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😇 The Feast of the Assumption of Saint Mary | Filseta — ፍልሰታ 😇
Filseta (Ge’ez: ፍልሰታ) or The Assumption of Virgin Mary is a feast day observed by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church in commemoration of the Dormition and Assumption of Mary.
The Assumption of Virgin Mary is the most highly honored feast among all the feasts of the Saints. Observed on August 22 (August/Nehase 16 According to the Ethiopian calendar), the Feast of the Assumption commemorates the entrance of Saint Mary’s corporeal body and soul into heaven as she preceded the faithful believers, taking her seat at the right hand of her bridegroom and Son. The feast is based on the conviction that the Lord did not permit the body in which He Himself had dwelt to fall prey to corruption and dissolution: though Mary as a human being underwent death, she was taken up into heaven. To Ethiopians, the celebration of this event bears a powerful witness to the eschatological truth of their faith. As members of the Church, they await the final consummation. On the Last Day, the righteous will rise from the grave and be united once more to a body–not a body such as we possess now, but one that is transfigured and “spiritual” a body in which inward sanctity is made outwardly manifest. The Ethiopian faithful, assured of their resurrection first and foremost by the resurrection of their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, are being further assured by the Assumption of their sister, the Virgin Mary, and therefore observe the Feast of the Assumption with high honor and supreme joy. (1 Cor. 15:40-42)
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians have a striking loyalty to their faith which is easily observed during such seasons as the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God. This devotion is expressed, as we have seen, through the rich and varied hymns and prayers dedicated to the Virgin, in addition to the splendid titles and the poetic imagery which are associated with her. Thus, Ethiopians have retained a sense of the mystery and miracle of the incarnation of God, God’s relationship with humanity, the divine maternity of Mary, her favor with God and her identity with the people of God throughout the ages. Almost every facet of the Ethiopian Orthodox liturgy and worship is an elaboration of the grace of God extended to humanity in the mystery of the incarnation of our Lord anti Savior Jesus Christ through the holy Virgin Mary. In this respect, Ethiopian Christians see the election of the Virgin by God as the instrument for the work of salvation.
The Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is important for Ethiopian Orthodox believers for several reasons. For one thing, much of the life of the Orthodox is spent in recitation of the prayers and of the devotional literature honoring the Virgin Mary. Throughout their lives, they listen time and again to the stories of the Virgin’s life and hardships, joys and sorrows contained in the apocryphal gospels and The Book of the Miracles, as well as others. These stories form a part of the Orthodox Christian’s very consciousness; they strengthen his or her identity and experience in its similarity to the Virgin Mary From the beginning of their Christian life, the Orthodox believers are assured that Mary, in so far as she is a human being, is their sister; and because she has suffered in a fallen world like all human beings, she is their Mother, well acquainted with the pain and agony of this world and ready to comfort and save. Finally, because the Virgin is above all the Mother of God, she is their hope, for through her our salvation has become accessible in her Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Thus, the celebration of the Feast of the Assumption is not merely an interlude between engagements; for the Ethiopian Christian, the annual Feast of the Virgin is the ever-repeated Culmination of a life-time of teaching and learning, listening and believing. In this Feast, the believer celebrates all that the Virgin Mary has come to mean to him or her. It is here, in the context of her Assumption, that the faithful affirm the attributes of the Mother of God, the Virgin Mary. She is to them the intercessor, the virgin mother, the sister, the Lady of Sorrows, the queen–seated beside her Son, our Lord and Saviour, in heavenly glory.
In addition, the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary emphasizes the nature of God, God’s concern for the world which He created, His desire to redeem and save it through the willing participation of a humble woman, the two-fold Virgin Mary, who was pure in body and in soul. In this respect, the Feast of the Virgin represents a celebration of God’s love and charity. God gave His only Son to the world that the world might live through Him; the Virgin Mary willingly chose to participate in that salvation, and to bear to the world God Himself! Thus, the Feast of the Assumption is a time when the faithful express their gratitude to Mary through the works of charity, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked; visiting the sick; comforting the sorrowful, welcoming the stranger. In this way, they hope to express something of the unconditional love of God as expressed in the life of the Virgin Mary, His Mother. Indeed, the very name of Mary, understood within the context of the life of the Ethiopian Orthodox Incarnation Church, has come to be associated with the kindness, the tenderness, the love, and the mercy of God Himself. The Feast of the Assumption is also a time when the faithful examine their lives in light of the purity, holiness, and obedience of the virgin. Remembering her faithfulness to God and sacrificial love for her precious Son, the faithful are reminded of their own relationship to Him, or lack thereof. In this spirit one fasts, one prays, one dedicates anew his or her life to God. The Virgin Mary is associated with all of this. In her, the Orthodox see the purity of her virginity and thus, the willingness and capacity for serving God. In the purity of her obedience to God expressed in her response to the angel’s message, “Behold, I am thy handmaiden, let it be done to me according to thy word”, they see her faithfulness and in the purity of her gratitude and love for God. For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name! they see the meaning of humility and thanksgiving. Mary is the expression of what God intends for them; she is the one, though human, who expresses the perfect will of God; she is humanity par excellence. One could say that like the Apostles before them the faithful fast in order to see and perceive the attributes, the holiness, the purity, the wonder of the Virgin Mary. (Luke 1:38, 1:49)
The celebration of the Feast of the Virgin is clearly a celebration of God’s victory over death as expressed in the assumption of the Virgin Mary and of the eschatological assurance that what Mary enjoys, eternal life in heaven’s glory, is that to which we can look forward in the future. Because the Virgin Mary shares in our death and has assumed her place in God’s kingdom, we have the sure hope that we will one day share her victory over a world of sin, decay, and corruption. She is the first-fruit of God’s eternal kingdom. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has received her in the heavenly places; He has made a place for His blessed Mother. For this reason, we, too, await the day when we will be joined together with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Mary, who is in every way a human being, like ourselves a daughter of Adam, assures us of our hope. In a sense, one could say that for the Ethiopian Christian, Mary is the guarantee of the promise of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
💭 Once again, a high-ranking Russian official issued a chilling warning that World War III has started and the world is racing toward a nuclear war. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the four horsemen of the Apocalypse are already riding across the world. He also said our only hope is Almighty God.
“We can consider that the Horsemen of the Apocalypse are already on their way, and the only hope stays in the Lord Almighty”
A close ally of Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, has warned that the Kremlin could target USA if Ukraine uses rockets supplied by the US to carry out strikes on Russia.
President Joe Biden announced this week that his administration was sending long-range missiles to Ukraine,
Dmitry Medvedev, a former prime minister under Putin and current chairman of the national security council, warned there would be consequences if these were used on Russian soil.
He told Al Jazeera: ‘If, God forbid, these weapons are used against Russian territory then our armed forces will have no other choice but to strike decision-making centres. He warned that fighting in Ukraine was pushing the world dangerously close to nuclear Armageddon
Dmitry Medvedev, ex-president of Russia, member of the Security Council, in a recent interview to Al Jazeera: We can consider that the Horsemen of the Apocalypse are already on their way, and the only hope stays in the Lord Almighty.
💭 Why Egyptians Painted Their Flag at Deir El-Sultan Ethiopian Monastery in Jerusalem | THE 4 HORSEMEN
💭 This past Easter, Egyptians painted the Egyptian flag at the historic Deir El-Sultan Ethiopian Monastery in Jerusalem
😈 THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE & Colored Flags of Islamic Countries & Oromos of Ethiopia
🐎 THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (Revelation Chapter 6)
☠ White – Mohammed
😡 Red – Abu Bakar
🌚 Black – Umar
🤢 Pale Green – Uthman
🔥 4 stands for judgment of men and their sins.
☠ White – terror and war
😡 Red – chaos and murder
🌚 Black – famine and disease
🤢 Pale sickly green is DEATH and HELL
This is exactly what’s taking place in Northern Ethiopia. The Islamic Oromos of Abiy Ahmed Ali starving ancient Christians of Tigray, Ethiopia to death.
❖❖❖ [Revelation Chapter 6:8] ❖❖❖
“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
😇 Come to Jesus, Pray for Peace and Justice. TRUTH, JUSTICE, LOVE, FREEDOM and PEACE are core Christian values.
✞✞✞[Isaiah 1:23]✞✞✞
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow’s cause does not come to them.
💭 A week ago, Egyptians painted the Egyptian flag on the walls of the historic Deir El-Sultan Ethiopian Monastery in Jerusalem
😈 THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE & Colored Flags of Islamic Countries & Oromos of Ethiopia
🐎 THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (Revelation Chapter 6)
☠ White – Mohammed
😡 Red – Abu Bakar
🌚 Black – Umar
🤢 Pale Green – Uthman
👉 4 stands for judgment of men and their sins.
☠ White – terror and war
😡 Red – chaos and murder
🌚 Black – famine and disease
🤢 Pale sickly green is DEATH and HELL
This is exactly what’s taking place in Northern Ethiopia. The Islamic Oromos of Abiy Ahmed Ali starving ancient Christians of Tigray, Ethiopia to death.
❖❖❖ [Revelation Chapter 6:8] ❖❖❖
“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
“There are six things which the Lord hates Yes seven which are an abomination to Him:..And one who spreads strife among brothers.„
💭 As we are doing their job for them – making their jihad job easier – no wonder they are quite lately on the Jihad front. Yea! Islamists are always a bowl full of happiness.
Muslims, like Ali Baba, are accustomed to stealing everything else and say, “our Allah is punishing the infidel!”. As a matter of fact, sadly, the clash between Russia and Ukraine is a retribution for the crimes of supporting the genocidal Islamo-Protestant Oromo regime of evil Abiy Ahmed Ali.
War among Orthodox Brothers of Russia & Ukraine. The instigators: Edomites of The West & Ishmaelites of The East. Both sides in the Ukraine conflict are using jihadists on the battlefield.
War Among Orthodox Brothers of Tigray, Eritrea & Amhara. The instigators: Edomites of The West & Ishmaelites of The East and their Oromo agents.
Both Orthodox Brothers of Russia & Ukraine offered political and military support to help the fascist Oromo regime of Ethiopia wage a 4 year long Genocidal War on Orthodox Christian Tigray. Mind boggling, isn’t it!? The world upside down! 🙃
“What is happening today, the direct bloody war between the Orthodox crusaders – Russia and Ukraine – is but one example of God’s punishment for them, as described in the Qu’ran,” the author of the editorial said, referring to the combatant states’ predominant faith.
“Whether long or short, this Russian-Ukrainian war is but the beginning of the next wars between the Crusader countries, and the images of destruction and death we see are but a small scene of the situation in which the great wars begin,”
💭 Islamic State Celebrates Ukraine War as ‘Divine Punishment Against Infidels’
US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters celebrate after fighting Islamic State (IS) group jihadists near the village of Baghouz in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, on March 15, 2019. – Hundreds of men, women and children trudged out of the Islamic State group’s last sliver of …
Members of the Islamic State terrorist group have celebrated the ongoing conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, expressing hope the war will spread to other European countries.
The Islamic State magazine Al Naba is said to have published an editorial regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, labelling the conflict a “divine punishment” and going on to state that it “will have significant consequences that will change many of the laws of peace and war between those countries.”
The writers of the editorial, which is said to have been distributed on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, also called on supporters of the Islamic State to take advantage of potential chaos, claiming the conflict is “only the beginning” of a wider battle, Il Giornale reports.
“What is happening today, the direct bloody war between the Orthodox crusaders – Russia and Ukraine – is but one example of God’s punishment for them, as described in the Qu’ran,” the author of the editorial said, referring to the combatant states’ predominant faith.
“Whether long or short, this Russian-Ukrainian war is but the beginning of the next wars between the Crusader countries, and the images of destruction and death we see are but a small scene of the situation in which the great wars begin,” the Islamic extremists stated, going on to condemn foreigners fighting for Ukraine as “infidel militias.”
A prior report from the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) claimed that Islamic State chat servers have urged supporters in both Russia and Ukraine to carry out attacks in retaliation for the countries’ roles in defeating the group in the Middle East.
“To the brothers, supporters of the Islamic State in Russia and Ukraine: Seize the opportunity, brothers, and collect weapons – for weapons have been widely distributed to civilians – then attack the crusaders,” a member of the terrorist group wrote.
Another Telegram channel said to be linked to a sympathiser to al-Qaeda from Jordan commented on the conflict saying: “Let Muslims see this war as a Divine gift to the Muslims there [in Ukraine], in Russia, and in the entire world. For those who contemplate it, there are indications that it will change the face of the world, and if the Muslims take advantage of it, it will be a large building block that will advance them towards the renewal of their glory.”
“[We] will restore order there anyway, destroy these bandits. Why does Zelensky allow such a beautiful state, such beautiful places to be destroyed?” said the Chechen leader. “Such beautiful girls there, especially in Kharkov… it’s a shame.”
Indeed so. And, BTW, both sides in the Ukraine conflict are using jihadists on the battlefield. The Ukrainians recruited a lot for their militias, and the Russians have now employed Chechen troops to fight them. And inevitably, some of those from both sides will end up in the EU and the UK.
💭 Stranded on trains Africans making their way by car told there’s no exit for them. Many Africans are taking shelter after being left stranded. Most of them are women and children.
Similar actions and stories of blocking, detention and maltreatment filtering out from “undesired” potential African asylum-seekers are widespread in North Africa, Turkey, Yemen, and now even at the Ethiopia-Sudan border, blocking Tigrayans fleeing the #TigrayGenocide.
An estimated 500,000 people have fled Ukraine to the eastern edge of the European Union (E.U.) since Russia invaded Ukraine last Thursday, U.N. High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi said on Monday.