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

However, because she had to discuss with her children, they sat to converse. Then,  three of her children chose asceticism which they had longed for since their childhood. ✞And per their choice, St. Theodata sent Saints Anthimus, Leontius (Londius), and Euprepius (Abrabius) on their way to the desert with a blessing. And she remained with her two holy sons, Cosmas and Damian. ✞And these Saints stayed in the city not because they wished for the world. Rather they stayed there to serve the Saints of God that were receiving affliction in prison.  ✞While St. Theodata fed and received the destitute at her home, the two Saints, her sons, on the other hand spent the day going around the city visiting, consoling, washing the wounds of, and feeding the imprisoned (imprisoned for the sake of Christ). ✞Though, this - their deed, delighted their Creator, it greatly angered Diocletian the Beast. He immediately ordered that they be caught and brought before him. Accordingly, Cosmas and Damian were brought before him chained. ✞He then said, ”How dare you disrespect my orders! Again, choose between torture and death or obeying my orders.” Thus, the choice of the Saints was clear as there was no power that could separate them from the love of Christ. (Rom. 8:36) ✞And the Emperor ordered saying, “Lash them.” Thus, they removed their clothes, tied them upside down and beat them with metal and wooden rods. And their blood dripped on the ground. However, they were praising God. ✞And because this news had reached St. Theodata, their mother, she hastily came to the square of the martyrs. And what a mother feels when she sees her children hanged in public and their blood dripping is only known by one who had encountered it as well. ✞Nevertheless, she was reassured when she thought about their honor. And speedily, amid the people, she rebuked the apostate boldly regarding his ignorance. And the Emperor in anger had her beheaded. The two Saints saw this and wished for one thing, a person who would entomb the body of their mother. ✞However, because all were afraid, the body of the Saint laid on the ground for a whole day. And at that juncture, St. Cosmas screamed loudly in grief, “Is there no one amongst you that would show a little compassion to this elderly woman?” And suddenly the great military commander St. Victor arrived at the scene. ✞While carrying his sword, he entered the midst and took up the Saint’s body. And carrying her honorably, he buried her. Finally, because the news of their three brothers was heard as well, they were caught and brought to the city by soldiers. Thereafter, after afflicting them with much tortures, their oppressors lined the five up and killed them on this day. And the Martyrs received glory upon glory with their mother. ✞✞✞May the God of the Martyrs grant us from their patience, persistence, and blessings. ✞✞✞ Annual feasts celebrated on the 22nd of Hedar 1. Saints Cosmas and Damian (Martyrs) 2. Saint Theodata (Their mother) 3. Saints Anthimus, Leontius (Londius), and Euprepius (Abrabius) (Their brothers) 4. The “311” Martyrs (Followers of Cosmas and Damian) ✞✞✞ Monthly Feasts 1. St. Uriel Archangel 2. St. Dekesius (Devotee of our Lady) 3. Abba Anthony Father of the Monks 4. Abba Paul the Simple 5. St. Julius Martyr 6. St Luke the Evangelist and Apostle ✞✞✞“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us.”✞✞✞ 1 John 4:4-6 ✞✞✞ Salutations to God ✞✞✞ (Translated by Mhr. Esuendale Shemeles with the permission of Dn. Yordanos Abebe)

#Feasts of #Hedar_22 ✞✞✞On this day we commemorate the Martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damian✞✞✞ ✞✞✞In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen!✞✞✞ ✞✞✞ Saints Cosmas and Damian✞✞✞ =>Let us see a bit today the relation of Christianity and youthfulness basing the lives of these blessed Christian brothers. Prior to this, we have heard the accounts of several young martyrs. As Holy Writ states, “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning” (Rom. 15:4) we should take notice. ✞✞✞The accounts of the saints are told to us not that we listen to them as stories and pass. Rather, 1. The account of the Saint gives blessing to the person that listens or reads it wholeheartedly. 2. By faith one can partake from the Saint’s covenant (that he/she has received from God). 3. And we learn the ways in which the saints preserved their Christianity, kept It and were able to garner heavenly honor. And the greatest benefit we receive is this. ✞A number of us, the children of Tewahedo (the Faith), either start and stop the lives of the saints as temporal history or read it in a careless manner. And when we favor their icons we place the like button (in social medias) and pass. ✞And sometimes, we read it carefully and pass on admiring with, “How fortunate!” It is good that we admired them, however the saints reached this point not only because they were fortunate rather because they did what was expected of them accordingly. ✞God does not favor one over the other. And He said “Be ye holy; for I am holy”(Lev. 19:2, 1Pet. 1:15) not to a few selected or unique people rather to all those that believe in His name. ✞Hence, us Christians, particularly the youths, should take the proper courses and persist, become strong and should say, “We are here” for the Church. Today, predominantly, in the cities, the Church is becoming barren though she has given birth. ✞It is said that the Church has this and that million Sunday school students and youths. Nonetheless, when properly examined, it is shameful to speak how many out of a hundred are found at the right place. What has happened has happened, but when we ask regarding the solution. [It seems to be the following] Let us learn from early Christian saints what we must do, integrate that with the present era, and let us support ourselves, our church and our country. And let us come out of the ravine of indolence. And for this may God help us to have a committed heart. Now let us pass to the accounts of the Saints (Martyrs). ✞Saints Cosmas and Damian were Christians of the 3rd century A.D that were born and raised in the land of Syria. Because their father departed while they were kids, the burden of raising 5 children fell on their mother. Their mother was called Saint Theodata. ✞She was an amazing, blessed mother. And her five children were called, “Cosmas, Damian, Anthimus, Euprepius (Abrabius), and Leontius (Londius)”. It is obvious that the first concern of a mother in such a situation is “What will my children eat?” However, this was not the main apprehension for St. Theodata. ✞As our Lord had taught us, “take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?,” she was always worried about her children’s heavenly citizenhood. (Matt. 6:31) ✞And for that reason, she used to take her children daily to the House of God, have them hear His Holy Word, and practice the spiritual life. As God wants from us our good will and a bit of sincere effort, St. Theodata succeeded. Her children grew up in physique and spiritual life. ✞But the era was not like today, rather it was a time when being a Christian was a death sentence. As we have seen in previous similar stories, 275 years after the birth of Christ, the two beasts (Diocletian and Maximian) that ruled Syria and Rome started persecuting Christians and did not allow them to stay in one place.✞And St. Theodata, who succeeded in the first trial, was not fearful to face this head on.

††† ኅዳር 22 ቀን የሚከበሩ ዓመታዊ የቅዱሳን በዓላት 1.ቅዱሳን ቆዝሞስ ወድምያኖስ (ሰማዕታት) 2.ቅድስት ቴዎዳዳ (እናታቸው) 3.ቅዱሳን አንቲቆስ: ዮንዲኖስና አብራንዮስ (ወንድሞቻቸው) 4."311" ሰማዕታት (የነ ቆዝሞስ ማኅበር) ††† ወርኀዊ በዓላት 1.ቅዱስ ዑራኤል ሊቀ መላእክት 2.ቅዱስ ደቅስዮስ (የእመቤታችን ወዳጅ) 3.አባ እንጦንስ አበ መነኮሳት 4.አባ ጳውሊ የዋህ 5.ቅዱስ ዮልዮስ ሰማዕት 6.ቅዱስ ሉቃስ ወንጌላዊ ሐዋርያ ††† "ልጆች ሆይ እናንተ ከእግዚአብሔር ናችሁ:: አሸንፋችሁአቸውማል:: በዓለም ካለው ይልቅ በእናንተ ያለው ታላቅ ነውና:: እነርሱ ከዓለም ናቸው:: ስለዚህ ከዓለም የሆነውን ይናገራሉ:: ዓለሙም ይሰማቸዋል:: እኛ ከእግዚአብሔር ነን:: እግዚአብሔርን የሚያውቅ ይሰማናል:: ከእግዚአብሔር ያልሆነ አይሰማንም::" ††† (፩ዮሐ. ፬፥፬) ††† ወስብሐት ለእግዚአብሔር †††

††† እንኳን ለቅዱሳን ሰማዕታት ቆዝሞስና ድምያኖስ ዓመታዊ የዕረፍት በዓል በሰላም አደረሳችሁ፤ አደረሰን። ††† ††† በስመ አብ ወወልድ ወመንፈስ ቅዱስ አሐዱ አምላክ አሜን! ††† ††† ቅዱሳን ቆዝሞስ ወድምያኖስ ††† ††† እስኪ ዛሬ ስለ ክርስትናና ወጣትነት እነዚህን ቡሩካን ወንድማማች ክርስቲያኖች መሠረት አድርገን ጥቂት እንመልከት:: ከዚህ በፊት የበርካታ ወጣት ሰማዕታትን ዜና ሰምተናል:: መጽሐፍ እንደሚል "ወኩሉ ዘተጽሕፈ ለተግሣጸ ዚአነ ተጽሕፈ" - "የተጻፈው ሁሉ እኛ ልንማርበት: ልንገሠጽበት ነውና" (ሮሜ. 15:4) ልናስተውል ይገባናል:: ††† ዜና ቅዱሳን የሚነገረን እንደ ታሪክ እንዲሁ ሰምተን እንድናልፈው አይደለም:: 1.ከልቡ ለሚሰማው (ለሚያነበው) በረከት አለው:: 2.ከቅዱሱ (ቅድስቷ) ቃል ኪዳን በእምነት ተካፋይ መሆን ይቻላል:: 3.ቅዱሳኑ ክርስትናቸውን ያጸኑበት: የጠበቁበትና ለሰማያዊ ክብር የበቁበትን መንገድ እንማርበታለን:: ትልቁም ጥቅማችን ይሔው ነው:: ቁጥራችን ቀላል የማይባል የተዋሕዶ ልጆች ሕይወተ ቅዱሳንን እንደ ተራ ታሪክ ወይ ጀምረን እንተወዋለን:: ምናልባትም በግዴለሽነት እናነበዋለን:: ደስ ሲለንም ምስሉ ላይ 'like' የምትለውን ተጭነን እናልፈዋለን:: አንዳንድ ጊዜ ደግሞ በደንብ አንብበን "ወይ መታደል!" ብለን አድንቀን እናልፋለን:: ማድነቃችንስ ጥሩ ነበር:: ግንኮ ቅዱሳኑ ለዚህ የበቁት የታደሉ ስለ ሆኑ ብቻ አይደለም:: ከእነርሱ የሚጠበቀውንም በሚገባ ሥለ ሠሩ እንጂ:: እግዚአብሔር የሚያዳላ አምላክ አይደለም:: "ኩኑ ቅዱሳነ እስመ ቅዱስ አነ-እኔ ቅዱስ እንደሆንኩ እናንተም ቅዱሳን ሁኑ" (ዘሌ. 19:2, 1ጴጥ. 1:15) ብሎ የተናገረው ለጥቂት ወይም ለተለዩ ሰዎች አይደለም:: በስሙ ለሚያምኑ ሁሉ ነው እንጂ:: ስለሆነም እኛ ክርስቲያኖች: በተለይም ወጣቶች ከቀደምቶቻችን ተገቢውን ትምሕርት ወስደን ልንጸና: ልንበረታ: ለቤተ ክርስቲያናችንም "አለሁልሽ" ልንላት ይገባል:: ዛሬ እናት ቤተ ክርስቲያን በተለይ በከተሞች የወላድ መካን እየሆነች ነው:: "ይህን ያህል ሚሊየን ሰንበት ተማሪና ወጣት አላት" ይባላል:: ሲፈተሽ ግን በትክክለኛ ቦታው የሚገኘው ከመቶው ስንቱ እንደ ሆነ ለመናገርም ያሳፍራል:: የሆነውስ ሆነ: መፍትሔው ምንድነው ብንል:- እባካችሁ ከቅዱሳን ቀደምት ክርስቲያኖች መሥራት ያለብንን ቀስመን: ከዘመኑ ጋር አዋሕደን (ዘመኑን ዋጅተን) ራሳችንን: ቤተ ክርስቲያንንና ሃገራችንን እንደግፍ:: ካለንበት ያለማስተዋል አዘቅትም እንውጣ:: ለዚህም ቁርጥ ልቡና እንዲኖረን አምላካችን ይርዳን ብለን ወደ ቅዱሳኑ ዜና ሕይወት እንለፍ:: ቅዱሳን ቆዝሞስና ድምያኖስ በ3ኛው መቶ ክ/ዘመን መጨረሻ አካባቢ በምድረ ሶርያ ተወልደው ያደጉ የዘመኑ ክርስቲያኖች ናቸው:: አባታቸው በልጅነታቸው በማረፉ 5 ወንድ ልጆችን የማሳደግ ሃላፊነት በእናታቸው ትክሻ ላይ ወደቀ:: እናታቸው ቅድስት ቴዎዳዳ ትባላለች:: እጅግ የምትገርም: ቡርክት እናት ናት:: አምስቱ ልጆቿ "ቆዝሞስ: ድምያኖስ: አንቲቆስ: አብራንዮስና ዮንዲኖስ" ይባላሉ:: በእርግጥ ለአንዲት እናት የመጀመሪያ ጭንቀቷ "ልጆቼ ምን ይብሉ" ነው:: ለቅድስት ቴዎዳዳ ዋናው ጉዳይ ይሔ አልነበረም:: ጌታችን እንዳስተማረን "ኢትበሉ ምንተ ንበልእ: ወምንተ ንሰቲ: ወምንተ ንትከደን - ምን እንበላለን: ምን እንጠጣለን: ምንስ እንለብሳለን ብላችሁ አትጠጨነቁ" ብሏልና ዘወትር የምትጨነቀው ስለ ልጆቿ ሰማያዊ ዜግነት ነበር:: (ማቴ. 6:31) በዚህም ምክንያት አምስቱም ልጆቿን ዕለት ዕለት ወደ ቤተ እግዚአብሔር ትወስዳቸው: ከቅዱስ ቃሉ ታሰማቸው: መንፈሳዊ ሕይወትን ታለማምዳቸው ነበር:: አምላክ ከእኛ የሚፈልገው በጐ ፈቃዳችንንና በቅንነት የሆነች ትንሽ ጥረታችንን ነውና ቅድስት ቴዎዳዳ ተሳካላት:: ልጆቿ በአካልም: በመንፈሳዊ ሕይወትም አደጉላት:: ዘመኑ እንደ ዛሬ ተድላ ሥጋ የበዛበት ሳይሆን ክርስቲያን መሆን ለሞት የሚያበቃበት ነበር:: ከዚህ በፊት እንደ ተመለከትነው ከክርስቶስ ልደት 275 ዓመታት በኋላ በሶርያና በሮም የነገሡት ሁለቱ አራዊት (ዲዮቅልጢያኖስና መክስምያኖስ) ክርስቲያኖችን ከዋሉበት አላሳድሩ: ካደሩበትም አላውሉ አሉ:: ቀዳሚ ፈተናዋን በሚገባ የተወጣችው ቅድስት ቴዎዳዳ ይህኛውንም ትጋፈጠው ዘንድ አልፈራችም:: ግን ከልጆቿ ጋር መመካከር ነበረባትና ለውይይት ተቀመጡ:: ሦስቱ ልጆቿ ከልጅነታቸው ጀምረው ሲሹት የነበረውን ምናኔ መረጡ:: ቅድስቷ እናት በምርጫቸው መሠረት ቅዱሳን አንቲቆስ: ዮንዲኖስና አብራንዮስን መርቃ ወደ በርሃ ሸኘች:: እርሷም ከሁለቱ ቅዱሳን ልጆቿ ቆዝሞስና ድምያኖስ ጋር ቀረች:: እነዚህ ቅዱሳን በከተማ የቀሩት ግን ዓለም ናፍቃቸው አይደለም:: በእሥራት መከራን የሚቀበሉ የእግዚአብሔርን ቅዱሳን ያገለግሉ ዘንድ ነው እንጂ:: ቅድስት ቴዎዳዳ በቤቷ ነዳያንን ስትቀበልና ስታበላ ሁለቱ ቅዱሳን ልጆቿ ቀኑን ሙሉ እየዞሩ እሥረኞችን (ስለ ክርስቶስ የታሠሩትን) ሲጠይቁ: ሲያጽናኑ: ቁስላቸውን ሲያጥቡ አንጀታቸውንም በምግብ ሲደግፉ ይውሉ ነበር:: ይሕ መልካም ሥራቸው ለፈጣሪ ደስ ቢያሰኝም አውሬው ዲዮቅልጢያኖስን ግን ከመጠን በላይ አበሳጨው:: ወዲያውኑ ተይዘው እንዲቀርቡለት አዘዘ:: በትዕዛዙ መሠረትም ቆዝሞስና ድምያኖስ ታሥረው ቀረቡ:: "እንዴት ብትደፍሩ ትዕዛዜን ትሽራላችሁ! አሁንም ከስቃይ ሞትና ለእኔ ከመታዘዝ አንዱን ምረጡ" አላቸው:: ቅዱሳኑ ምርጫቸው ግልጽ ነበር:: ከክርስቶስ ፍቅር ከቶውኑ ሊለያቸው የሚችል ኃይል አልነበረምና:: (ሮሜ. 8:36) ንጉሡም "ግረፏቸው" አለ:: ልብሳቸውን ገፈው: ዘቅዝቀው አሥረው: በብረትና በእንጨት ዘንግ ደበደቧቸው:: ደማቸውም መሬት ላይ ተንጠፈጠፈ:: እነርሱ ግን ፈጣሪን ይቀድሱት ነበር:: ይህ ዜና ፈጥኖ ወደ እናታቸው ደርሶ ነበርና ቅድስት ቴዎዳዳ እየባከነች ወደ ሰማዕታት አደባባይ ሮጠች:: አንዲት እናት ልጆቿ በአደባባይ ተሰቅለው ደማቸው ሲንጠፈጠፍ ስታይ ምን ሊሰማት እንደሚችል የሚያውቅ የደረሰበት ብቻ ነው:: ግን ክብራቸውን አስባ ተጽናናች:: ፈጥናም በሕዝቡ መካከል ስለ ሰነፍነቱ ከሀዲውን በድፍረት ዘለፈችው:: ንጉሡም በቁጣ አንገቷን በሰይፍ አስመታት:: ሁለቱ ቅዱሳን ይህንን በዓይናቸው አዩ:: አንዲት ነገርንም ተመኙ:: የእናታቸውን አካል የሚቀብር ሰው:: ግን ደግሞ ሁሉ ስለ ፈራ የቅድስቷ አካል መሬት ላይ ወድቆ ዋለ:: ያን ጊዜ ተዘቅዝቆ ሳለ ቅዱስ ቆዝሞስ አሰምቶ ጮኸ:: "ከእናንተ መካከል ለዚህች ሽማግሌ ጥቂት ርሕራሔ ያለው ሰው የለም?" ሲልም አዘነ:: ድንገት ግን ኃያሉ የጦር መሪ ቅዱስ ፊቅጦር ደረሰ:: ሰይፉን ታጥቆ: በመካከል ገብቶ የቅድስቷን አካል አነሳ:: በክብር ተሸክሞም ወስዶ ቀበራት:: በመጨረሸ ግን የሦስቱ ወንድሞቻቸው ዜና በመሰማቱ ከበርሃ በወታደሮች ተይዘው መጡ:: ከዚያም በብዙ መከራ አሰቃይተው በዚህች ቀን አምስቱንም አሰልፈው ገደሏቸው:: የክብር ክብርንም ከእናታቸው ጋር ወረሱ:: ††† አምላከ ሰማዕታት ከትእግስታቸው: ከጽናታቸውና ከበረከታቸው ያሳትፈን::

✝እንኳን አደረሰን!✝ ☞በእንተ #እግዝእትነ #ማርያም ድንግል፤ ወበእንተ #ኢየሱስ #ክርስቶስ ወልዳ ፍቁር፤ ☞ዝክሩ ስመ አበዊነ ቅዱሳን #ነቢያት #ሙሴ #ወአሮን #ዳዊት #ወሰሎሞን #ዕዝራ #ወዘካርያስ እለ አውኃዙ ተነብዮ በእንተ አማናዊት #እምነ #ጽዮን፡፡ "" ጸጋ ዘአብ ፥ ኂሩት ዘወልድ ሱታፌ ዘመንፈስ ቅዱስ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወበረከታ ለእምነ #ጽዮን_ማርያም ፡ ተፋቅሮ #ዘነቢያት #ወዘሐዋርያት ወዘአበው ቀደምት ቅዱሳን ፡ ወትረ የኀሉ ምስሌየ ወምስለ ኩልክሙ፡፡ አሜን፡፡ "" https://t.me/zikirekdusn

++"++ አፄ #ፋሲል ያሰሩትና ለ300 ዓመታት ታቦተ ጽዮን የኖረችበት ቤተ ክርስቲያን (እዚያው #አክሱም) ++"++ "#ማርያም #ጽዮን ለእግዚአብሔር ታቦተ ሕጉ:: ያንጽሐኒ እምፍቅረ ወርቅ ለማየ ኪዳንኪ አይጉ:: እስመ ፍቅረ ንዋይ ተብሕለ ለሰይጣን ኤረጉ::" (መልክዐ ኪዳነ ምሕረት) << ክብሯ ይብዛልን >> https://t.me/zikirekdusn