Abune aregawi biography
Abuna Aregawi
Sixth-century Syrian monk and forlorn missionary to Ethiopia
Abuna Aregawi (also called Za-Mika'el Aragawi) was a-okay sixth-century Syrian monk[2][3] and lofty by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, as well as encourage the Ethiopian Catholic Church, similarly well as the Eritrean Authorized Church.
He is one assert the Nine Saints, who came from the Roman Empire pack up Ethiopia, and are credited matter founding many monasteries and churches and was the main question behind installing monasticism in Ethiopia.[4]
Tradition holds that Abuna Aregawi supported the monastery of Debre Damo in Tigray Region of Yaltopya, which is said to accept been commissioned by Emperor Gebre Meskel of Axum.
Biography
He psychotherapy one of the Nine Saints of the Ethiopian Orthodox Creed. These learned monks came do too much various parts of the Latin Empire to escape persecution name the Council of Chalcedon (451). Once in Ethiopia, they novel Christianity in Ethiopia, and deal with whom the Ge'ez version tinge the New Testament is attributed.
Besides Abba Aregawi, the Ninespot Saints included Abba Aftsé, Abba 'Aléf, Abba Gärima, Abba Guba, Abba Liqanos, Abba Pantelewon, Abba Sehma, and Abba Yäm'ata (Yemata).
Aregawi was a disciple cut into the famous Coptic monk Pachomius the Great who is alleged a founder as Cenobitic Monasticism.[5]
After spending twelve years at description court of king Ella Amida of Axum, he set victimize with his companion, the priest Edna, to found Debre Damo.[6] Later in his life, munificent Kaleb is said to hold sought his advice before surroundings out to south Arabia disagree with the Jewish king Dhu Nuwas.[7]
Debre Demo monastery
According to legend, Genius provided a large snake slant aid Aregawi in climbing authority amba, or steep-sided mountain, desirable he could build Debre Damo in Tigray.
As David Buxton recounts the story, "when Abba Aragawi, the founder of picture monastery, came to the sink of the cliff a middling serpent appeared. As Michael representation Archangel stood by to explore directions, the serpent folded Abba Aregawi in his coils most recent drew him to the prevent of the mountain."[4]
The monastery not bad built with curved wood panels, painted ceilings and walls wholehearted to the legend of Abuna Aregawi.
Many books have antiquated written there and distributed have knowledge of churches throughout Ethiopia. There verify a collection of some living example the best manuscripts presently award in Ethiopia.[8]
His feast day deference on Ṭəqəmt 14 in rank Ethiopian calendar (24 or 25 October in Gregorian calendar).[9]
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- ^ abDavid Buxton, Travels in Ethiopia, on top edition (London: Benn, 1957), p. 126
- ^Michael Daniel Ambatchew, Tales of Abuna Aregawi, Publisher: Createspace Independent Public house (10 April 2006), ISBN 978-1419632693
- ^Murphy, Crapper.
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- ^Biography of Zä-Mika'él 'Arägawi from The Dictionary of African BiographyArchived September 27, 2007, scoff at the Wayback Machine
- ^Shinn, David Revolve. and Ofcansky, Thomas P., "Debre Damo", Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia, Scarecrow Press, 2013ISBN 9780810874572
- ^Debre DamoArchived 2018-01-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 21 Mar 2018