. 13:1)

ይሕ ሁሉ ለእኛ ድኅነት ተፈጽሟልና ምስጋናና ክብር ለፈጣሪያችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ይሁን::

††† ኢዮጰራቅስያ ድንግል †††

††† ዳግመኛ በዚህ ዕለት እናታችን ቅድስት ኢዮጰራቅስያ ድንግል አርፋለች::

ቅድስቲቱ በ5ኛው መቶ ክ/ዘመን የነበረች እናት ስትሆን ገና በ9 ዓመቷ ምድራዊ ሐብትን ንቃ መንናለች:: ምክንያቱም ዘመዶቿ የሮም ነገሥታት እነ አኖሬዎስ ነበሩና:: ድንግል ኢዮጰራቅስያ በገዳም : በጾምና በጸሎት : በፍፁም ትሕትናና ታዛዥነት : እንዲሁም በፍቅር ኑራ በዚህች ቀን አርፋለች::

††† ከቅድስት እናታችን በረከት አምላኩዋ ይክፈለን::

††† መጋቢት 26 ቀን የሚከበሩ ዓመታዊ የቅዱሳን በዓላት
1.ቅዱሳን ሐዋርያት
2.ቅድስት ድንግል ኢዮጰራቅስያ
3.ቅዱስ ፍርፍርዮስ ሰማዕት

††† ወርሐዊ በዓላት
1.ቅዱስ ቶማስ ሐዋርያ
2.አቡነ ሐብተ ማርያም ጻድቅ
3.አቡነ ኢየሱስ ሞዐ ዘሐይቅ
4.ቅዱሳን ሰማዕታተ ናግራን
5.አቡነ ሰላማ ከሣቴ ብርሃን

††† "ሥጋዬን የሚበላ ደሜንም የሚጠጣ የዘለዓለም ሕይወት አለው:: እኔም በመጨረሻው ቀን አስነሳዋለሁ:: ሥጋዬ እውነተኛ መብል: ደሜም እውነተኛ መጠጥ ነውና:: ሥጋዬን የሚበላ ደሜንም የሚጠጣ በእኔ ይኖራል:: እኔም በርሱ እኖራለሁ::" †††
(ዮሐ. 6:53-56)

††† "እግራቸውን አጥቦ: ልብሱንም አንስቶ ዳግመኛ ተቀመጠ:: እንዲሕም አላቸው:- 'ያደረግሁላችሁን ታስተውላላችሁን? እናንተ መምሕርና ጌታ ትሉኛላችሁ:: እንዲሁ ነኝና መልካም ትላላችሁ:: እንግዲህ እኔ ጌታና መምሕር ስሆን እግራችሁን ካጠብሁ እናንተ ደግሞ እርስ በርሳችሁ እግራችሁን ትተጣጠቡ ዘንድ ይገባል::' " †††
(ዮሐ. 13:12-14)

††† ወስብሐት ለእግዚአብሔር †††

#Feasts of #Megabit_25

✞✞✞On this day we concluded the Season of Hagay/Bega and commemorate the departure of the Apostle St. Onesiphorous (one of the 72 Disciples)✞✞✞

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

✞✞✞Completion of the Season of the Ethiopian Summer (Hagay/Bega) – Winter in the West✞✞✞
=>Our Creator, God, made all creation for the benefit of the children of men. And He, the Lord, has formed, defined and given us years, months, weeks, days and hours. [Accordingly] the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church as an ancient apostolic Church does all Her activities in order.

✞And conferring to her calendrical computations a year is divided into 4 seasons. And basing these seasons, our father, St. Yared (Jared), has composed spiritual hymns [in the 6th century A.D.].

✞✞✞And these seasons are;
1. The Season of Kiremt [Ethiopian Winter – Summer in the West] (From Senne 26/July 03 – Meskerem 25/October 05),
2. The Season of Metsew/Tsege [Ethiopian Spring – Autumn in the West] (From Meskerem 26/October 06 – Tahisas 25/January 03),
3. The Season of Hagay/Bega [Ethiopian Summer – Winter in the West] (From Tahisas 26/January 04 – Megabit 25/April 03) and
4. The Season of Tsedey/Belg/Meker [Ethiopian Autumn/ Fall – Spring in the West] (From Megabit 26/April 04 – Senne 25/July 02).

=>May God Who blessed the Season of Hagay/Bega also bless and make this, the Season of Tsedey/Belg/Meker, a time of repentance for us all.

✞✞✞Saint Onesiphorus (also called Friska)✞✞✞
=>On this day departed the Apostle Onesiphor(o)us who was counted as one of the 72 Disciples. He followed our Lord from the city of Nain and had spent the days and nights where He did.

✞✞✞Jews concluded their plot to kill the Lord✞✞✞
=>Also on this day, the Jews finalized and agreed on their scheme to kill our Lord. And Judas of Iscariot made a pact with them to deliver Him up for 30 silver pieces.

✞✞✞May the forgiveness and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ be with us all.

✞✞✞ Annual feasts celebrated on the 25th of Megabit
1. St. Onesiphorus the Apostle (One of the 72)

✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts
1. St. Mercurius Martyr
2. St. Thecla Apostolic
3. St. Abakragoun Martyr
4. St. Domadius El-Souriani (The Syrian)
5. Abune Abib (Abba Bula)
6. St. Abba Abu Fana the Righteous

✞✞✞“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds . . . when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high”✞✞✞
Heb.1:1-3

✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞

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

††† እንኳን ለዘመነ ሐጋይ (በጋ) የመጨረሻ ዕለትና ለሐዋርያው ቅዱስ አንሲፎሮስ በዓለ ዕረፍት በሰላም አደረሳችሁ፤ አደረሰን። †††

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

††† አምላካችን እግዚአብሔር ሁሉን ስነ ፍጥረት የፈጠረ ለሰው ልጆች ጥቅም ነው:: ጌታ አዝማናትን : ወሮችን : ሳምንታትን : ቀኖችንና ሰዓታትን ፈጥሮ : ወስኖ ሰጥቶናል:: የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ጥንታዊት እንደ መሆኗ ሁሉ ነገሯ በሥርዓት ይፈፀማል::

በራሷ የዘመን ቀመር ስሌት መሠረትም አንድ ዓመት በአራት ወቅቶች ይከፈላል:: አባታችን ሊቁ ቅዱስ ያሬድም እነዚህን ወቅቶች መሠረት አድርጎ መንፈሳዊ ድርሰቶችን ደርሷል::

እነዚሕ አዝማናት (ወቅቶች):-
1.ዘመነ ክረምት (ከሰኔ 26 እስከ መስከረም 25)
2.ዘመነ መፀው (ከመስከረም 26 እስከ ታኅሣሥ 25)
3.ዘመነ ሐጋይ (ከታኅሣሥ 26 እስከ መጋቢት 25)
4.ዘመነ ፀደይ (ከመጋቢት 26 እስከ ሰኔ 25) መሆናቸው ይታወቃል::

ዘመነ ሐጋይ (በጋን) የባረከ አምላክ ዘመነ ፀደይ (መከርን) እንዲባርክልን : የንስሐ ጊዜም እንዲያደርግልን ቅዱስ ፈቃዱ ይሁን::

††† ቅዱስ አንሲፎሮስ †††

††† በዚህች ዕለት ጌታችንን በሃገረ ናይን የተከተለ : ከዋለበት ውሎ : ካደረበት ያደረ : ከሰባ ሁለቱ አርድእት የተቆጠረ ሐዋርያው ቅዱስ አንሲፎሮስ አርፏል::

††† ዳግመኛ በዚህ ዕለት አይሁድ ለመጨረሻ ጊዜ ጌታችንን ሊገድሉት ተስማሙ:: ይሁዳም በ30 ብር ይሸጠው ዘንድ ከአይሁድ ጋር ተዋዋለ::

††† የጌታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ይቅርታውና ምሕረቱ ከሁላችን ጋር ይሁን::

††† መጋቢት 25 ቀን የሚከበሩ ዓመታዊ የቅዱሳን በዓላት
1.ቅዱስ አንሲፎሮስ ሐዋርያ (ከሰባ ሁለቱ አርድእት)

††† ወርኀዊ በዓላት
1.ቅዱስ መርቆሬዎስ ሰማዕት
2.ቅድስት ቴክላ ሐዋርያዊት
3.ቅዱስ አበከረዙን ሰማዕት
4.ቅዱስ ዱማድዮስ ሶርያዊ
5.አቡነ አቢብ (አባ ቡላ)
6.ቅዱስ አባ አቡፋና ጻድቅ

††† "ከጥንት ጀምሮ እግዚአብሔር በብዙ ዓይነትና በብዙ ጐዳና ለአባቶቻችን በነቢያት ተናግሮ: ሁሉን ወራሽ ባደረገው ደግሞም ዘመናትን በፈጠረበት በልጁ በዚህ ዘመን መጨረሻ ለእኛ ተናገረን:: እርሱም . . . ኃጢአታችንን በራሱ ካነጻ በኋላ በሰማያት በግርማው ቀኝ ተቀመጠ::" †††
(ዕብ. ፩፥፩)

††† ወስብሐት ለእግዚአብሔር †††