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Berhane Selassie (Bob Marley)

Bob Marley Never Changed His Faith

He was baptized in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, through the supervision of Abune Yeshaq, as many other Rastafari Patriarchs, including Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Lee Perry and even the spiritual teacher of Bob Marley, Mortimo Planno. But no one speaks about their “conversion”.

Bob Marley started to attend Ethiopian church, established by His Majesty in Jamaica, many years before His baptism, that was just a natural sacramental stage of His livity. In one of His last speeches, he said that “The Ethiopian Church is a Rasta thing”, and Orthodox baptism was just the fulfillment of His faith.

He never denied what He said and lived for, even if he could before dieing. He cried on the day of his baptism for all his sins were forgiven. He left to the world the testimony of the adoration of His Majesty, and his children continue to keep that faith with pride.

Do not follow the parassites, that exist thanks to the work of the Rastaman, that took from the Rastaman names and shapes, and now come to rob I&I of our honor and dignity like ungrateful dogs.

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Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Triune Fasting

Trinity of Fasting
ይጹም፡ዓይን። Ytzum Ayn / The Eye shall fast
ይጹም፡ልሳን። Ytzum L(e)san / The Tongue shall fast
እዝንኒ፡ይጹም፡እምሰሚዓ፡ሕሡም። (E)zn(e)ni Ytzum EmSemi’a H(e)sum / The Ear too shall fast from hearing vile things.
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Ge'ez ግእዝ Mysteries

Study Orthodox Faith through the Holy Language

“From those times to this, various books both of spiritual and material profit have periodically been compiled and written in Ge’ez. We remember with deep gratitude those fathers of old who, as time and opportunity allowed, worked with much care and labour and have left us books for the preservation of the Faith and for the increase of learning and knowledge.” #QHS
Ge’ez Books are to preserve the Faith. You nurtured yourself with enough english theology, now it’s time for all those seriously engaged in such studies to get the Original Source.
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Ethiopian Orthodox Church

The 12 Tribes of the 12 Apostles

According to the Ethiopian Tradition, each one of the 12 Apostles comes from one among the 12 tribes of Israel, thus fulfilling his own personal life as the prophetical resonance of his ancient tribal Patriarch.

To ovastand the spirtual character of our tribal fathers is the first step to identify symbols and qualities of the 12 tendencies (at-tribu-tes), and it should be taken before any astrological elaboration if one has to discover and determine the I-self.

Take notice of the traditional Ethiopian wisdom, for someone has tried to reconstruct the identity of the Apostles according to individual perspectives and without the knowledge of the fathers, committing many faults and falsifying the doctrine. Nobody can know with surety about the Apostles, except the Ethiopian Orthodox Church descending from the Apostles.

Of Her, Haile Selassie I said: “Ethiopia, an island of Christianity, has made her own distinctive contribution to the Christian faith; for, ever since her conversion to Christianity she has remained faithful, her age-old ties with the Apostolic church uninterrupted”. (Selected Speeches p. 637). “Holy Fathers, as the spiritual descendants of the Apostles of Christ you have an eminent responsibility” (Selected Speeches p. 639).

THE TRIBES OF THE 12 APOSTLES

*** Peter was of the House of Simeon, through his mother.

*** Andrew the brother of Peter, was of the House of Ruben, through his father. In certain instances, Andrew is counted in Simeon and Peter in Ruben.

*** James of Zebedee was of the House of Levi, through his father.

*** John of Zebedee (the Beloved writer of Revelation) was of the House of Judah, through his mother.

*** Philip was of the House of Zebulon.

*** Bartholomew (formerly called John) was of the House of Neftali.

*** Matthew was of the House of Isacchar.

*** Thomas was of the House of Asher.

*** James son of Alpheus, was of the house of Gad.

*** Thaddeus was of the House of Joseph.

*** Simon of Cleopas (also called Nathaniel) was of the House of Benjamin.

*** Judas Iscariot was of the House of Dan.

*** Matyas, the one who replaced Judas Iscariot, was of the House of Efraim (Joseph)

*** Paul (formerly called Saul) was of the House of Benjamin.

Main Ge’ez traditional sources: “Gedle Hawaryat” (“The contendings of the Apostles”), Andemtà (traditional commentary of each book of the Bible), “Book of the Mysteries of Heaven and Earth”