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

(Debre) Qonasle (which means the dwelling place of the foxes) which is 1km from Somat.  ✞And between the two, the Church of St. Mary Magdalene is found. Abba Liqanos after organizing his cell and establishing his monastery, received disciples, and taught them. ✞And parallel to his great strife, he preached for 21 years descending from the Mount. And he translated the Holy Bible and other texts from Syriac and Greek. ✞And when the Saint always went forth for ministry, he always had his staff at hand. He used to lean on it when he preached and prayed. And from his repeated use of the staff, his hand was empaled. And the fathers regarding this said, “From holding a staff, his hand was pierced.” ✞Again, when he raised his hands at night for prayer (in the orans position), they used to be seen lit like a torch. The Righteous, Abba Liqanos, because of his efficacious life received favor not only from God but from the Emperor and the people. And to this day the inhabitants of Axum revere him dearly.   ✞And we (the author) by the mercy of God have went to and seen his monastery. And according to the fathers there, the forest around Debre Qonasle is the abode of many anchorites (sowah/the invisible ones). Though the monastery was esteemed for more than 1,500 years, it was destroyed during the invasion of Fascist Italy in 1928 E.C (1935 A.D). ✞Today as well it is not as it was in its prime. We found only one father in the monastery during our pilgrimage. ✞However, our eyes have seen many great things and we have admired. And as we have heard, it is still today the abode of saints and the resting place of the servants of Axum. The Saint, Abba Liqanos, departed on this day, Hedar 28 (December 7). ✞✞✞Saint Sarapamon the Martyr✞✞✞ =>The Saint was a fruit of the Era of Persecution and a kin to the Apostles. He was born and raised in Jerusalem in the 3rd century. And when his lineage is counted it reaches directly to St. Stephen the Archdeacon and Simeon Cleophas.   ✞The Saint was raised in his childhood per the rites of the Old Testament. However, when he grew and became a youth, he searched [for truth] using his intellect that was given to him by His Creator and decided to become a Christian. And when he asked the then Bishop of Jerusalem, John, with “Baptize me,” the father responded saying, “My son! It would have been my pleasure but your kins, the Jews, will kill me.” ✞And then he added, “It would be better if you go to Egypt and get baptized.” Thus, he left Jerusalem and entered Egypt. After reaching Egypt, the Saint learned from St. Theonas (16th Patriarch of Alexandria) and was baptized. He then entered a monastery and became one of the first monks. Learning asceticism from Abba Anthony the Great, his name became renowned.  ✞And because the fathers loved his strife and purity, they appointed him as the Bishop of Niku (Nakiyos). And during his days in office, he removed the worship of idols from the surrounding. And in turn, he was captured by Diocletian and on this day was killed. And when he was slain, like his great granduncle St. Stephen, his face shone. ✞✞✞May the God of the Holy Fathers indwell in us the fragrance of their sanctity. And may He grant us from their blessings. ✞✞✞ Annual feasts celebrated on the 28th of Hedar 1. Abba Liqanos of Debre Qonasle (One of the Nine Saints) 2. Saint Sarapamon the Martyr (Bishop of Niku/Nakiyos) 3. Abba Yohannes (John) of Gund/Tsegero/Agora (His nativity) ✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts 1. Immanuel our Good God 2. The Holy Patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) 3. St. Andronicus and his wife St. Athanasia 4. St. Amete Kirstos 5. St. Theodore, the Roman (Martyr) 6. St. Abadir and St. Eraee his (Abadir’s) sister✞✞✞“The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.”✞✞✞ Ps. 36 (37):29-31 ✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞ (Translated by Mhr. Esuendale Shemeles with the permission of Dn. Yordanos Abebe)

#Feasts of #Hedar_28 ✞✞✞On this day we commemorate Abba Liqanos of Debre Qonasle (One of the Nine Saints) and Saint  Sarapamon the Martyr✞✞✞ ✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞ ✞✞✞Abba Liqanos of Debre Qonasle✞✞✞ =>Though the Saint completed his struggles in Ethiopia, he was born in Asia Minor, which was part of the Roman Empire.  Abba Liqanos was one of the Nine Saints. And the Nine Saints though they came from the Roman Empire, hailed from different parts. ✞And it was the Holy Spirit, Who made them one through His Wisdom. The following list shows the reasons behind their unity. 1. Their upright Miaphysite Faith. 2. Their purpose ([seeking] the Kingdom of God) and 3. The monastic life. ✞Including Abba Liqanos’, all the [Nine] Saints’ lineage was from the palace. However, they chose to make theirs the heavenly honor by forsaking the worldly. And these fathers that studied the Holy Scriptures went to the Egyptian deserts from Rome at different times. ✞Abba Pantelewon and Abune Aregawi take precedence [from the Nine Saints] in beginning the ascetic life. As the period was when the Miaphysites were persecuted, the 5th century, the Nine Saints chose flight than renouncing their faith.   ✞And in those days, there was no better country to take refuge in than Ethiopia. Hence, the Saints by the leadership of Aregawi came to Ethiopia in the 470s A.D during the reign of Alla Amidas. ✞And the Emperor received them well as they were guests of God and because he saw their holiness. Later, he allotted them a place to stay in Axum. This place is called “Bete Qetin”. ✞Abba Liqanos and the 8 Saints after coming to our country made their first task learning the language. And after learning Ge’ez well, they started their [evangelistic] activity there in Axum.  And during that time, the kindled missionary activity of Abune Selama, Abreha and Atsbeha including Abune Moses the First was somewhat dwindled and thus Abba Liqanos reignited it with the others.  ✞They preached to the people with the local tongue so that they would become zealous for Christianity. And they preached the Gospel for years by restoring the lapsed and revitalizing the lukewarm. Then, their next task was translating books. ✞Thus, they divided the books [for translation] that they had brought from their nation and translated them to Ge’ez. And by this, they did the greatest favor to our country. And while all these occurred, the fathers prayed and ate as a group. Because the grace of God did not depart from them, there was perfect love amidst them. ✞Then, the task of Abba Liqanos and the others became expanding the monastic life. And to do this it was necessary that they separate. Hence, each traveled to the place that the Holy Spirit led him to. * Abba Pantelewon went to Somat. * Abba Garima (Isaac, or Yeshaq) went to Medera. * Abba Aragawi went to Damo. *Abba Sehma went Tsedia. *Abba Yem’ata went to Garalta. *And the others established monasteries in other areas. *Abba Liqanos by the leadership of the Holy Spirit chose Qonasle (in Tigray). ✞Like his companions, the 8 Saints, Abba Liqanos beyond being a righteous father has done a great deal for our country. Incidentally, the name “Abba Liqanos” was not his first name rather it was a designation that the populous of Axum who were astounded by the Saint’s teaching gave the father. ✞And the fathers have exegeted the name “Liqanos” to mean “The scholarly father”. If asked how that was known, then it is answered from the fact that Abba Pantelewon and Abba Liqanos were the ones that resided around Axum when the Nine Saints completed their ministry as a group and parted to each of their monasteries.✞And the reason for them staying around Axum was that the people and the Emperor had implored the two fathers with, “Do not move far away from us.” Thus, Abba Pantelewon made his abode at a hill named Somat (Endaba Pentelewon - Mai Qoho Hill) above the City of Axum and Abba Liqanos took residence upon Mt.

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✞✞✞ በስመ አብ ወወልድ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ አሐዱ አምላክ ፡፡ አሜን ፡፡ ✞✞✞ ✞✞✞ እንኩዋን ለአበው ቅዱሳን "አባ ሊቃኖስ ወአባ ሰረባሞን ሰማዕት" ዓመታዊ የዕረፍት በዓል በሰላም አደረሳችሁ ✞✞✞ " ኅዳር 28 " +*" አባ ሊቃኖስ ዘደብረ ቆናጽል "*+ =>ጻድቁ ገድላቸውን የፈጸሙት በኢትዮዽያ ቢሆንም ሃገረ ሙላዳቸው የጥንቱ የሮም ግዛት የሆነችው ታናሽ እስያ ናት:: አባ ሊቃኖስ ከዘጠኙ (ተስዓቱ) ቅዱሳን አንዱ ናቸው:: ዘጠኙ ቅዱሳን ተወልደው ያደጉት ምንም በአንድ የሮም ግዛት ሥር ቢሆንም መነሻ ቦታቸው ግን የተለያየ ነው:: +ሁሉንም አንድ ያደረጋቸው መንፈስ ቅዱስ በኪነ ጥበቡ ነው:: በምክንያት ደረጃ እንግለጸው ከተባለ ደግሞ የአንድነታቸው ምሥጢር:- 1.የቀናች ሃይማኖታቸው ተዋሕዶ 2.ዓላማ (የእግዚአብሔር መንግስት) እና 3.ገዳማዊ ሕይወት ነው:: +አባ ሊቃኖስን ጨምሮ ሁሉም ቅዱሳን ዘራቸው ከቤተ መንግስት ነው:: እነርሱ ግን ምድራዊውን ክብር ንቀው ሰማያዊውን ክብር ገንዘብ ማድረግን መርጠዋል:: አስቀድመው ቅዱሳት መጻሕፍትን ያጠኑት አበው በተለያየ ጊዜ እየመነኑ ከሮም ግዛት ወደ ግብጽ በርሃዎች ወርደዋል:: +በምናኔ ቅድሚያውን አባ ዸንጠሌዎንና አቡነ አረጋዊ ይይዛሉ:: ዘመኑ የተዋሕዶ አማኞች የሚሰደዱበት 5ኛው መቶ ክ/ዘመን ነበርና እምነትን ላለመለወጥ ዘጠኙ ቅዱሳን ስደትን መረጡ:: +በወቅቱ ደግሞ ለስደት መጠለያ የምትሆንና ከኢትዮዽያ የተሻለች ሃገር አልነበረችም:: ስለዚህም በ470ዎቹ ዓ/ም አልዓሜዳ በኢትዮዽያ ነግሦ ሳለ ቅዱሳኑ በአረጋዊ መሪነት መጡ:: +ንጉሡም ሲጀመር የእግዚአብሔር እንግዳ ስለሆኑ: ሲቀጥል ደግሞ ቅድስናቸውን ተመልክቶ መልካም አቀባበልን አደረገላቸው:: ማረፊያ ትሆናቸውም ዘንድ አክሱም ውስጥ አንዲት ቦታን ወስኖ ሰጣቸው:: ይህች ቦታ ቤተ ቀጢን ትባላለች:: አባ ሊቃኖስና 8ቱ ቅዱሳን ወደ ሃገራችን እንደ ገቡ የመጀመሪያሥራቸው ቋንቋን መማር ነበር:: +ልሳነ ግዕዝን በወጉ ተምረው እዛው አክሱም አካባቢ ሥራቸውን አንድ አሉ:: በወቅቱ በአቡነ ሰላማ: በአብርሃ ወአጽብሐና በአቡነ ሙሴ ቀዳማዊ የተቀጣጠለው ክርስትና በተወሰነ መንገድ ተቀዛቅዞ ነበርና እነ አባ ሊቃኖስ እንደ ገና አቀጣጠሉት:: +ሕዝቡን በራሱ ልሳን ለክርስትና ይነቃቃ ዘንድ ሰበኩት::የካደውን እየመለሱ: የቀዘቀዘውን እያሟሟቁ ለዓመታት ወንጌልን ሰበኩ:: ቀጣዩ ሥራቸው ደግሞ መጻሕፍትን መተርጐም ሆነ:: +ከሃገራቸው ያመጧቸውን ቅዱሳት መጻሕፍት ተከፋፍለው ወደ ግዕዝ ልሳን ተረጐሟቸው:: በዚህም ለሃገራችን ትልቁን ውለታ ዋሉ:: ይህ ሁሉ ሲሆን እነ አባ ሊቃኖስ የሚመገቡትም ሆነ የሚጸልዩት በማኅበር ነበር:: በመካከላቸውም ፍጹም ፍቅር ነበር:: ጸጋ እግዚአብሔር አልተለያቸውም:: +የነ አባ ሊቃኖስ ቀጣዩ ተግባራቸው ደግሞ ገዳማዊ ሕይወትን ማስፋፋት ሆነ:: ይህንን ለማድረግ ግን የግድ መለያየት አስፈለጋቸው:: እያንዳንዱም መንፈስ ቅዱስ ወደ መራው ቦታ ሔደ:: *ዸንጠሌዎን በጾማዕት: *ገሪማ በመደራ: *አረጋዊ በዳሞ *ጽሕማ በጸድያ *አባ ይምዓታ በገርዓልታ *ሌሎችም በሌላ ቦታ ገዳማትን መሠረቱ:: +ልክ እንደ ባልንጀሮቻቸው 8ቱ ቅዱሳን አባ ሊቃኖስም ከጻድቅነታቸው ባሻገር ለሃገራችን ትልቅ ባለውለታ ናቸው::በነገራችን ላይ 'አባ ሊቃኖስ' የመጀመሪያ ስማቸው ሳይሆን በትምሕርታቸው (በእውቀታቸው) የተደመመ የአክሱም ሕዝብ ያወጣላቸው ስም ነው:: +ሊቃኖስን 'ሊቁ አባት' ማለት ነው ብለው የተረጐሙልን አበው አሉና:: ይሕስ በምን ይታወቃል ቢሉ:- 9ኙ ቅዱሳን የማኅበር አገልግሎታቸውን ፈጽመው ወደየ ራሳቸው ገዳማት ሲሔዱ አባ ዸንጠሌዎንና አባ ሊቃኖስ እዚያው አክሱም አካባቢ በመቅረታቸው ይሏል:: +ምክንያቱም ሕዝቡና ንጉሡ 2ቱን አበው "አትራቁን" ብለው ለምነዋቸው ነበርና:: በዚህም የተነሳ አባ ዸንጠሌዎን ከአክሱም ከተማ በላይ ባለች ጾማዕት (እንዳባ ዸንጠሌዎን) በሚሏት ተራራ ላይ ሲያርፉ: አባ ሊቃኖስ ደግሞ ከዚያው ከጾማዕት 1 ኪሎ ሜትር ርቆ በሚገኘው ደብረ ቆናጽል (የቀበሮዎችተራራ) ላይ ዐርፈዋል:: +በመካከላቸው ደግሞ የቅድስት ማርያም መግደላዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ይገኛል:: አባ ሊቃኖስ በአታቸውን ካደራጁና ገዳም ካነጹ በኋላ ደቀ መዛሙርትን አፈሩ: አስተማሩ:: +እጅግ ከበዛው ተጋድሏቸው ባልተናነሰ መንገድ ለ21 ዓመታት ያህል ከተራራው እየተነሱ ወንጌልን ሰብከዋል:: መጽሐፍ ቅዱስና ሌሎች መጻሕፍትንም ከሱርስት (የሶርያ ልሳን) እና ከጽርዕ (የግሪክ ልሳን) ተርጉመዋል:: +ሁልጊዜም ለአገልግሎት ሲወጡ በትረ ሙሴአቸውን አይለዩም ነበር:: ሲሰብኩም: ሲጸልዩም ተደግፈውባት ነበር:: ታዲያ ከዘመን ብዛት የእጃቸው መዳፍ መነደሉን አበው:-"ወበእሒዘ በትር ዘተሰቁረ ዕዱ" ሲሉ ይናገራሉ:: +ዳግመኛ ማታ ማታ ለጸሎት እጆቻቸውን ሲያነሱ እንደ ፋና ቦግ ብለው ሲያበሩ ይታዩ ነበር:: ጻድቁ አባ ሊቃኖስ ሥሙር በሆነ ሕይወታቸው በእግዚአብሔር ብቻ ሳይሆን በነገሥታቱና በሕዝቡ ዘንድም ሞገስን አግኝተዋል:: ዛሬም ድረስ የአክሱም ሕዝብ ከልቡ ያከብራቸዋል:: +አንድ ወቅትም ሳይገባን (በቸርነቱ) ሒደን ገዳማቸውን ተመልከተናል:: አበው እንደሚሉት በደብረ ቆናጽል ላይ ያለው ደን የብዙ ሥውራን መኖሪያ ነው:: ለ1,500 ዓመታት ተከብሮ ቢኖርም በ1928ቱ የጣልያን ወረራ ግን እንዳልነበረ ሆኖ ነበር:: +ዛሬም በቀድሞ ገጽታው አይደለም:: በገዳሙም ያገኘነው አንድ አባትን ነው:: +ዐይናችን ግን ብዙ ነገሮችን ተመልክቶ አድንቋል:: እንደ ሰማነውም ዛሬም መካነ ቅዱሳን በመሆኑ የጽዮን አገልጋዮችም ማረፊያ ነው:: ጻድቁ አባ ሊቃኖስ ያረፉት ሕዳር 28 ቀን ነው:: +" ቅዱስ ሰረባሞን ሰማዕት "+ +ቅዱሱ ሰው የዘመነ ሰማዕታት ፍሬ ሲሆን የቅዱሳን ሐዋርያት ዘመድ ነው:: እርሱ ተወልዶ ያደገው በ3ኛው መቶ ክ/ዘመን በኢየሩሳሌም ነው:: የዘር ሐረጉ ሲቆጠርም በቀጥታ ከሊቀ ዲያቆናት ቅዱስ እስጢፋኖስና ከስምዖን ቀለዮዻ ይደርሳል:: +በልጅነቱ ያደገው በሥርዓተ ኦሪት ነው:: ወጣት በሆነ ጊዜ ግን ፈጣሪ በሰጠው ሕሊና ተመራምሮ በክርስትና ለመኖር ወሰነ:: የወቅቱን የኢየሩሳሌም ኤዺስ ቆዾስ ሒዶ "አጥምቀኝ" ቢለው "ልጄ! ደስ ይለኝ ነበር:: ግን ወገኖችህ አይሁድ ይገድሉኛል" ሲል መለሰለት:: +አክሎም "ወደ ግብጽ ሒደህ ግን ብትመጠመቅ የተሻለ ነው" ስላለው ከኢየሩሳሌም ግብጽ ገባ:: ግብጽ ደርሶ: ከቅዱስ ቴዎናስ (16ኛ ፓትርያርክ) ክርስትናን ተምሮ ተጠመቀ::ቀጥሎም ወደ ገዳም ገብቶ ከመጀመሪያዎቹ መነኮሳት አንዱ ሆነ:: ምናኔን ከአባ እንጦንስ ተምሮ ስም አጠራሩ ከፍ አለ:: +በተጋድሎውና በንጽሕናው ስለ ወደዱትም የኒቅዮስ ዻዻስ አደረጉት:: በዘመነ ሲመቱም ጣዖት አምልኮን ከአካባቢው አጥፍቷል:: ስለዚህ ፈንታም በዲዮቅልጢያኖስ ተይዞ በዚህች ቀን ተገድሏል:: ሲገደልም ልክ እንደ ቅድመ አያቱ ቅዱስ እስጢፋኖስ ፊቱ ያበራ ነበር:: =>አምላከ አበው ቅዱሳን መዓዛ ቅድስናቸውን ያሳድርብን::ከበረከታቸውም ይክፈለን:: =>ኅዳር 28 ቀን የሚከበሩ ዓመታዊ የቅዱሳን በዓላት= 1.አባ ሊቃኖስ ጻድቅ (ከተስዓቱ ቅዱሳን) 2.ቅዱስ ሰረባሞን ሰማዕት ወርኀዊ የቅዱሳን በዓላት 1.አማኑኤል ቸር አምላካችን 2.ቅዱሳን አበው /አብርሃም: ይስሐቅና ያዕቆብ/ 3.ቅዱስ እንድራኒቆስና ሚስቱ ቅድስት አትናስያ 4.ቅድስት ዓመተ ክክርስቶስ 5.ቅዱስ ቴዎድሮስ ሮማዊ (ሰማዕት)

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

✞And at that juncture, wanting to pray he voiced, “O Lord!” And the fathers seeing this said, “While half of his body was deceased, With the rest half he prayed.”✞And after his scream, when the King had his head beheaded with a sword, the Lord descended and took his soul up to heaven. ✞And when his mother, sister, and wife heard his martyrdom, lamenting and chanting they collected his body parts and shrouded them. And they perfumed it as well. And in Ethiopia, the Monastery (Ark) of this Saint is found in the desert/wilderness of Tach Armachiho. It is an amazing place of blessings. ✞✞✞ Abune Tekle Hawaryat the Ethiopian✞✞✞ =>The Ethiopian Saint, Abune Tekle Hawaryat was one of the major saints that rose in the 15th century. Particularly, he was a father renowned for his asceticism and virtue during the reign of Emperor Zara Yaqob. ✞The Saint is known as “of Debre Tsemona” and sometimes as “of Geberema”. And that may be because these were some of the areas that he struggled in as he had struggled in many places, thus he is called after them. ✞What is mostly known is that he had lived in the land of Shewa, Gojjam, and Afar. Hereafter, let us mention some things regarding the father. *The Saint used to struggle daily to liken Christ in His passion. *One day, seeing that a communicant of the Holy Eucharist had vomited on a road and people were removing themselves from the place in disgust, the Saint consumed what was heaved [for the sanctity of the Holy Eucharist]. And that was because his eyes saw the Holy Body and Honorable Blood of the Creator. And at that juncture, the Lord descended from heaven and inscribed luminosity unto the Saint’s countenance. And for that reason, his face used to shine. *On another day, in his monastery, when people wanted to slay a chicken, because it voiced with a human tongue, “I beseech you in the name of Abba Tekle Hawaryat!”, they let it be. *The Saint had also dwelt in the desert of Afar (one of the hottest places on earth) for about 14 years. ✞The Saint had lived in a cell for 41 years as well. The Righteous, Abune Tekle Hawaryat, after living in such manner, departed on this day at the age of 71 years. ✞✞✞Saint Philemon the Apostle✞✞✞ =>Saint Philemon was one of the 72 Disciples and is known as “The one with a delightful tongue/speech.” During the Era of the Apostles, because he was very young, he used to serve the fathers hastily, running here and there. ✞After believing and following the Lord, learning for 3 years and 3 months under Him and assuming the gifts of the Holy Spirit, he went forth to preach with St. Andrew. And his diocese, lot, was Lod/Lydda. And when he taught or read, all the people listened to him in awe. Even soldiers that were sent to kill him, taken by his sermon forgot to slay him. ✞And at times, even birds and doves used to listen and talk to him. Today, is the day on which St. Philemon departed. ✞✞✞May the God of the Saints shine upon us their light. And may He grant us from their blessings. ✞✞✞ Annual feasts celebrated on the 27th of Hedar 1. Saint James the Mangled (Intercisus/Sawn/Mutilated) 2. Abune Tekle Hawaryat the Righteous (Ethiopian) 3. Saint Philemon the Apostle 4. Saint Clement the Martyr 5. Saint Timothy the Martyr 6. Abba Gebre Yohannes the Righteous ✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts 1. The Commemoration of the Crucifixion of our Lord and God, the Holy Savior, Jesus Christ 2. Abune Meba Tsion the Ethiopian Righteous 3. St. Macarius the Great (Principal of all the Monks) 4. St. Gelawdewos (Claudius) Martyr (Emperor of Ethiopia) 5. Abba Bifamon/Abe-Fam/Bifam/Phoebammon, Martyr and Righteous 6. Mar St. Victor/Boctor Ebn Romanus, Martyr ✞✞✞“Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.”✞✞✞ 1 Cor. 10:14-17 ✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞

#Feasts of #Hedar_27 ✞✞✞On this day we commemorate the Martyrdom of Saint James the Mangled (Intercisus), the Departure of Abune Tekle Hawaryat the Ethiopian and Saint Philemon the Apostle✞✞✞ ✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞ ✞✞✞ Saint James the Mangled (Intercisus)✞✞✞ =>This name is highly famed and renowned in the Church. St. James is numbered among the major martyrs and is also known as “The Star of Persia”. St. James the Mangled was born and raised in the land of Persia (what is now Iran).   ✞During those days, this land hand on one side strong Christians and on the other cruel kings that worshipped idols. St. James after growing in the teachings of Christianity took a wife. ✞And because he had favor before the King, Sakrod, the monarch placed him as an appointee in his palace. And St. James’ life of prayer and fasting started to decline because of the luxuries of the palace. And through time, he became complacent in all the orders of the King. ✞In addition to that, one day, Sakrod said to St. James, “Prostrate to the sun and to fire, and adore them.” And as it (adoration) was a matter that had been eroded through time, thinking, “Alright! Let him be jubilant,” he prostrated to the sun and worshipped it. ✞And when this news was heard across the Christians of the era, it created great anguish. Specially, when his wife, mother, and sister heard what had occurred, their hearts fell into in agony. Then, all three gathered, wrote a letter, signed it and sent to him.  ✞And the content of the letter said as follows; “We heard that you denounced your Christian faith, hence we are grieved. Accordingly, we do not want to live around you hereafter. If you are not trustworthy to Christ, Who died for you, it is hard for us to trust you as a child, as a son and as a husband.” ✞And after sending him this letter, they left the area. And when St. James received the letter and read it after entering his house, he was shocked. Because his only kins in this world were his wife, mother and sister, he was internally shaken. He fell to the ground and wept greatly. ✞And when night fell, he went to his place of prayer and knelt. And he saw vividly his error which he had committed after his unnecessary closeness to the King. ✞And standing before our Lord, he lamented, “O Lord! If separation from my kins on earth shakes me this much, how vexing would it be then to separate from Your Love! How would I stand then before Your throne!” ✞And after spending the night crying and in prayer, he repented in the morning. And starting that day, he was engaged in the Love of Christ. Befriending prayer and fasting, he stopped going to the King’s court. ✞And the King, Sakrod, who knew what had occurred, had him summoned and asked, “What has happened to you? Why did you separate in worship form I?” Thus, St. James replied, “It is not proper to leave Christ, Who created me, and delight you in idolatry.” ✞Then, the King tried to persuade him. And when James said “No”, he had him lashed and beaten until the Saint’s blood dripped on the ground. He also had him tortured in many different ways. However, St. James persisted in the love of Christ. ✞And the King, who was angered by this, ordered that they mutilate the Saint and not kill him instantly. Thereafter, they started to cut pieces from his body daily. And they mutilated him, his hands starting from his fingers to his arm and his legs from his feet to his thighs. The middle part of his body (his waist and head) was what was left. ✞And while all this happened, he praised the Lord and prayed. He used to say “O Vine! Make me Your branch.” (John 15:5) And the pieces of his body that they had cut away, when they were counted, came to be 42. And the 43rd was the rest of his form that was left.

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† በስመ አብ ወወልድ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ አሐዱ አምላክ አሜን † ✞✞✞ † ኅዳር ፳፯ † +"+ ቅዱስ ያዕቆብ ዘግሙድ +"+ =>ይህ ስም በቤተ ክርስቲያን እጅግ ዝነኛና ታዋቂ ነው:: ቅዱስ ያዕቆብ ቁጥሩ ከዓበይት ሰማዕታት ሲሆን የፋርስ ኮከብ በመባልም ይታወቃል:: ቅዱስ ያዕቆብ ዘግሙድ ("ሙ" ጠብቆ ይነበብ) ተወልዶ ያደገው በ4ኛው መቶ ክ/ዘ በምድረ ፋርስ (የአሁኗ ኢራን) ውስጥ ነው:: +ያኔ ይህቺ ሃገር በአንድ ወገን ጠንካራ ክርስቲያኖች: በሌላ ወገን ደግሞ ጣዖትን የሚያመልኩ ጨካኝ ነገሥታት ነበሩባት:: ቅዱስ ያዕቆብም በክርስትና ትምሕርት አድጐ ሚስት አገባ:: +በዘመኑ ከነበረው ንጉሥ ሠክራድ ጋር በጣም ይዋደዱ ነበርና በቤተ መንግስቱ ውስጥ ሹም አድርጐ አስቀመጠው:: በቤተ መንግስት ውስጥ ምቾት የበዛበት ቅዱስ ያዕቆብ የጾምና የጸሎት ሕይወቱ እየቀዘቀዘ መጣ:: በሒደትም ንጉሡ የሚለውን ሁሉ የሚፈጽም ሰው ሆነ:: +አንድ ቀን ግን ሠክራድ ቅዱስ ያዕቆብን "ለእሳትና ለጸሐይ ስገድ: እነሱንም አምልካቸው" ሲል ጠየቀው:: ከመጀመሪያ የተሸረሸረ ነገር ስለ ነበረ "እሺ! ደስ ይበለው" ብሎ ለፀሐይ ሰገደ:: እርሷንም አመለከ:: +ይህቺ ዜና በዘመኑ ክርስቲያኖች ዘንድ ስትሰማ ታላቅ ሐዘንን ፈጠረች:: ይልቁኑ ሚስቱ: እናቱና እህቱ ይህንን ሲሰሙ አንጀታቸው አረረ:: በዚህ ምክንያትም 3ቱ ተሰብስበው አንድ ደብዳቤ ጽፈው: ተፈራርመው ላኩለት:: +የደብዳቤው ይዘት እንዲህ ይላል:- "አንተ ክርስትናህን መካድህን ሰምተን አዘንን:: በዚህም ምክንያት ከዚህ በሁዋላ በአካባቢህ መኖርን አንፈልግም:: ለሞተልህ ለክርስቶስ ካልታመንሀ እኛ አንተን እንደ ልጅ: እንደ ወንድምና እንደ ባል ልናምንህ ይከብደናል::" +ይህንን ደብዳቤ ልከውለት እነርሱ አካባቢውን ለቀቁ:: ቅዱስ ያዕቆብ ደብዳቤውን ተቀብሎ: ወደ ቤቱ ገብቶ ሲያነበው ደነገጠ:: በዚህ ምድር ያሉት ዘመዶቹ ሚስቱ: እናቱና አንዲት እህቱ ብቻ ናቸውና ውስጡ ተሸበረ:: ተደፍቶም ምርር ብሎ አለቀሰ:: +ሲመሽም በቤቱ ውስጥ ወደ ነበረው የቀድሞ የጸሎት ቦታ ሒዶ ተንበረከከ:: ከንጉሡ ጋር በነበረው ያልተገባ ቅርርብ የፈጸመው ስህተት ሁሉ ቁልጭ ብሎ ታየው:: +በጌታችን ፊት ቁሞም "ጌታ ሆይ! በምድር ካሉ የሥጋ ዘመዶቼ መለየት እንዲህ ካሸበረኝ: ካንተ ፍቅር መለየትማ እንደ ምን ይጨንቅ ይሆን! በሰማያዊ ዙፋንህ ፊትስ እንዴት ብዬ እቆማለሁ!" ሲል አምርሮ አለቀሰ:: +ሙሉውን ሌሊት በእንባና በጸሎት አድሮ በጠዋት ንስሃ ገባ:: ከዚያች ቀን ጀምሮም ፍጹም በክርስቶስ ፍቅር ተጠመደ:: ጾምና ጸሎትን ወዳጆቹ አድርጐ ከንጉሡ እልፍኝና አደባባይ ቀረ:: +ይህንን ያወቀው ንጉሡ ሠክራድ ወደ እርሱ አስጠርቶ "ምን ሆነሃል? ስለ ምንስ በአምልኮ ከእኔ ተለየህ?" አለው:: ቅዱስ ያዕቆብም መልሶ "የፈጠረኝን ክርስቶስን ትቼ አንተን በባዕድ አምልኮ አስደስትህ ዘንድ የሚገባ አይደለም" ሲል ተናገረው:: +ንጉሡ ቅዱሱን አስቀድሞ ሊያታልለው ሞከረ:: እንቢ ሲለው ግን ደሙ በመሬት ላይ እስኪንጠፈጠፍ ድረስ አስገረፈው:: አስደበደበው:: ጭንቅ መከራዎችንም አሳየው:: ቅዱስ ያዕቆብ ግን በፍቅረ ክርስቶስ ጸና:: +በዚህ የተበሳጨው ንጉሡ እንዲቆራርጡት: ግን ቶሎ እንዳይገሉት አዘዘ:: ከዚያ ቀን በሁዋላ በቀን በቀን እየገቡ ከአካሉ ይቆርጡ ጀመር:: ከእጣቶቹ ተነስተው እጆቹን እስከ ክንዱ: እግሮቹን እስከ ታፋው ድረስ ቆረጡ:: መሐል አካሉ (ወገቡና ራሱ) ብቻ ቀረ:: +ይህ ሄሉ ሲሆን እርሱ ጌታን ይቀድሰው: ይጸልይም ነበር:: "የወይን ግንድ ሆይ! እኔን ቅርንጫፍህ አድርገኝ" (ዮሐ. 15:5) ይለው ነበር:: ከአካሉ እየቆረጡ የጣሉትም ሲቆጠር 42 ሆነ:: 43ኛ ደግሞ የተረፈ አካሉ ነበር:: +ያን ጊዜ ሊጸልይ ፈልጐ "ጌታ ሆይ!" ብሎ ጮኸ:: ይህንን አበው:- "መንፈቀ አካሉ ጸለየ መዊቶ መንፈቁ" ብለው ገልጸውታል:: ግማሽ አካሉ ሙቶ በቀረው ይጸልይ ነበርና ንጉሡም ከጩኸቱ በሁዋላ አንገቱን በሰይፍ ሲያስመታው ጌታችን ወርዶ ታቅፎ ወደ ሰማይ አሳረገው:: +እናቱ: እህቱ: ሚስቱ ይህንን ሲሰሙ እያለቀሱና እየዘመሩ አካሉን ሰብስበው ገንዘውታል:: ሽቱም አርከፍክፈውበታል:: የዚህ ቅዱስ ገዳም (ታቦት) በኢትዮዽያ: ታች አርማጭሆ በሚባለው በርሃ ውስጥ ይገኛል:: ድንቅ የሆነ የበረከት ቦታም ነው:: +"+ አባ ተክለ ሐዋርያት +"+ =>ኢትዮዽያዊው ጻድቅ አቡነ ተክለ ሐዋርያት በ15ኛው መቶ ክ/ዘመን ከተነሱ ዐበይት ጻድቃን አንዱ ናቸው:: በተለይ በጻድቁ ንጉሥ አፄ ዘርዓ ያዕቆብ ዘመን በተባሕትዎም: በትሩፋትም እጅግ የተደነቁ አባት ነበሩ:: +ጻድቁ ሲጠሩ "ዘደብረ ጽሙና": አንዳንዴም "ዘገበርማ" እየተባሉ ነው:: ምናልባትም በብዙ ቦታ ላይ ስለ ተጋደሉ በእነዚህ: ቦታዎችም ላይ ስለ ነበሩ ሊሆን ይችላል እንደዚህ ተብለው የተጠሩት:: +በብዛት የሚታወቀው ደግሞ በምድረ ሸዋ: ጐጃምና በምድረ አፋር አካባቢ በመኖራቸው ነው:: እስኪ አንዳንድ ነገሮቻቸውን እናንሳ:- *ጻድቁ ክርስቶስን በመከራው ይመስሉት ዘንድ ዘወትር ይተጉ ነበር:: *አንዴ ሥጋ ወደሙ የተቀበለ አንድ ሰው በመንገድ ላይ ሲያስመልሰው ተመልከተው ሁሉ ተጸይፎ ሲሸሽ እሳቸው ግን ደስ እያላቸው ተመግበውታል:: ምክንያቱም የእርሳቸው ዓይን የሚመለከተው የፈጣሪን ሥጋና ደም ነው:: በዚህ ጊዜም ጌታ ከሰማይ ወርዶ በግንባራቸው ላይ ፀሐይን ስሎባቸዋል:: በዚህ ምክንየትም ፊታቸው ያበራ ነበር:: *አንዴ ደግሞ በገዳማቸው አንድ ደሮ ለእንግዳ ሊያርዱት ሲሉ "በአባ ተክለ ሐዋርያት ተማጽኛቹሃለሁ!" በማለቱ ትተውታል:: *በአፋር በርሃ አካባቢ ለ14 ዓመታት ኑረዋል:: +በአንድ በአት ውስጥም ለ41 ዓመታት ኑረዋል:: ጻድቁ አቡነ ተክለ ሐዋርያት እንዲህ ተመላልሰው በተወለዱ በ71 ዓመታቸው በዚህች ቀን ዐርፈዋል:: +"+ ቅዱስ ፊልሞና ሐዋርያ +"+ =>ቅዱስ ፊልሞና ከ72ቱ አርድእት አንዱ ሲሆን ብዙ ጊዜ "ጥዑመ-ቃል (አንደበቱ የሚጣፍጥ)" ተብሎ ይጠራል:: በዘመነ ሐዋርያት በጣም ልጅ በመሆኑ እየተሯሯጠ ለአበው ይታዘዝ ነበር:: +ጌታን አምኖ ተከትሎ: ለ3 ዓመት ከ3 ወር ተምሮ: ከቅዱስ መንፈሱ ነስቶ: ከቅዱስ እንድርያስ ጋር ለስብከት ወጥቷል:: ሃገረ ስብከቱም ልዳ ነበረች:: እርሱ ሲያነብ (ሲያስተምር) ሰው ሁሉ በተመስጦ ይሰማው ነበር:: ሊገድሉት የመጡ ወታደሮች እንኩዋ በተደሞ መግደላቸውን ይረሱት ነበር:: +አንዳንድ ቀን ደግሞ ወፎችና ርግቦች ያደምጡት: ያዋሩትም ነበር:: ይህቺ ቀን ለቅዱስ ፊልሞና ዕለተ ዕረፍቱ ናት:: =>አምላከ ቅዱሳን ብርሃናቸውን ያብራልን:: ከበረከታቸውም ይክፈለን:: =>ኅዳር 27 ቀን የሚከበሩ ዓመታዊ የቅዱሳን በዓላት= 1.ቅዱስ ያዕቆብ ዘግሙድ 2.አቡነ ተክለ ሐዋርያት ጻድቅ 3.ቅዱስ ፊልሞና ሐዋርያ 4.ቅዱስ ቀሌምንጦስ ሰማዕት 5.ቅዱስ ጢሞቴዎስ ሰማዕት 6.አባ ገብረ ዮሐንስ ጻድቅ =>ወርኀዊ በዓላት 1.ጌታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ 2.አቡነ መብዓ ጽዮን ጻድቅ 3.ቅዱስ መቃርስ (የመነኮሳት ሁሉ አለቃ) 4.ቅዱስ ገላውዴዎስ ሰማዕት (ንጉሠ ኢትዮዽያ) 5.ቅዱስ ቢፋሞን ጻድቅና ሰማዕት 6.ማር ቅዱስ ፊቅጦር ሰማዕት =>+"+ ስለዚሕ ወንድሞቼ ሆይ ጣዖትን ከማምለክ ሽሹ:: ልባሞች እንደመሆናችሁ እላለሁ:: በምለው ነገር እናንተ ፍረዱ:: የምንባርከው የበረከት ጽዋ ከክርስቶስ ደም ጋር ኅብረት ያለው አይደለምን? የምንቆርሰውስ እንጀራ ከክርስቶስ ሥጋ ጋር ኅብረት ያለው አይደለምን? .

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