Comments on: Ethiopian monastery in Jerusalem is in danger of collapse

By: ETHIOPIAWI

ETHIOPIAWI — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:36:40 +0000

It is every Ethiopians responsibility to keep the monastery from falling apart. If the diaspora from all over the world pay one dollar each it will be enough to cover the cost of repair. we can only be proud of our history without bagging for money. Let us stop bagging from foreigners. We have to learn to be self sufficient. Let the Monastery set up an account on line, so that all Ethiopians will contribute from one dollar up to his/her own choice.

By: tefera

tefera — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:45:14 +0000

I am so disapointed by the Ethiopian goverment and the sinodos.the monks in jerusalem they don’t have any power to do any thing.but abune poulos can do somthing.

By: Fikerte Selassie

Fikerte Selassie — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:35:40 +0000

Yes Kidane Alemayehu I agree with what you said. However is not the ownership the Holy Trinity? It is the house of the lord and to fight among themselves who *owns* it, is preventing the house of the Lord from receiving the due Repairs? If they are all Faithful to God the differences between them should be the last thing on their minds. And the benefit of the House of the LORD should be first.

By: Sema Belew

Sema Belew — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:05:12 +0000

ይህ ለተዋህዶ ክርስትና ዕምነት ተከታዮችና ለጥቁር ሕዝቦች መመኪያ የሆነው በምድር ዕምብርት ኢየሩሳሌም ጎለጎታ- ቀራንዮ የሚገኘው ብቸኛው ቅዱስ ቦታችንን ከአለበት የመፍረስና አደጋና በግብጽ ኮፕቲክ ለመነጠቅ በይገባኛል ክስ በእስራኤል ፍርድ ቤት የታሰረውን ዴር ሡልጣን ለማዳን እውነተኛ ኢትዮጵያውያን መረባረብና ተግባራዊ እንቅስቃሴ ማድረግ እንዳለብን የድረሱልን ጥሪ ነው። ስለሆነም የቀደሙት አባቶቻችንና እናቶቻችን በየጊዜው የሚያስፈልገውን መስዋትነት እየከፈሉ ያቆዩንን ይህንን የሃይማኖታችንን ቅርስ በዘመናችን ከደረሰበት አደጋ ለመከላከልና በይዞታችን ጠብቀን ለመጪው ትውልድ ማስተላለፍ ያለብን የቃል ኪዳን አደራ ደወል ነው እንንቃ፣ እንነሳ፣ እናድነው።
ጌታችን መድኀኒታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ “የሚወደኝ መስቀሌን ተሸክሞ እስከ ቀራንዮ ይከተለኝ ” የሚለውን ቃሉን አንርሳው… እርሱም ይታደገን አሜን።

By: Kidane Alemayehu

Kidane Alemayehu — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:26:01 +0000

Ethiopia is the only African nation that has been having property in Jerusalem and some other parts of the holy land since time immemorial. See the bible: The Acts, Chapter 8 vs. 26-39 according to which the Ethiopian Minister of Finance was on his way from Jerusalem back to his country via Gaza where he was baptized by Philip and became a Christian only a few months after the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Ethiopian ownership of the Der Sultan monastery has been confirmed by various governments including the Turkish Ottoman Empire, Jordan, and Israel.

What is sad is that Israel which is more concerned with its current relations with Egypt than with its ancient friendly relationship with Ethiopia (ref. Queen of Sheba’s visit to King Solomon, etc.) has made it difficult for the Ethiopian Orthodox Church to repair its Der Sultan monastery.

It is time that the followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church take the injustice being perpetrated against their monastery seriously by taking all appropriate measures to ensure its timely repair before it collapses and a very important legacy belonging to our beloved church and nation is lost.

Kidane Alemayehu.