ቤተ መጻሕፍት · RESOURCES

Sermons, prayers & learning

A library of homilies, prayer texts, and study materials from the Tewahedo tradition.

From the pulpit

Listen to homilies preached at the Sunday liturgy. Older recordings are available on request — write to the parish for access to the full archive.

Audio · Sermon

The Voice in the Wilderness

በዓለ ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ

A homily on the patronal feast of St John — on what it means to prepare the way of the Lord in our own time and our own hearts.

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On the Holy Cross

መስቀል

Preached on the feast of Meskel — the finding of the True Cross, and the cross we are each called to carry in the imitation of our Lord.

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The Fast as a School

ስለ ጾም

An exhortation at the beginning of Great Lent on the meaning of the fast — not as a burden but as a discipline that teaches the soul to wait on the Lord.

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The Tewahedo Confession

ተዋሕዶ

A teaching on the union of natures in Christ — what the Ethiopian Orthodox Church confesses and why this confession is the bedrock of our hope.

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For your cell

Daily prayers and devotions from the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition, formatted for use at home or in travel. Texts are given in Ge'ez script with English translations.

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Morning Prayers

ጸሎተ ነግህ

The full morning office of the church — the fifteen prayers of matins, with the Anaphora of Mary and the Psalter selections of the day.

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Evening Prayers

ጸሎተ ሰርክ

Compline and vespers, for use at the close of the day. Includes the canticle of Simeon and the evening hymn of the lampadarii.

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Before Communion

ጸሎተ ቅዳሴ

Prayers of preparation for the Holy Mysteries — to be read on the eve and morning of the liturgy by all who intend to approach the chalice.

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The Anaphora of the Apostles

ቅዳሴ ዘሐዋርያት

The principal Sunday liturgy of the Ethiopian Church, in Ge'ez and English in parallel, for following the priest's chant during the Divine Liturgy.

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To know the faith

Teaching materials for catechumens, families, and Sabbath School students — designed for the Tewahedo tradition and prepared in both Amharic and English.

Catechism · Series

Foundations of the Tewahedo Faith

መሠረት

A twelve-lesson introduction to the Ethiopian Orthodox faith for adult catechumens — the creed, the sacraments, the saints, and the rhythm of the year.

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Sabbath School · Children

Stories of the Saints

ለልጆች

Illustrated lives of saints venerated in the Ethiopian Synaxarium — for parents to read with their children through the year of the church.

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Scripture · Reading Plan

The Ethiopian Canon

መጽሐፍ ቅዱስ

The eighty-one books of Holy Scripture as received in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church — with a reading plan to journey through the canon over a year.

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External · Link

The Ethiopian Synaxarium

ስንክሳር

The lives of the saints commemorated through the Ethiopian year — read in the liturgy daily, available in full from the patriarchal publication office.

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ጥያቄ ካለዎት

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