Global InformationKristos Samra information
Kristos Samra | |
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| Born | 15th century Bulga, Shewa, Ethiopian Empire |
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| Feast | 30 August (nehasə 24 in Ethiopian calendar) |
| Attributes | Woman with two-sided wings |
| Patronage | Ethiopians |
Kristos Samra (Ge'ez: ክርስቶስ ሠምራ, romanized: Kristos Šemra, c. 15th century) was an Ethiopian female saint who founded an eponym monastery in Lake Tana.[1][2]
She is one of Ethiopians over two-hundred indigenous saints[3] and the earliest of about fourteen Ethiopian female saints.[4] After Virgin Mary, she is considered one of female saints by Ethiopians who conceived as virgin and totally sinless.[1]
She is venerated by both the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, with her feast day on 30 August.[2]
- ^ a b Belcher, Wendy (January 2018). "The Life and Visions of Krəstos Śämra, a Fifteenth-Century Ethiopian Woman Saint". African Christian Biography: Narratives, Beliefs, and Boundaries, ed. Dana Robert.
- ^ a b de Birhan Media (2011). "Gedle Kristos Semra (Miracles/Hagiography Kirstos Semra)". Scribd. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ Kinefe-Rigb Zelleke. 1975. "Bibliography of the Ethiopic Hagiographic Traditions." Journal of Ethiopian Studies 13, no. 2 (July): 57-102.
- ^ Selamawit Mecca. 2006. "Hagiographies of Ethiopian Female Saints: With Special Reference to Gädlä Krestos Sämra and Gädlä Feqertä Krestos." Journal of African Cultural Studies 18, no. 2 (December): 153-167.