Spiritual Practices
This is the ancient language still used in the liturgy of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
What is Ge'ez?
This day of the week is traditionally observed with fasting and prayer, in addition to Wednesdays.
What is Friday?
This Old Testament Queen is believed to have visited King Solomon and bore him a son.
Who is the Queen of Sheba?
This celebration marks the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River.
What is the Epiphany or Timket?
The Oriental Orthodox Bible contains this many books, including the Deuterocanonical books, and the American Protestant Bible contains this many books.
What is 81 & 66?
This practice involves abstaining from food and drink for a period before Holy Communion.
What is fasting?
This term refers to the spiritual leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
What is the Abuna or Patriarch?
This prophet, who was swallowed by a whale, is commemorated in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
Who is Jonah?
This major festival celebrates the discovery of the True Cross by Empress Helena.
What is the finding of the true cross or Meskel?
There are this many Oriental Orthodox Churches.
What is 6.
Armenian Apostolic Church, Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
This prayer book is recited every day by devout members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and venerates the Virgin Mary?
What is the Prayers of St.Mary or Wudasse Mariam.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church recognizes this many sacraments.
What is seven?
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church believes this man carried the Cross for Jesus on the way to Golgotha.
Who is Simon of Cyrene?
This is the 55-day fasting period before Easter in the Oriental Orthodox Church.
What is the Great Fast or Abiy Tsom?
This ancient manuscript and part of the Bible, written in Ge'ez, is one of the oldest Christian texts and contains many apocryphal writings.
What is the Book of Enoch?
This sacred object, a replica of the Ark of the Covenant, is found in every Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
What is the Ark of the Covenant or Tabot?
This is the traditional form of Christian marriage ceremony in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
What is Teklil or Sacrament of Holy Matrimony?
Isaac being spared, with the ram sacrificed in his place, foreshadows the future sacrifice of this figure.
Who is Jesus Christ?
This Holy Week service commemorates the Last Supper and the Washing of the Feet.
What is Tselote Hamus or Holy and Maundy Thursday?
This biblical book, often associated with the end times and not included in the Western canon, is part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Bible and features a narrative about the final battle between good and evil.
What is the Book of Jubilees?
This special form of monastic life is highly revered and practiced in the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition.
What is hermitic monasticism?
In addition to prayer and fasting, this practice is also considered a key pillar during the fasting season.
What is Almsgiving?
This event is celebrated as the moment when Jesus revealed his divinity to the disciples on Mount Tabor.
What is the Transfiguration?
This festival, celebrated 50 days after Easter, commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit.
What is Pentecost?
This Christological term, meaning "one united nature," describes the belief in Christ's divine and human natures being united in one, a key tenet of the Oriental Orthodox faith.
What is Miaphysitism or Tewahedo?