Every month
Ten days that come round every month
Besides the feasts of the year, the church names ten days in every one of its thirteen months. They do not lift a fast; they say whose day it is. A shorter list of five circulates abroad — usually the archangels and Our Lady — but at home the month keeps all ten.
Today is Tikimt 9, 2019.
- 5Abune Gebre Menfes QeddusAboThe hermit of Ziquala, who lived among the beasts and is remembered as Abo, our father.
- 7The Holy TrinitySelassieThe Three who are One — the confession the church is named for.
- 12Saint Michael the ArchangelMikaelThe archangel who stands for the people; the best known of the monthly days.
- 16The Covenant of MercyKidane MihretThe promise of mercy given to Our Lady for those who call on her.
- 19Saint Gabriel the ArchangelGabrielThe messenger of the Annunciation, and the deliverer of the three children from the furnace.
- 21Our Lady MaryMaryamThe monthly day of the Mother of God, kept with her thirty-three annual feasts.
- 23Saint GeorgeGiyorgisThe martyr of Lydda, patron of the country and of its churches.
- 24Abune Tekle HaymanotTekle HaymanotThe monk of Debre Libanos, who stood seven years in prayer; the greatest of Ethiopia’s own saints.
- 27Medhane Alem, the Saviour of the WorldMedhane AlemThe Saviour himself, under the name the rock church of Lalibela carries.
- 29The Nativity, kept monthlyBeale WoldThe birth of the Son, remembered every month as Genna is remembered once a year.
The day you are in, with its fast or its feast and its commemoration, is on your own screen when you sign in. See also the seven hours and the canon.