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Babylon

The True Origin of Santa Claus

DID YOU KNOW that the Ethiopian Orthodox Saint Abba Niqolawos, ቅዱስ ፡ ኒቆላዎስ ።, is the original character of what has been recently elaborated as “Santa Klaus” (Niklaus/Nicholas)?

He was an Oriental man from Mira, in the current Turkey, and his body rests in Bari, South Italy, in a place very near to the Ethiopian Church of that city. Abba Niqolawos is traditionally known in Bari as “The Black”, and depicted as a black man in traditional icons and statues. Surely, he wasn’t white and had nothing to do with Lapland, reindeers and white snow.

His life is commemorated in Ethiopia on 10th Tahsas (19th of December). He is recognized in the Ethiopian Synaxarium as a child prodigy, that was filled with deep righteousness and wisdom since his very first days of life, and also as a very powerful worker of miracles.

The idea of Santa Klaus bringing gifts at night is an elaboration of the orthodox tradition concerning his life. It is said, in fact, that during night he thrown 3 balls full of gold into the house of a poor father, so that he could give his daughters in matrimony and avoid to make them prostitutes for survival. The saint is still traditionally depicted with these 3 balls of gold, which in modern times were transformed into the “night gifts” of Santa Klaus. The Ethiopian Synaxarium also tell us that he was one of the 318 fathers of Nicea that fought against the heresy of Arius, so His Majesty spoke about him also, when He prayed:

“May God who helped the 318 Fathers of the council of Nicea enlighten and help us all.”

As they have done with Christ, the present day Santa (Satan) character is another example of white-washing colonial education, trying to adulterate the African spiritual roots, set a carnal culture of white supremacy and keep Africa and East under exploitation and denigration.

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Babylon

“Free Palestine” JAH said

Ethiopian Imperial Government communique, 23 October 1973:

“Consistent with her stand on opposing territorial annexation, Ethiopia has done her best to effect the withdrawal of Israel from the territories of Egypt, Jordan and Syria which she occupied in 1967 (…) Because Israel has failed to withdraw from the occupied territories, Ethiopia has decided to sever diplomatic relations with Israel until such time that Israel withdraws from the occupied territories”.

The territories they still occupy today, against UNO resolutions and international law. An international mandate of arrest for genocide has been promulgated over the head of their ministers now. Every Rastaman got the responsibility to condemn these criminals and not to defend them or shun public exposition, as certain puppets among us are doing because of their own personal gain and profit.

FREE PALESTINE !!!

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Haile Selassie I - Anecdotes

The Gospel Choir in Harlem (1954)

“Even this triumphant ticker-tape parade (in Manhattan), though, could not match the rapturous welcome given to the emperor by a jubilant crowd of African-Americans when he visited a Baptist Church on 138th Street in Harlem. The pastor of the church, Reverend Dr. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., greeted Haile Selassie ‘in the name of the 700,000 Afro-Americans of New York City, men and women of every faith, belief, and disbelief’. Powell extolled the emperor as ‘the symbol around which we place all our hopes, dreams, and prayers that one day the entire continent of Africa shall be as free as the country of Ethiopia.’ A 200-voice choir then sang the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ from Handel’s ‘Messiah’; the emperor was visibly moved when he heard the refrain ‘and he shall reign forever and ever’.”

(Taken from “King of Kings”, Asfa-Wossen Asserate, Haus Publishing, 2015 p. 191)

Handel’s ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ is a song from his work in english language, an “Oratorio” called “Messiah”, composed by him in 1741. In Harlem, they sang unto His Majesty the following verses:

“Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
The kingdom of this world is become
the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ,
and of His Christ;
And He shall reign for ever and ever,
King of kings, and Lord of lords.
King of kings, and Lord of lords.
King of kings, and Lord of lords,
and Lord of lords,
and He shall reign,
and He shall reign for ever and ever,
for ever and ever,
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
And He shall reign for ever and ever, for ever and ever.
King of kings! and Lord of lords!
King of kings! and Lord of lords!
And He shall reign for ever and ever,
King of kings! and Lord of lords!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!”

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Haile Selassie I - Testimonies

Hans Wilhelm Lockot – German Scholar and Librarian – 1989

Testimony of the German scholar and librarian Hans Wilhelm Lockot, who for many years was head of the Ethiopian National Library, about His Majesty:
“As well as a vast quantity of administrative detail, he stored personal information about thousands of individuals away in his brain: he knew the names, faces, positions, functions, tribal connections and family relationships of officials, military officers or students. All of them he had personally appointed, promoted, transferred or dismissed, or he had supported their education; and reports on all of them had been submitted to him. It was said he never forgot any conversation he had ever had and indeed from his early youth he had been trained to store everything in his memory. He avoided leaving any written records of his actions and never took notes: only his final decisions went into the files. For the population it was a matter of course that the Elect of God should have supernatural qualities, but for officials it was deeply portentous, and it kept them constantly in a state of apprehension. Even when unexpected situations arose, the Emperor would be able quickly and effortlessly to recall accurate detail of events which had taken place many years before without consulting files or asking his aides.”
Taken from Hans Wilhelm Lockot, “The Mission. The Life, Reign and Character of Haile Selassie I”, London 1989, p.53
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Haile Selassie I - Testimonies

Nelson Mandela, from his autobiography “The Long Walk to Freedom” – 1994

“Ethiopia has always held a special place in my own imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African. Meeting the emperor himself would be like shaking hands with history.” (…)

“Suddenly we heard the distant music of a lone bugle and then the strains of a brass band accompanied by the steady beating of African drums. As the music came closer, I could hear — and feel — the rumbling of hundreds of marching feet. From behind a building at the edge of the square, an officer appeared brandishing a gleaming sword; at his heels marched five hundred black soldiers in rows four across, each carrying a polished rifle against his uniformed shoulder. When the troops had marched directly in front of the grandstand, an order rang out in Amharic, and the five hundred soldiers halted as one man, spun around, and executed a precise salute to an elderly man in a dazzling uniform, His Highness the Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, the Lion of Judah.

Here, for the first time in my life, I was witnessing black soldiers commanded by black generals applauded by black leaders who were all guests of a black head of state. It was a heady moment. I only hoped it was a vision of what lay in the future for my own country.” (…)

“The conference was officially opened by our host, His Imperial Majesty, who was dressed in an elaborate brocaded army uniform. I was surprised by how small the emperor appeared, but his dignity and confidence made him seem like the African giant that he was. It was the first time I had witnessed a head of state go through the formalities of his office, and I was fascinated. He stood perfectly straight, and inclined his head only slightly to indicate that he was listening. Dignity was the hallmark of all his actions.”