Calendar of saints (Orthodox Tewahedo)
The following list contains calendar of saints observed by the Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. It includes both annual feast days and calendar of saints by month.
Annual feasts
[edit]- November 30 – Saint Mary[1]
- August 7–22 – Filseta
- May 9 – Lideta Maryam[2]
- November 21/June 19 – Michael the Archangel[3]
Regular saint days per month
[edit]| Days per month (using the Ethiopian calendar) | Dedicated saint(s)[4][unreliable source?] |
|---|---|
| 1st | Lideta (Birth of the Holy Virgin Mary) and Elias (Elijah) |
| 2nd | Thaddius |
| 3rd | Be'eta (Presentation of the Holy Virgin to the Temple of Jerusalem) |
| 4th | Yohannes Wolde Negedquad (John Son of Thunder) |
| 5th | Petros and Paulos (Peter and Paul) and Gebre Menfes Kiddus |
| 6th | Our Lady of Qusquam (Egypt) |
| 7th | Holy Trinity Day |
| 8th | Kiros (Cyrus) and Abba Banuda |
| 9th | Thomas (not the Apostle) |
| 10th | Kidus Meskel (Feast of the Holy Cross) |
| 11th | Hanna we Iyachew (St Anne and St. Joachim, parents of the Holy Virgin Mary) and Fasilides |
| 12th | Michael the Archangel, Samuel, and Yared |
| 13th | Feast of Igziabher Ab (God the Father) and Raphael the Archangel |
| 14th | Abuna Aregawi and Gebre Kristos |
| 15th | Kirkos and his mother Iyeluta (Cyricus and Julitta) |
| 16th | Kidane Mihret (Our Lady Covenant of Mercy) |
| 17th | Estifanos (Stephen the Martyr) and Abba Gerima |
| 18th | Ewostatewos |
| 19th | Gabriel the Archangel |
| 20th | Hnstata |
| 21st | Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God |
| 22nd | Deqsius |
| 23rd | Georgis (Saint George) |
| 24th | Abune Tekle Haymanot |
| 25th | Merkorios (Saint Mercurius) |
| 26th | Thomas the Apostle |
| 27th | Medhane Alem (Savior of the World) |
| 28th | Immanuel |
| 29th | Bale Wold (Feast of God the Son) |
| 30th | Markos (Mark the Evangelist) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Fasts & Feasts". Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - Menbere Berhan Kidest Mariam (St. Mary) Cathedral in Toronto. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ^ "Other celebrations - Boundless Ethiopia Tours". boundlessethiopia.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ^ "The Feast of Saint Michael – Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Sunday School Department – Mahibere Kidusan". Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- ^ "Feast Days of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church". Angelfire. Retrieved 2022-09-23.