Comments on: Gebremedhin expelled from Ethiopian church in Jerusalem

By: Cow-ya Bolla

Cow-ya Bolla — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:21:32 +0000

Gabremedhin,the devil,hands drenched with Ethiopians’ blood,guns and bullets in hands,the night angels sent him into Ethiopia to rip off the soules of the believers.This devil fights our dear lord,God with his satanic statue and drive the believers from the holly churches into the path of abandonment.Ethiopians,keep the faith and fight Gabremedhin,the evil with your holly prayers and with your mighty feast and crush his presence in the image of satanic stone to its complete defeat.Amen.

By: samson

samson — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:32:54 +0000

God be with God’s children for expelling the devilish church robber fake bishop Aba Diabilos.

By: maru

maru — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:49:06 +0000

Elias,
can you chase this story down and post it if it is true. Paulos is no more. Congrats!!
Let us know if we are getting a better or a worse one. http://ethioforum.org/wp/archives/1081#more-1081

By: nefasu

nefasu — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:46:20 +0000

A priest with a PhD that lived for many years in a country where there is peace, freedom and justice who claims to know God is practicing the opposite of what he preaches. Christianity seemed to have lost its meaning. We are called Christians because we are the followers or deciples of Christ. If we follow Christ we have to practice Him in our daily lives. How can we claim to be Christians when we lie, cheat, rob, kill, etc., etc….. As some of you alluded to it some of our clergy are the same ones from the time of Jesus. They only want to be praised and worshiped as if they are important. Their importance is in sheperding the sheep, teaching the word of God, converting unbelievers and bringing glory to God; instead they demand the glory to themselves. The few that tried to teach such as Abune Gorgorios brought pesitllence that is devouring and destroying the orthodox religion and its youth in the name of religion. The cult known as mahibere kidusan is about to completely destroy the orthodox faith as we knew it and take over the whole system and drag to hell. This is all done with the help of aba diablos and his entourage. Where are they going to be on the day of judgement? God only knows!!
Let us pray fervently for our country and for the innocent believers of our Orthodox Religion. God help us!!

By: Raselas

Raselas — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:52:59 +0000

Is it my eyes or what? Zebene looks like this Aba Gebremedhin . I think they are father and son. They look exactly alike.hmmmmm

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:32:46 +0000

What about the looted Church treasures in England today who is responsible to claim the property? I am Seymour Mclean in London.

By: Gemoraw

Gemoraw — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:59:24 +0000

I heard that Zebene and his confidant Abunu don’t have the required the credentials for priesthood. We should not call these guys “Qes” anymore. In fact Zebene is going to Ethiopia very soon perhaps to buy priesthood (clergy) credentials from Aba Diabilos.

By: Ewnetu

Ewnetu — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:50:37 +0000

Dear Alex # 21 above thank you so much for your reply. I agree with what you said.

By: Solomon

Solomon — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:04:09 +0000

I am not sure what to make out of this! But …think think …thinking…huh

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:07:00 +0000

Dear Ewnetu (# 19)

Thank you for your comments. I agree that Christianity requires us to act and hate evil, sins, and all wrong doings but it does not require us to hate people or call people names. We should hate sins and condemn them in every possible way without violating our christian ways…i believe we should expose wrong doings too with hard facts, not here says… However, we should never hate the people or be judgmental of those who commit horrible crimes/things, that is for God to do not us, not humans since we ourselves however little we feel we sin in the end, we don’t have the right to judge others!

So basically all i am saying is that we have to be careful in that while we speak the truth and try to expose those who commit crimes, we should do it in a way that we won’t end up entangled in the name calling. Let’s attack and expose their actions without getting personal about it!

God bless!

Alex, Toronto

By: Haq

Haq — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:02:11 +0000

Speaking about Zebene please ask him to return the cross he took from back home ,Abune Petros’s historical CROSS. It is a shame for all Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church followers to be quiet .Secondly Zebene took another cross @ Debre Genet Medahni Alem Orthodox Tewahedo Church on it’s 30th anniversary day which was given to the church as a gift (seilet).The church is in a dip financial crises and it needs all the help it can get. The board members who gave that BIG gold cross will pay for this (ader bay sera) on the cost of this church , shame on you all.If you guys wanted to shower Zebene with a gift you should have put the Cross on auction bid on it so high and win it then give it to him. It is not fair to hand over what is not yours. Didn’t the book say (what belongs to the qesar belongs to the qesar)?

By: Ewnetu

Ewnetu — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:20:51 +0000

Dear Alex # 18 above, Christianity is not a religion of idleness or indolence. It is a religion of action. You have to do good. You have to oppose criminals like Aba Gebremedhe. You have to hate evil. You have to speak out for the truth. You have to be on the side of good people. You have to accept the consequences of your actions. As long as you speak out the truth, you don’t have to fear anything. Our Lord spoke about the truth and challenged those who commit all sorts of sins and crimes. Our almighty gave us the wisdom to distinguish the good from the bad. If you know all the sins of Aba Gebremedhe including the assassination of Behetawi Fekade Selassie and others you would not have said what you said above. You have to do your job, don’t expect GOD to do your job. ወንጌሉ ክፉውን ነገር ተጸየፉት ከበጎ ነገር ጋር ተባባሩ ስለሚል አባ ገብረመድሕን ነፍሰ ገዳይና ክፉ ስለሆኑ በጥብቅ እቃወማቸዋለሁ።

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:21:57 +0000

Hi there,

Just a thought. I think as Orthodox Christians, we still need to respect our elders, and let God judge those (including the patriarch) who transgress against us, the Church, and God Himself. So, Elias, by calling him (the patriarch) names, you are actually doing a de-service to your soul. If you remember the story about the prostitute in the bible, Jesus asked who among those gathered is pure (without a sin) cast the first stone at her for her way of life…NOBODY DID! And then Jesus said to her, don’t go back to your old ways, you have been spared and given another chance…So as much as I DISAGREE VERY VERY MUCH with a lot of the patriarch’s ACTIONS and IN-ACTIONS during Ethiopia’s difficult period in history including the recent election debacle that resulted in the death of INNOCENT people…

So, as a christian, as much as it makes our blood boil, we should do our utmost to restrain from name calling…i.e., bringing sin to ourselves!!

Hope you understand where I am coming from!!

Alex from Toronto, Canada

By: Zebene

Zebene — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:24:48 +0000

Please don’t use the title “Abune” when you call this canniabl. He is Satan (Diabilos) in human flesh. When Hundreds of innocent people where gunned down in Addis Ababa, Dessie, Ambo, and other cities at various times he was in bed with the Killers. As recent as November 2005, he handed over Hundreds of people who seek the church’s sheleter to save their lives from the Agazi death squad to their killers. This is not Christianity. This is the work of Devil himself.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:51:02 +0000

elias, you gave him a good name.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:50:50 +0000

it’s about time! Truth is coming out to light!!! Fetari yimesgen!!!

By: Ewenetu

Ewenetu — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:45:27 +0000

It is sad to see the church and the people are detached because of Aba Paulos. Despite so called Mahibere Kidusan’s aggitation to bring all churchs (Ethiopian Orthodox)in America under Aba Paulos, most remain adamant not to be under Aba Paulos.He is the most delikeable bishop in the history of EOTC. Agent Daniel Kibret and his associates want us to mention his name as “his holiness Abune……”during the Kedase, but the fact you doing this will stop every thing from asceding to God.Therefore why mention? His Holiness?! sound crazy to me.

By: Hagos

Hagos — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:10:10 +0000

The so-called “Maheber Kidusan” group led by the convicted criminal like Daniel Kibret and Abune Abreham (ordinary TPLF cadre) are running an organized campaign against the legitimate and respected Synod of The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in exile. What the enemy of Ethiopia should know is one day the legal Synods will go back to Ethiopia and lead Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, after the removal of TPLF gangsters from power like the Russian Orthodox Church returned to Russia after the dawn fall of Communism.

By: Zendo

Zendo — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:59:23 +0000

I’m totally surprised what Aba G/medhin is doing. Ethipian Orthodox Church has been neuteral. As matter of fact, it has been meddling Ethipian politics and affairs long time. Remmember the church was major complecent, if not major primary culprit, of the infamous putsch and concocted hysteria against Lijju Iyasu by Hiale Sellassie’s coterie. It was also primary source of the subsequent discriminatory and bad policy by the morachy, in terms of socio-economic and culture,languages and so on, against Ehiopian Molisms and other indiginous religious groups in the country. So, Aba G/ medhin could be Woyane ideologue as well and there was a precedent case. I don’t get the current brouhaha of the matter. Get over it.

By: nefsu

nefsu — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:18:23 +0000

Gebremedhin is ‘hodam’.He is not spiritual man.He ussually carries gun instead of cross.This man has been creating chaos between Ethiopian Orthodox people not only in the country but in the diaspora ,so he will deserve it very soon.

By: Woyane Eater

Woyane Eater — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:14:43 +0000

I am happy to see this animal chased out of the church. Now Woyane agents are going to work very hard to kill the other priests in a revange.

By: Asteway

Asteway — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:48:42 +0000

I have seen the film how Gebremedhin and his ignorant cadres killed the BAHITAWI infront of ISTIFANOS church in addis. Elias, you have to get that film. Their cruelity/atrocity against our innocent people cannot be compared with others criminals.

Thank you our fathers and mothers at Jerusalem!!

Asteway

By: daniel

daniel — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:55:48 +0000

I was in Jerusalem a couple of weeks ago while the patriarch was visiting there.I saw him lecturing people gathered to a certain wedding ceremony.He gave a long lecture that the bishop of the Ethiopian churchs in Jerusalem had to remind him to shorten his speech.
As I have heard later on,the problems arised when he tried to convince the monks to lease Empress Zewditu ‘s building for 90 years to a certain Israeli company.Given the desperate state of Ethiopian gov’t hard currency reserves,this could be the purpose of his travel to Israel.The Ethiopian church in Jerusalem is an autonomous body(a kind of board of governers) since Hailesellassie’s time and never takes orders from the patriarch’s office in Addis.As such the majority of the members of this body rejected his proposals.As I have heard from people very close to the church, he brought with him two monks from Ethiopia as new members of this body to out number those who oppose him.At this point some of the monks informed members of the Ethiopian community to help them stop him.So he failed.He left Israel very upset,when he got to Addis Ababa he called the the bishop of Jerusalem for councling.He may remove him from his post as Jerusalem’s bishop for siding with those who opposed the patriarch.
Empress Zewditu’s building is located in central Jerusalem.The Ethiopian church owns dozens of properties in Jerusalem thanks to the farsighted Ethiopians :Yohannes,Menelik,Zewditu,Taitu,Balcha,
Hilesellassie just to mention a few.
To give you an idea,Empress Zewditu’s building alone probably worth tens of millions of dollars if not hundreds.

By: Tibebu

Tibebu — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:10:12 +0000

I absolutely agree with Mezegebu #2 above, Aba Gebremedhene (Aba Diabilos) who is illegally installed by Meles Zenawi and Tamrat Layne was able to committing all sort of crimes in our church in particular and in our country in general. He is in a position to do this because he has collaborators like the following:

Abune Abreham (not even Abune, a.k.a.snake)
Abune Gebriel (the banda)
Kes Tadesse (the writer of a fake book)
Aba Melaku (former refuge now government cadre)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 May 2009 09:05:35 +0000

“The damage that has been inflicted on the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) by Aba Gebremedhin can only be compared to that of Ahmed Gragn hundreds of years ago.”

This is very very misleading and denying the true worst history happened for real in Ethiopia between 1529-1543. There is nothing to compare with Gragn’s atrocities against the religion and the nation in general. Please be careful dealing with some sensitive and important issues. You cannot deny/minimize or give some understanding the worst historical crime Gragn committed because of Trying to portray a useless man like Geberemedhin.

I agree that Gebremedhin is a satanic messenger. But, comparing his atrocities against with Gragn is wrong. Gragn is the worst ever criminal caused sustainable damages against Ethiopia as we are living today with the bad legacy from his atrocities.

There are many bad reasons to describe gebremedhin as a criminal without comparing with Anyone.