Corrections: - At one point in the video, I say that the blood and flesh of Christ is "symbolically" consumed. This was a poor choice of words in the moment, as it seems to imply the theological understanding that the bread and wine only symbolizes the blood and flesh, which is not the doctrine of the EOC. Question: Lately, I've been recording some of my videos without my classic Shure SM7, instead using a portable microphone. This inevitably results in somewhat lower sound quality in general, but it also makes the recording of the videos much easier and less time consuming. Let me know if you notice a major difference and if the sound quality is getting in the way, so I can decide what the best option is going forward.
It did sound a bit more muffled than usual, and I had to repeat more passages. But this probably wasn't as much of a difference for me as it is for you, by the sounds of it (no pun intended).
I’m Ethiopian Orthodox but I attend a Coptic Church because there is no Ethiopian/Eritrean Church where I live. My daughter was recently baptized in this Coptic Church
The cool feature about the Ethiopian Orthodox church is that it is so isolated that it preserves many texts and features from other (extinct) traditions. It can teach us a lot about the diverse climate in which both Christianity and Pharisaic Judaism emerged and prevailed, amd what other movements influenced them. In some ways Ethiopia functions in itself as some sort of 'ark'.
Very perceptive. While serving in the Army, i was in Ethiopia and saw religious celebrations,. Their faith has a more Orthodox Jewish "vibe" than (say) Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism but also seems to influence Islam as well.
My favorite thing about European colonization of Africa is that Europeans came to Ethiopia and tried to convert them to Christianity, and the Ethiopians said "Yeah we already know about Jesus. Now get out". And they remained the only African country to never be occupied by a hostile or empirical European force.
in 1632 the portugese managed to convert the emperor susenyos to catholicism who later made catholicism the state religion, then the people revolted to not convert . war began and the people won. 8,000 people died in the war. the emperor stepped down , his son emperor took power , restored orthodoxy and abolished catholicism in ethiopia. this is to say that its not that Europeans and others havent tried to conquer and convert Ethiopia but the people have always resisted for millenia and kept their faith.
I have a friend who is apart of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and I myself am trasitioning from pentecostalism to Ethiopian Orthodox. I am so glad you metioned the Rastas, because im half Jamacian and we adopt alot of Ethiopian symbols into our culture.
As a Catholic, I'm so happy you made this video. Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Christians are some of the most piously inpsiring and kind brothers I have ever had the pleasure of learning about and being with. So happy more people get to learn about their beautiful tradition with this video.
Also the most ancient ancient tradition. Whatever legitimate disagreements we have we really should all be slightly stunned at the Ethiopian Church and its traditions. And the Copts in Egypt
As an Ethiopian Orthodox,i would like to thank you and your team for making this beautyful video 🙏it's way of explaining from the beginning is amazing. God bless u. Brother
Ohh so your from armenia that's cool i've always had a fascination for christianity and the early church especially for the eastern churches because they seem to be more closer to the actual teachings of jesus and his apostles compared to the western churches which i would say is just watered down or carve bored cutout version of the true teachings of christ and his apostles I really pray that Allah swt helps guide christians to the true teachings christ and his apostles and uphold the new covenant made to you by your Lord and may true christianity be revived, preserved & flourish till the day of resurrection Best regards from a muslim ( line of ismail ) P . S i think armenian girls are very gorgeous
Every christian organization gets corrupt over time for 1 simple reason they disobey the word of God on church structure, and it is fallen human nature to seek to rule. For example the Bible’s church leadership structure has requirements that you can look up “requirements to be an elder”. And the head over the church is Jesus Christ and the scriptural safeguard for this is unity in Christ. So in the Bible there is no one higher than an elder. In the Old Testament God was mad that Israel wanted a king and he said I would have ruled over you. So the safeguard is people full of the spirit who have proven to lead their families well, who have no desire to become rich or are self seeki by or have selfish ambition. Full of the spirit is to be lead by God which takes surrender and self denial. Next look at the early church they strictly forbid violence, I can provide verses for this it’s not even a debate nor was it a debate for the first 300 years of Christianity. if someone would join the military they would be kicked out of the church and there are many secular historical accounts of soils era who converted who refused to kill being thrown into the colonial to be killed by lions and such. You think the orthodox keep to original Christianity is a conclusion you came to based on never reading the Bible which your Quran tells you to. Assumptions are not wise, nor is trust in man.
22:20 Issue with the statement here. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church does not believe that the Communion is symbolic, but rather that it is the true Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. Even after the holy Liturgy, it is forbidden for the faithful to refer to the Holy elements as “bread” or “wine.”
@@nicholascharles9625 yes that's one of the traditional beliefs we still share, although I think they're not 100% the same. But I don't know the fine details of what the catholics say on the matter
I left evangelicalism 10 years ago, but after immersing myself in Near Death Experience research for a year, I have returned, compelled to honor the God overwhelmingly testified to-but I couldn’t go back to what I knew and have found Orthodoxy to be its fullness. I’m new to it all but seeing Ethiopian preservation of the ancient is pretty wild. ☦️
I grew up in this. Although not "religious" now, I still appreciate and like a lot of it. It is a very vast and complex sect. You wont be disapointed if you dive into it.
It’s wonderfully exiting & mostly interesting having a deep knowledge of Ethiopian Orthodox being myself Lebanese Armenian Orthodox 🇱🇧 Thank you for the share 🤲🏼🫶🏻😊
@@A.D.540very different national stories though. Potentially a single video titled “other miaphysite churches” could work but they aren’t sufficiently covered here to mark them as fully done I don’t think
Be the follower of Jesus Christ our Lord son of God Almighty. It’s good to be love book of Enoch but lots of people in the west fascinated by this book coz they have so much thought about God. It’s scares me that lots of people can interpret in their own way
omg man im a big fan of ur vids never in my imagination have i thought i would see this vid man im ethiopian in ethiopia ill watch it later since i have a job now but man this is goona be a treat thank you man
@@LetsTalkReligion I haven't watched it yet lol but absolutely man thanks for replying I already feel ur respect for the culture and ur recent vid about Mansoor al halaj was enlightening arigato man
As an ex-Muslim I am just consistently fascinated by Christianity ❤ the more I learn the more I just love and respect this diverse and mystical religion
@@cosmo_mosyYes, I know the story of King Najashi who gave early Muslims a safe refuge from prosecution. Perhaps this why the Koran is not as harsh on Christians as on Jews, and call Christians are the closest of affections to Muslims and they calling them saints and humble people. I think it’s because Muhammad held that protection by Christians dear to his heart. Who knows!
@@cosmo_mosyThe same can be said to christianity. Without hellenism, christianity can not be created. Creationist can trace back their faith to a certain culture, norm or mythologies.
As usual my mind is blown by just how diverse any religion can be. You and your brilliant friends of theology are walking, breathing encyclopedias. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and interest.
Thank you for shedding light on Ethiopian religious history. It’s always great to see this rich and diverse history explained clearly for those looking to understand more. Ethiopia has such a deep-rooted spiritual heritage, from ancient Christianity other to its unique practices. Your content offers valuable insight!
A small observation about miaphisitism is that recent Catholic-Coptic and Orthodox-Coptic conferences have agreed that the original issue was basically semantic as each party would mean one thing when talking about physis and hypostasis. The Pope of Alexandria confessed pretty much the chalcedonian creed and, at least on this case, mutual claims of heresy are lifted which is a great step towards unity.
This is incorrect and totally false. The patristic and clerical consensus from the Oriental Orthodox Church has always been that the Chalcedonian churches are heretics and even in Ethiopia, Chalcedon is called “The Council of Dogs”. No anathemas have been lifted from either side and we continue to condemn the Chalcedonians as heretics and the Eastern “Orthodox” to this day curse the Oriental Orthodox Patriarchs BY NAME in their anathema services. There is no semantic issue. It’s purely theological and in any recent 20th century discussion it’s actually the Chalcedonian churches who have conceded much of their positions in order to form joint statements Please refrain from commenting about such issues where your ignorance may confuse people and spread misinformation to the masses who don’t know any better.
Such a fascinating story 👏 Although, as an Ethiopian, i grew up hearing and learning about the history of Ethiopian Christianity, I'm still astonished by the bravery and wisdom of our forefathers in preserving the old tradition 🙏🏽
@@harlemraider3347 It’s also celebrated by Catholics and some Protestants as well, although the celebrations aren’t as fancy as the Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, and the Church of the East.
Betam tiru Filip. Very good! This is an engaging and learned introduction to Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Ethiopia itself. Thank you as always for your wonderful videos and dropping on the Ethiopian festival of Meskel too!
The diversity of Christianity is so fascinating to me, someone who grew up in a plain-jane repressed Lutheran Missouri Synod church. My pastor would have been loath to even acknowledge that orthodox and apostolic churches even existed. For all he cared the Land of Zion was Battle Creek, Michigan.
@@joshuabarker5703 Protestant cringe. Dudes say "apostles are based and have the Word of God." Then in the next breath say "somewhere down the line of hand picked successors... something happened to corrupt the church." Sure buddy.
I'm reminded of what was written in the introduction of a book I was reading the other day, wherein the fellow introducing the work on behalf of the author referenced "...Protestantism--already simplified unto the point of idiocy--has somehow actually been simplified even further, in the modern West..." I'm largely irreligious, myself, but if I were ever to convert, my goodness would it not be to a Protestant denomination. I have attended Catholic services, and had to admit even to myself I felt some sense of divine mystery--probably would have been far greater, were this back when the Mass was still Latin and so forth--but I felt absolutely nothing when listening to some under-educated pastor screech about donating at the local "non-denominational" church (and that after a bunch of incredibly lame "rocking out" with electric guitars to "re-vamped" versions of classic hymns; and they wonder why they're declining!).
If you ever make an episode on the Rastafari then I very much look forward to it, when I was a devout Catholic the topic of liturgy interested me a lot and the Ethiopian rite was one of the ones I was the least familiar with and during the pandemic I watched a stream from a parish in the US which was done in English. From what I remember it really goes on for hours and it might be longer than the Eastern Orthodox liturgies I watched and went to in the past, the Biblical canon is something else that really fascinated me and I’m glad you mentioned it as well.
As a Catholic I can say theosis is present in all strains of apostolic Christianity, each just puts a different emphasis on it. In the Latin Church St. Thomas Aquinas talked about "deificatione" and in the west our mystical theologians talk about the purgative, illuminative, and unitive stage of the spiritual life. There are analogous terms in Greek and I'm sure there are analogous terms in Ge'ez. There is also a Ethiopian Catholic Church and the Eritrean Catholic Church, which also uses the Ge'ez Rite, was established by Pope Francis a few years ago.
@@cheatcoddes Yes it existed then and I'm not sure but I think one of them was open to communion with Rome during Florence (I think) but the emissaries were murdered in Egypt by Copts before the union was able to be formed. I'm not sure if that was during Susenyos or not. The Ethiopian Church is very old. It was evangelized by St. Frumentius very early on.
Susyenos was a traitor corrupted by heretical chalcedonian jesuits and he proceeded to murder orthodox Christians and banned orthodoxy but thankfully his son established orthodoxy again
@@cheatcoddesyes but not officially Catholicism not survived the Portuguese agenda to convert ancient Ethiopian church to them wan not successful after fierce struggle thanks to God and hero Ethiopians
I am an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian and I have never seen such a concise and beautiful explanation of our church. But I don't think It's St. John's son of thunder anaphora. It is St. John Chrysostom's. As it's called the 'anaphora of saint John Chrysostom'--የቅዱስ ዮሐንስ አፈወርቅ የቁርባን ምስጋና. And the concept of theosis is well expressed in the church and it's the Church's central teaching.
I was happy to recently find an affordable Ethiopian Orthodox Bible translated in English. I just arrived & I unboxed it yesterday. Im looking forward into diving into it
I'm Coptic myself but I love the our Ethiopian siblings. When I'm in Egypt, we always have Ethiopians in our mass and vise versa. Also, they're HELLA pious (can I say it like that lol? I'm from LA lol)
Ethiopia's round churches are unusual, but the basic layout of three separate sections is not - every Orthodox and traditional Catholic church theoretically follows the same layout in imitation of the Temple of Jerusalem. How each section is used varies somewhat (where the debtera stand, for example, is where the laity usually go in other traditions), but not significantly (the altar/holy of holies is only for clergy and approved servers, for example). What is unique (besides the various Jewish practices and the fasting) is how the tabot is treated, as you touched on in speaking about the Ark and Epiphany. It is what allows the celebration of the Divine Liturgy on a particular altar and has parallels elsewhere (the antimension of the Chalcedonian Orthodox, the mensa in traditional Catholic practice, the tablitho in the Levant...), but how it is treated is VERY different. The role of its parallels is so low key that most Orthodox probably don't know of their existence, but in Ethiopia the Old Testament's description of King David dancing before the Ark comes to life on Epiphany with the procession of the tabotat from the churches. It's pretty amazing 🙂
Could you create a video on the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, also known as the Indian Orthodox Church? In the video, please explain their challenges and issues, including their perceived lethargy. It would be helpful to briefly discuss the split within the church and emphasize that India had Christians long before European influence. This video could significantly help in reaching a broader community within our church. Thank you!
This is the closest explanation of Ethiopian church We appreciate you sir Still you can disagree with many details but in general it's great work Bless you
Thank you man i' m from Ethiopia we are glad that you make this Amazing video thanks Alot & please make more videos for Ethiopian Orthdox chrches religion .🙏👏👏👏
It is good explanation .your presentation is so beautiful ,precise ,concise ,and You tried to explore all of church service . Thanks may God bless you❤
Thank you for this wonderful explanation of the Ethiopians, an interesting and ancient branch of the Christian family. For the most part they have been considered exotic or odd, if even heard of. Their icons are really beautiful.
The Ethiopian Tewahedo Chuch ❤ the one and only true church along side its sister churches of Egypt, Syria India and Armenia ! I hope many orthodox, catholic and Protestants come join the true church
An excellent video Thankyou Philepe. Im finding all roads to Chritianity seem to be leading to Ethiopia and the Orthodox faith. This was very helpful in providing key names and practices. And lol on the coffee remark.
Somewhat unusual, but I’d love to see you do a video on the succession of state-sponsored cults that gained traction during the French Revolution (Cult of Reason, Cult of the Supreme Being, Decadary Cult, Theophilanthropy etc).
The Judaism of the reason goes back to at least the Babylonian exile, but the ancient paganism is related to Egyptian paganism but Gulf Arab paganism and fairly indigenous belief even those of indigenous monotheism
I don't think there's too much to say about either; at least, as far as I know, there is little known about the ancient Semitic religion of Ethiopia as distinct from the same in the Arabian peninsula and Mesopotamia/Levant--might essentially just be "here are a couple widespread Semitic deities that seem to have made it down there"... though: _perhaps,_ with the channel author's expertise, he'd know of some little-known research for us--and (again, just AFAIK, could be wrong) there is almost no connection between Judaism and the religion of Ancient Egypt (except, perhaps, "Judaism wanted to make sure to be very distinct"). In other words, I'm thinking it would maybe be a pretty short video!
For starters, the paganism of the Aksumans (the ancestors of Ethiopians and Eritreans) resembled Southern Arabian (Sabaean) paganism. It was polytheistic and characterized by agricultural and stock-breeding cults. The deities worshipped were Astar. Astar embodied the planet Venus. Astar correspond to the South Arabian god Athar, who in turn correspond to that of the Mesopotamian goddes Ishtar. Athar was the god of the thunderstorm, dispensing natural irrigation in the form of rain, and worshipped throughout South Arabia. Astar, as the sky deity of the Aksuman pre-Christian religion, was probably related in functions to Athar. Beher and Meder were the chthonic deities, both symbolizing the earth. In Aksuman inscriptions Beher and Meder always followed Astar. In the Greek-language inscriptions Astar is identified with Zeus, a sky and wheater god, and chief deity of the Greek pantheon. Interestingly, in the autochtonous folk-religion of the Galla the sky is represented by Waaqa, who bring the rain which makes life on earth possible. In the autochtonous folk-religion of the Gurage Waq is associated with the sky and his most important symbol is the shooting star. In the former religion of the Kemant, who are today Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, god was a Bronze Age sky father superordinate over other spirits, angels, and ghosts of once-human cultural heroes. There are elements that are common to all autochtonous folk-religions of Ethiopia and Eritrea as they derive from the same strata, including the belief in a sky god, spirit possessed trees, ancestor veneration, the destructive power of the evil eye (buda), observance of a ritual calendar, and strict food taboos.
Great video as usual. As my partner never tires of reminding me her uncle cut Haile Sellasie's hair when he was in exile in Britain. Personally I really want to hear more about the Ethiopian church's influence on early Islam.
The patriarch introduced in the new testament. Even the abun Selama was not our patriarch rather the first bishop. Our 1st patriarch was St.Mark the gospel since we had been under Coptic church. In 1959, we got our 1st Ethiopian patriarch pop Baslios(Basil).
Corrections:
- At one point in the video, I say that the blood and flesh of Christ is "symbolically" consumed. This was a poor choice of words in the moment, as it seems to imply the theological understanding that the bread and wine only symbolizes the blood and flesh, which is not the doctrine of the EOC.
Question:
Lately, I've been recording some of my videos without my classic Shure SM7, instead using a portable microphone. This inevitably results in somewhat lower sound quality in general, but it also makes the recording of the videos much easier and less time consuming. Let me know if you notice a major difference and if the sound quality is getting in the way, so I can decide what the best option is going forward.
Voice is good. no worries
Fascinating episode. Shame about Ethiopia's homophobia though
Honeslty didnt a notice differance the sound quality
It did sound a bit more muffled than usual, and I had to repeat more passages. But this probably wasn't as much of a difference for me as it is for you, by the sounds of it (no pun intended).
This is great. We come for your truthfulness and calming voice. Much love.
I'm a Coptic Christian, and I love our sister church. The Ethiopians I've met are kind people and have strong faith. The Ge'ez liturgy is beautiful.
I’m Ethiopian Orthodox but I attend a Coptic Church because there is no Ethiopian/Eritrean Church where I live. My daughter was recently baptized in this Coptic Church
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@@harlemraider3347 it matters not, all Christian churches/denominations still worship Osiris… calling him Jesus Christ nowadays.
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Citation needed @@Ithinkthereforeiam-ph9nb
shut up man,it matters we are no the same! don't be ignorant like this at time of technology do you research!@@Ithinkthereforeiam-ph9nb
I was adopted at 18 months old so vids like this helped a lot to learn about my culture and people. ✊🏾🇪🇹
Stay strong God loves us adopted people. At times we feel lost but God is there when we despair
You are still one of us brother. Hope you come and visit your land soon. Yah bless ❤
Good luck with trying to learn more about your culture, it's not always easy when living in the diaspora
God bless you from ethiopian
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The cool feature about the Ethiopian Orthodox church is that it is so isolated that it preserves many texts and features from other (extinct) traditions. It can teach us a lot about the diverse climate in which both Christianity and Pharisaic Judaism emerged and prevailed, amd what other movements influenced them. In some ways Ethiopia functions in itself as some sort of 'ark'.
Wow, your last statement hit me. Yes, it is an ark in itself
This fact is what drew me to look into the Ethiopian church during my uni studies.
Very perceptive. While serving in the Army, i was in Ethiopia and saw religious celebrations,. Their faith has a more Orthodox Jewish "vibe" than (say) Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism but also seems to influence Islam as well.
@@JohnMinehan-lx9ts it influenced Islam, because Ethiopia was where Mohammed told his people to seek refuge
@@averyhamilton6857 Ethiopia was the most interesting places I ever visited.
My favorite thing about European colonization of Africa is that Europeans came to Ethiopia and tried to convert them to Christianity, and the Ethiopians said "Yeah we already know about Jesus. Now get out". And they remained the only African country to never be occupied by a hostile or empirical European force.
in 1632 the portugese managed to convert the emperor susenyos to catholicism who later made catholicism the state religion, then the people revolted to not convert . war began and the people won. 8,000 people died in the war. the emperor stepped down , his son emperor took power , restored orthodoxy and abolished catholicism in ethiopia. this is to say that its not that Europeans and others havent tried to conquer and convert Ethiopia but the people have always resisted for millenia and kept their faith.
I have a friend who is apart of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and I myself am trasitioning from pentecostalism to Ethiopian Orthodox. I am so glad you metioned the Rastas, because im half Jamacian and we adopt alot of Ethiopian symbols into our culture.
Welcome to our beautiful family
@@selometesfayederibe5988 thanks
Welcome and may God keep you and Bless you in your faith 🙏🏼🙏🏼😁
@@GG-lh2yw thanks
Welcome
been asking for this for a long time. Thank you for posting it on Meskel. Happy Meskel phlip
You Ask for it and Now you Got it 🎉 congratulations 🎊 and Melkam Meskel Derasiw 😊
Enkwan lamit bal addarasachu
Happy Meskel to you as well!
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selam selam
As a Catholic, I'm so happy you made this video. Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Christians are some of the most piously inpsiring and kind brothers I have ever had the pleasure of learning about and being with. So happy more people get to learn about their beautiful tradition with this video.
Also the most ancient ancient tradition. Whatever legitimate disagreements we have we really should all be slightly stunned at the Ethiopian Church and its traditions. And the Copts in Egypt
@@minui8758We all believe in Jesus Christ and the same sacraments
As Eritrean Orthodox I’m happy to watch this Video much love to all Orthodox ⛪️☦️🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
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As an Ethiopian Orthodox,i would like to thank you and your team for making this beautyful video 🙏it's way of explaining from the beginning is amazing. God bless u. Brother
Ethiopian and us Armenians are brothers n sisters .
Ohh so your from armenia that's cool i've always had a fascination for christianity and the early church especially for the eastern churches because they seem to be more closer to the actual teachings of jesus and his apostles compared to the western churches which i would say is just watered down or carve bored cutout version of the true teachings of christ and his apostles
I really pray that Allah swt helps guide christians to the true teachings christ and his apostles and uphold the new covenant made to you by your Lord and may true christianity be revived, preserved & flourish till the day of resurrection
Best regards from a muslim ( line of ismail )
P . S i think armenian girls are very gorgeous
Every christian organization gets corrupt over time for 1 simple reason they disobey the word of God on church structure, and it is fallen human nature to seek to rule. For example the Bible’s church leadership structure has requirements that you can look up “requirements to be an elder”. And the head over the church is Jesus Christ and the scriptural safeguard for this is unity in Christ. So in the Bible there is no one higher than an elder. In the Old Testament God was mad that Israel wanted a king and he said I would have ruled over you. So the safeguard is people full of the spirit who have proven to lead their families well, who have no desire to become rich or are self seeki by or have selfish ambition. Full of the spirit is to be lead by God which takes surrender and self denial. Next look at the early church they strictly forbid violence, I can provide verses for this it’s not even a debate nor was it a debate for the first 300 years of Christianity. if someone would join the military they would be kicked out of the church and there are many secular historical accounts of soils era who converted who refused to kill being thrown into the colonial to be killed by lions and such. You think the orthodox keep to original Christianity is a conclusion you came to based on never reading the Bible which your Quran tells you to. Assumptions are not wise, nor is trust in man.
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Saint Arsema and Gorgorius have huge space in us ethiopian
Amen 🙏
Thanks for doing these videos. I’ve learned a lot and really appreciate your approach.
22:20 Issue with the statement here. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church does not believe that the Communion is symbolic, but rather that it is the true Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. Even after the holy Liturgy, it is forbidden for the faithful to refer to the Holy elements as “bread” or “wine.”
Came here to comment this loo
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So same as Catholics?
@@nicholascharles9625 yes that's one of the traditional beliefs we still share, although I think they're not 100% the same. But I don't know the fine details of what the catholics say on the matter
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So beautiful brother as an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian thank you and God bless you
I left evangelicalism 10 years ago, but after immersing myself in Near Death Experience research for a year, I have returned, compelled to honor the God overwhelmingly testified to-but I couldn’t go back to what I knew and have found Orthodoxy to be its fullness. I’m new to it all but seeing Ethiopian preservation of the ancient is pretty wild. ☦️
I grew up in this. Although not "religious" now, I still appreciate and like a lot of it.
It is a very vast and complex sect. You wont be disapointed if you dive into it.
God bless you🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
It’s wonderfully exiting & mostly interesting having a deep knowledge of Ethiopian Orthodox being myself Lebanese Armenian Orthodox 🇱🇧
Thank you for the share 🤲🏼🫶🏻😊
I just hope the Armenian and Coptic churches get covered too.
Agreed-would be fascinating to learn more about the Oriental churches
Coptic and Armenian are oriental orthodox too lol
They are all one
@@A.D.540very different national stories though. Potentially a single video titled “other miaphysite churches” could work but they aren’t sufficiently covered here to mark them as fully done I don’t think
@@A.D.540also the biblical canons are different
I Am A Proud Ethiopian Orthodox Tewehado 🙏🏽
True Ancient Christianity.
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Thank you! There’s almost zero content about Ethiopia on RUclips and I’ve always wanted to learn more about it
The challenge is it's hard to find in the English language
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I am from ethiopia, excited to see this sir.
How is the economy there? Has poverty gone down?
I'm so excited! I've been obsessed with Ethiopian Orthodoxy and it's unique culture practices for years. It's so beautiful and fascinating.
I’m a huge fan of the book of Enoch, so I’ve been waiting for a comprehensive overview of the whole Ethiopian history for a while.
I am a huge fan of the Book of Enoch too.
Be the follower of Jesus Christ our Lord son of God Almighty. It’s good to be love book of Enoch but lots of people in the west fascinated by this book coz they have so much thought about God. It’s scares me that lots of people can interpret in their own way
Great episode, gave me a flashback to 2018 where I participated in Timkat celebration in Gondar, over 3 days..
That must have been a special experience!
omg man im a big fan of ur vids never in my imagination have i thought i would see this vid man im ethiopian in ethiopia ill watch it later since i have a job now but man this is goona be a treat thank you man
I hope you feel that I represent your culture in a fair (albeit inevitably shallow) way.
@@LetsTalkReligion I haven't watched it yet lol but absolutely man thanks for replying I already feel ur respect for the culture and ur recent vid about Mansoor al halaj was enlightening arigato man
As an ex-Muslim I am just consistently fascinated by Christianity ❤ the more I learn the more I just love and respect this diverse and mystical religion
@@cosmo_mosyYes, I know the story of King Najashi who gave early Muslims a safe refuge from prosecution. Perhaps this why the Koran is not as harsh on Christians as on Jews, and call Christians are the closest of affections to Muslims and they calling them saints and humble people.
I think it’s because Muhammad held that protection by Christians dear to his heart. Who knows!
You both know nothing about islam . You weren't no Muslim.
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@@hamodalbatal464pagan
@@cosmo_mosyThe same can be said to christianity. Without hellenism, christianity can not be created. Creationist can trace back their faith to a certain culture, norm or mythologies.
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A wonderful explanation of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. ❤
Can't really understate how excited I was when I saw the thumbnail. Love your videos man, great stuff!!
As usual my mind is blown by just how diverse any religion can be. You and your brilliant friends of theology are walking, breathing encyclopedias. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and interest.
As a fellow Ethiopian Orthodox Christian this was Beautifully explained Thank you!
Thank you for shedding light on Ethiopian religious history. It’s always great to see this rich and diverse history explained clearly for those looking to understand more. Ethiopia has such a deep-rooted spiritual heritage, from ancient Christianity other to its unique practices. Your content offers valuable insight!
This was great. Certainly an overlooked topic in Christian history
hey filip.. ethiopian here.. and im so glad you covered the eotc in a longform vid..
A small observation about miaphisitism is that recent Catholic-Coptic and Orthodox-Coptic conferences have agreed that the original issue was basically semantic as each party would mean one thing when talking about physis and hypostasis. The Pope of Alexandria confessed pretty much the chalcedonian creed and, at least on this case, mutual claims of heresy are lifted which is a great step towards unity.
This is incorrect and totally false. The patristic and clerical consensus from the Oriental Orthodox Church has always been that the Chalcedonian churches are heretics and even in Ethiopia, Chalcedon is called “The Council of Dogs”. No anathemas have been lifted from either side and we continue to condemn the Chalcedonians as heretics and the Eastern “Orthodox” to this day curse the Oriental Orthodox Patriarchs BY NAME in their anathema services.
There is no semantic issue. It’s purely theological and in any recent 20th century discussion it’s actually the Chalcedonian churches who have conceded much of their positions in order to form joint statements
Please refrain from commenting about such issues where your ignorance may confuse people and spread misinformation to the masses who don’t know any better.
''Catholicism'' is the first protestant church. Catholic church is a politically correct pseudochurch mimicking orthodox christianity
They should except chalcedon
@@halfwaydead3087 I accept ecumenical councils except after chalcedon or pseudo ecumenical council
@@BARCHMENG are you OO
Such a fascinating story 👏
Although, as an Ethiopian, i grew up hearing and learning about the history of Ethiopian Christianity, I'm still astonished by the bravery and wisdom of our forefathers in preserving the old tradition 🙏🏽
I lived in Ethiopia for 3 years and of course never learned all this. Only enough to whet my curiosity. Thank you for this.
Thank you for introducing our Church history to the world.❤
ሀሪፍ ነው ። ጥሩ ገለፃ ። keep up the Good work 👏
Thank you, love it. Ethiopian fan here.
I was hoping for a video like this, thank you :)
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is one of the holiest churches. One of the oldest and most venerated.
Today, Ethiopia celebrates "Meskel", the finding of the True Cross, the tradition of which is indigenous to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church.
How we Ethiopian/Eritrean Orthodox celebrate it is unique but the Finding of the True Cross is celebrated by all Orthodox Christians worldwide.
@@harlemraider3347 It’s also celebrated by Catholics and some Protestants as well, although the celebrations aren’t as fancy as the Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, and the Church of the East.
@@harlemraider3347All Apostolic Churches
My favorite two religious studies RUclipsrs in the same video is truly a godsend.
Betam tiru Filip. Very good! This is an engaging and learned introduction to Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Ethiopia itself. Thank you as always for your wonderful videos and dropping on the Ethiopian festival of Meskel too!
I've been curious about this for a long time thank you for the video❤
As an Ethiopian and Orthodox great to hear from someone else so, Thank you for sharing!
The diversity of Christianity is so fascinating to me, someone who grew up in a plain-jane repressed Lutheran Missouri Synod church. My pastor would have been loath to even acknowledge that orthodox and apostolic churches even existed. For all he cared the Land of Zion was Battle Creek, Michigan.
Thats why both the Catholics and Orthodox church say the protestant denominations are diluted/muddied versions of the original church
Western "Christianity" is an entirely different thing, more of a political ideology
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@@joshuabarker5703 Protestant cringe. Dudes say "apostles are based and have the Word of God." Then in the next breath say "somewhere down the line of hand picked successors... something happened to corrupt the church." Sure buddy.
I'm reminded of what was written in the introduction of a book I was reading the other day, wherein the fellow introducing the work on behalf of the author referenced "...Protestantism--already simplified unto the point of idiocy--has somehow actually been simplified even further, in the modern West..."
I'm largely irreligious, myself, but if I were ever to convert, my goodness would it not be to a Protestant denomination. I have attended Catholic services, and had to admit even to myself I felt some sense of divine mystery--probably would have been far greater, were this back when the Mass was still Latin and so forth--but I felt absolutely nothing when listening to some under-educated pastor screech about donating at the local "non-denominational" church (and that after a bunch of incredibly lame "rocking out" with electric guitars to "re-vamped" versions of classic hymns; and they wonder why they're declining!).
God bless you brother for this Wonderful documentary.
This is a fabulous exposition of Ethiopian Christianity! Wonderfully well done!
If you ever make an episode on the Rastafari then I very much look forward to it, when I was a devout Catholic the topic of liturgy interested me a lot and the Ethiopian rite was one of the ones I was the least familiar with and during the pandemic I watched a stream from a parish in the US which was done in English. From what I remember it really goes on for hours and it might be longer than the Eastern Orthodox liturgies I watched and went to in the past, the Biblical canon is something else that really fascinated me and I’m glad you mentioned it as well.
As an Ethiopian Orthodox,i would like to thank you and your team for making this awesome video 🙏it's way of explaining from the beginning is fabulous
Two mostly respected creators of RUclips in religion topics, collabed. That's awesome
As a Catholic I can say theosis is present in all strains of apostolic Christianity, each just puts a different emphasis on it. In the Latin Church St. Thomas Aquinas talked about "deificatione" and in the west our mystical theologians talk about the purgative, illuminative, and unitive stage of the spiritual life. There are analogous terms in Greek and I'm sure there are analogous terms in Ge'ez. There is also a Ethiopian Catholic Church and the Eritrean Catholic Church, which also uses the Ge'ez Rite, was established by Pope Francis a few years ago.
Didn't the Ethiopian catholic church exist during the middle ages? One of the Emperors of Ethiopia, whose name was Susenyos converted to catholicism
@@cheatcoddes Yes it existed then and I'm not sure but I think one of them was open to communion with Rome during Florence (I think) but the emissaries were murdered in Egypt by Copts before the union was able to be formed. I'm not sure if that was during Susenyos or not. The Ethiopian Church is very old. It was evangelized by St. Frumentius very early on.
Susyenos was a traitor corrupted by heretical chalcedonian jesuits and he proceeded to murder orthodox Christians and banned orthodoxy but thankfully his son established orthodoxy again
@@cheatcoddesyes but not officially Catholicism not survived the Portuguese agenda to convert ancient Ethiopian church to them wan not successful after fierce struggle thanks to God and hero Ethiopians
Thank you very much for introducing The Tewahdo orthodox church to the world ❤
Thank you for your coverage of the Ethiopian aTewahedo Orthodox church. Very well articulated l!
Bless you for shining light on the truth!
I am suprised and thankful a foreign person studies my history in such depth
very detailed , clear and concise content ! As an Ethiopian orthodox church adherent , I learned quite a bit !
Thank you , Keep it up .
I am an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian and I have never seen such a concise and beautiful explanation of our church. But I don't think It's St. John's son of thunder anaphora. It is St. John Chrysostom's. As it's called the 'anaphora of saint John Chrysostom'--የቅዱስ ዮሐንስ አፈወርቅ የቁርባን ምስጋና. And the concept of theosis is well expressed in the church and it's the Church's central teaching.
True and nice research I'm from 🇪🇹 Ethiopia Orthodox Tewahido Church
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I was happy to recently find an affordable Ethiopian Orthodox Bible translated in English. I just arrived & I unboxed it yesterday.
Im looking forward into diving into it
How is it going?
My two favourite religion centered channels just collaborated. I'm happy.
Shlohm! This is phenomenal, & extremely comprehensive. Shlohm!!!
Really glad to see your expand to other, lesser known branches. Really happy to find good sources on the Oriental Orthodox churches. Really underrated
I'm Coptic myself but I love the our Ethiopian siblings. When I'm in Egypt, we always have Ethiopians in our mass and vise versa. Also, they're HELLA pious (can I say it like that lol? I'm from LA lol)
I have never seen any person explain it like you did. Thank you for that. I know this takes alot reading amd research. God bless you
A living philosopher and true historian of philosophy
Ethiopia's round churches are unusual, but the basic layout of three separate sections is not - every Orthodox and traditional Catholic church theoretically follows the same layout in imitation of the Temple of Jerusalem. How each section is used varies somewhat (where the debtera stand, for example, is where the laity usually go in other traditions), but not significantly (the altar/holy of holies is only for clergy and approved servers, for example).
What is unique (besides the various Jewish practices and the fasting) is how the tabot is treated, as you touched on in speaking about the Ark and Epiphany. It is what allows the celebration of the Divine Liturgy on a particular altar and has parallels elsewhere (the antimension of the Chalcedonian Orthodox, the mensa in traditional Catholic practice, the tablitho in the Levant...), but how it is treated is VERY different. The role of its parallels is so low key that most Orthodox probably don't know of their existence, but in Ethiopia the Old Testament's description of King David dancing before the Ark comes to life on Epiphany with the procession of the tabotat from the churches. It's pretty amazing 🙂
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Two religious studies, youtube GOATs collabing. My day is made.
Could you create a video on the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, also known as the Indian Orthodox Church? In the video, please explain their challenges and issues, including their perceived lethargy. It would be helpful to briefly discuss the split within the church and emphasize that India had Christians long before European influence. This video could significantly help in reaching a broader community within our church. Thank you!
This is the closest explanation of Ethiopian church
We appreciate you sir
Still you can disagree with many details but in general it's great work
Bless you
Thank you very much. This is a perfect summary.
Even an envoy from the time of Prophet Muhammed had a meeting with the king of Ethiopia
Yep!
Actually Islam version of the Christ is based on the Ethiopian king Abraha @LetsTalkReligion
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It never ever happened! Made-up gibberish narratives!
Muhammad’s cousin became Ethiopian Orthodox actually.
@@kidus_1010 can you tell me which cousin, just out of curiousity?
Thank you man i' m from Ethiopia we are glad that you make this Amazing video thanks Alot & please make more videos for Ethiopian Orthdox chrches religion .🙏👏👏👏
It is good explanation .your presentation is so beautiful ,precise ,concise ,and You tried to explore all of church service .
Thanks may God bless you❤
Thank you for this wonderful explanation of the Ethiopians, an interesting and ancient branch of the Christian family. For the most part they have been considered exotic or odd, if even heard of. Their icons are really beautiful.
omg i love your videos im so happy you did a video about us as well!!!
Thanks for doing this video and covering all of cool anecdotal stuff I heard or knew about Ethiopian Christianity.
Thank you, bruv! Also HAPPY MESKEL!!!!
HAPPY SEASON OF SLEEVA, PROPHET ELIJAH, MOSES!!!!!!
I love when two people that make awesome content get together 😊
Wow. Thank you for putting out the fact to the world. Really great video. እናመሰግናለን። ( we thank you).
Great video, Thanks for your efforts!
Thanks for making a video about our country ❤❤
Thank you, it was very enjoyable.
The Ethiopian Tewahedo Chuch ❤ the one and only true church along side its sister churches of Egypt, Syria India and Armenia ! I hope many orthodox, catholic and Protestants come join the true church
An excellent video Thankyou Philepe. Im finding all roads to Chritianity seem to be leading to Ethiopia and the Orthodox faith. This was very helpful in providing key names and practices. And lol on the coffee remark.
Very insightful and informative video on the subject of the EOTC, so thank you.
Thank you for this very clear and illuminating summary of this fascinating unique and colourful church 🤩
I love to learn from you ! Thank you so much.
Realy I would like to thank you for your presention.
Somewhat unusual, but I’d love to see you do a video on the succession of state-sponsored cults that gained traction during the French Revolution (Cult of Reason, Cult of the Supreme Being, Decadary Cult, Theophilanthropy etc).
Very informative - always enlightening
Loving this channel!! ☺️
very accurate snd detail description except the symbolism thing that you corrected in comment section ❤❤❤
Can you grace us with a bit of pre-Christian ethiopian faith or religion and the relationship between Jews ✡ and Egyptian religion 🙏
The Judaism of the reason goes back to at least the Babylonian exile, but the ancient paganism is related to Egyptian paganism but Gulf Arab paganism and fairly indigenous belief even those of indigenous monotheism
Look for the ebionites
I don't think there's too much to say about either; at least, as far as I know, there is little known about the ancient Semitic religion of Ethiopia as distinct from the same in the Arabian peninsula and Mesopotamia/Levant--might essentially just be "here are a couple widespread Semitic deities that seem to have made it down there"... though: _perhaps,_ with the channel author's expertise, he'd know of some little-known research for us--and (again, just AFAIK, could be wrong) there is almost no connection between Judaism and the religion of Ancient Egypt (except, perhaps, "Judaism wanted to make sure to be very distinct").
In other words, I'm thinking it would maybe be a pretty short video!
For starters, the paganism of the Aksumans (the ancestors of Ethiopians and Eritreans) resembled Southern Arabian (Sabaean) paganism. It was polytheistic and characterized by agricultural and stock-breeding cults. The deities worshipped were Astar. Astar embodied the planet Venus. Astar correspond to the South Arabian god Athar, who in turn correspond to that of the Mesopotamian goddes Ishtar. Athar was the god of the thunderstorm, dispensing natural irrigation in the form of rain, and worshipped throughout South Arabia. Astar, as the sky deity of the Aksuman pre-Christian religion, was probably related in functions to Athar. Beher and Meder were the chthonic deities, both symbolizing the earth. In Aksuman inscriptions Beher and Meder always followed Astar. In the Greek-language inscriptions Astar is identified with Zeus, a sky and wheater god, and chief deity of the Greek pantheon. Interestingly, in the autochtonous folk-religion of the Galla the sky is represented by Waaqa, who bring the rain which makes life on earth possible. In the autochtonous folk-religion of the Gurage Waq is associated with the sky and his most important symbol is the shooting star. In the former religion of the Kemant, who are today Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, god was a Bronze Age sky father superordinate over other spirits, angels, and ghosts of once-human cultural heroes. There are elements that are common to all autochtonous folk-religions of Ethiopia and Eritrea as they derive from the same strata, including the belief in a sky god, spirit possessed trees, ancestor veneration, the destructive power of the evil eye (buda), observance of a ritual calendar, and strict food taboos.
@heruy8274 any interesting resources
Very well put together, very educational 🙏
Great video as usual. As my partner never tires of reminding me her uncle cut Haile Sellasie's hair when he was in exile in Britain.
Personally I really want to hear more about the Ethiopian church's influence on early Islam.
Hail to the king Selassie I Jah Rastafari
Its was a great video 👍🏾
Great presentation well researched, thanks for the work🙏
Ethiopia had her own Patriarch called MelkeTsedek long before the Lebanese man named "Frementius" went to Ethiopia. He was NOT the first one at all.
The patriarch introduced in the new testament. Even the abun Selama was not our patriarch rather the first bishop. Our 1st patriarch was St.Mark the gospel since we had been under Coptic church. In 1959, we got our 1st Ethiopian patriarch pop Baslios(Basil).