A library of homilies, prayer texts, and study materials from the Tewahedo tradition.
Listen to homilies preached at the Sunday liturgy. Older recordings are available on request — write to the parish for access to the full archive.
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.
Listen →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.
Listen →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.
Listen →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.
Listen →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.
The full morning office of the church — the fifteen prayers of matins, with the Anaphora of Mary and the Psalter selections of the day.
Download →Compline and vespers, for use at the close of the day. Includes the canticle of Simeon and the evening hymn of the lampadarii.
Download →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.
Download →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.
Download →Teaching materials for catechumens, families, and Sabbath School students — designed for the Tewahedo tradition and prepared in both Amharic and English.
A twelve-lesson introduction to the Ethiopian Orthodox faith for adult catechumens — the creed, the sacraments, the saints, and the rhythm of the year.
Open Series →Illustrated lives of saints venerated in the Ethiopian Synaxarium — for parents to read with their children through the year of the church.
Read →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.
View Plan →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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