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The Ethiopian Orthodox Church

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Spirituality has a unique definition for every individual. As for myself, my spirituality is the path to my eternal life through my savior Jesus Christ. As a follower of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, the church has taught me the way of life and how to constantly mend myself toward the right path while serving others. To begin with, the country I grew up in, Ethiopia is truly a combination of the two worlds because it is the first country to accept Christianity and Islam before even the Europeans did. What differs the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is the replica of the Ark of the Covenant we have in every church. The ark of the covenant, or as called by us Ethiopians Tabot, is where the stones in which the Ten Commandments are written …show more content…

I wasn’t a person who take religion very earnestly. Nonetheless, my dad used to tell us of stories like St. George’s from the bible and the supremacy of God used to enthrall me. The stories he told my siblings and I used to enthuse me in a way that I longed for a day to come so that I can learn more about these saints my dad used to tell me about. As I got older and more mature, my aunt taught me of the fasting seasons of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. There are many but to point out some, Christmas fasting in which we fast for a month and celebrate on January 7th, the 16 day fast in which Mary fasted when she was running away with baby Christ from Herod and the longest fasting season which is Lent. When I tell people that I fast on Wednesday’s and Friday’s, they are amazed and ask me what for? I tell them that the Wednesday is for the day when Judas betrayed Christ for and Friday is for the day in which he was crucified. Followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church fast from all dairy food, including any type of meat. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is categorized among the oriental Orthodox Church. The closest religions that are similar to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido in belief is Catholicism and the Easter orthodox …show more content…

I realized that vocation does not have to be religious and it could just be something virtuous that we do the world. My vocation can be a contribution from both humanity’s point of view as well as my religious point of view. The reason is because when I do something good to help others, it should be from the bottom of my heart; and I should be helping just because I am a human and that I can. From the religious perspective at the same time, my soul will be filled with joy when I help others; and in a way, I will be fulfilling the words of God as written in the bible. Because the foundation of all Christianity is Christ, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido church and Catholicism do overlap. However, the difference comes in at the part where the Ethiopian Orthodox believes in the natural union of the Divine and Human Nature, hence the word “Tewahido” meaning mixture in

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