Sacred music of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Orthodox Tewahedo music refers to sacred music of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The music was long associated with Zema (chant), developed by the six century composer Yared. It is essential part of liturgical service in the Church and classified into fourteen anaphoras, with the normal use being the Twelve Apostles.
Ethiopian Orthodox priests dancing during 2015 Timkat celebration
Common musical instruments features on Orthodox Tewahedo music is tsenatsil (sistrum), kebero (hand drum) and hand bell. The three modes of chants with respective services are "Ge'ez" (ordinary days), Ezel (fast days and Lent), and Araray (principal feasts).
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churches, as is OrthodoxTewahedomusic. The Ethiopian OrthodoxTewahedo Church, autocephalous since 1959. The Eritrean OrthodoxTewahedo Church, autocephalous...
Ethiopic characters. The Eritrean OrthodoxTewahedo Church (Tigrinya: ቤተ ክርስትያን ተዋህዶ ኤርትራ) is one of the Oriental Orthodox Churches with its headquarters...
question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Tigrayan OrthodoxTewahedo Church is one of the Oriental Orthodox Churches with its headquarters in Axum, Tigray...
OrthodoxTewahedo Church (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches...
historically constituted a major element of the practice of the Ethiopian OrthodoxTewahedo Church, following the counsel of Saint Paul (Ge'ez: ቅዱስ ጳውሎስ; k’idus...
Kidase (Ge'ez: ቅዳሴ, means "thanksgiving to the Lord") is an OrthodoxTewahedo daily worship service originated by the sixth century Aksumite composer...
Ethiopian Orthodox society. The term mezmur is instinctively denotes an Ethiopian OrthodoxTewahedomusic. There are also wide range of Islamic music. Protestant...
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and its constituent autonomous Malankara Syrian Church; the Armenian Apostolic Church; the Ethiopian OrthodoxTewahedo Church...
1959, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church was granted autocephaly. This was extended to the Eritrean OrthodoxTewahedo Church in 1998 following the...
"lamentation") is a hymnary guideline of the Ethiopian and Eritrean OrthodoxTewahedo Churches written by the 6th-century composer Yared. The great Deggua...
longstanding religion has been the Ethiopian OrthodoxTewahedo Church (then including the Eritrean OrthodoxTewahedo Church) since the times of Frumentius....
Christians are exceeded by no other Christian denomination except the OrthodoxTewahedo. Out of the 365 days of the year, Copts often fast between 210 and...
The persecution of the Ethiopian and Eritrean OrthodoxTewahedo Church has been surging over centuries. The church has encountered significant challenges...
Oriental Orthodox churches (the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Eritrean OrthodoxTewahedo Church, and the Ethiopian OrthodoxTewahedo Church)...
is a form of Christian liturgical chant practiced by the Ethiopian OrthodoxTewahedo Church. The related musical notation is known as melekket. The tradition...
Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity...
the Christians (largely members of the non-Chalcedonian Ethiopian OrthodoxTewahedo Church) live in the highlands, while Muslims and adherents of traditional...
primate of the church. It is sometimes referred to as the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Armenian Church or Armenian Gregorian Church. The Armenian Apostolic...
tradition of Ethiopia, particularly the chants of the Ethiopian-Eritrean OrthodoxTewahedo Churches, which are still performed today. St. Yared was from Axum;...
are public holidays in Ethiopia. Many holidays follow the Ethiopian OrthodoxTewahedo Church. In addition, the following Muslim holidays, which may take...
Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) also known as the Indian Orthodox Church (IOC) or simply as the Malankara Church, is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox...
Ethiopian OrthodoxTewahedo Church Eritrean OrthodoxTewahedo Church Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Brahmavar (Goan) Orthodox Church British Orthodox Church...
such as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Orthodox Christians and Oriental Orthodox Christians, and Jehovah's Witnesses (about 13 million...
of Christianity, including the Eastern Orthodox Church,[citation needed] and the Ethiopian OrthodoxTewahedo Church continue to have a tradition of a...
related to Christmas in Ethiopia. Meskel – Ethiopian and Eritrean OrthodoxTewahedo Church holiday, observed on 27 or 28 September Public holidays in...
Orthodox Church, opposed the teaching, as did Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I of the Syriac Orthodox Church; the Eritrean and Ethiopian OrthodoxTewahedo accept...
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