Why Did 666 UNESCO Inscribe Ethiopian Epiphany as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity?
- Abraham Enoch
- Jan 20, 2025
- 6 min read
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👹 666ቱ የተመድ የትምህርት፣ የሳይንስና የባሕል ድርጅት(ዩኔስኮ)የኢትዮጵያን የጥምቀት በዓል የማይዳሰሱ የሰው ልጅ ቅርስ አድርጎ የፃፈው ለምንድን ነው?
♱♱♱ A blessed Epiphany!♱♱♱
Today, January 19, 2025, We Ethiopian Christians celebrate Orthodox Epiphany holiday
LORD Jesus came from Galilee to Nazareth to where Saint John was baptizing at Jordan River on Epiphany day. As Saint John saw LORD Jesus coming towards him, he knew the prophecy was yet to arise. Witnessing his presence, he affirmed with this words; “Behold the lamb of GOD to raze our sin. One man is coming before me. Akin to whom I have conversed about, he was before me and more glorious. I haven’t also known. But, for him to be revealed to Israel, I came to baptize with water.” (John. 1:29-31)
LORD Jesus approached him with humbleness asking to be baptized. But Saint John tried to deter him uttering, “I necessitate to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”. Jesus replied saying, “Let it be now; it is apt for us to do all righteousness.” Then John consented. Anon Jesus was baptized; he went out of the Holy water. At Instant, heaven was opened, the Spirit of God descended alike a dove and lighting was upon Jesus. His father’s voice from heaven came aloud, “He is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased”. (Mathew 3:11-17) The craze that happened after the baptism of LORD Jesus Christ signified the Revelation of Holy Trinity: (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) revealed distinctly.
The opening of heaven right after Jesus was baptized indicates that we have been redeemed from Adam’s sin that led to the closure of the heavens through faith in LORD Jesus Christ and baptism. This reveals the spiritual value of Epiphany as an opener of the heavens. (Galatians 3:27).
On towards that day, all Christians celebrate the day of LORD Jesus Christ’s baptism at January 20 (Tir 11). Ethiopians celebrate it in two days ceremony of which are the eve of the holiday known as “Ketera” and the Epiphany locally known as “Timket”. In these two days, many spiritual rituals take place that signify the holiday and deeds of our lord Jesus Christ.
Ethiopians kept the faith of the fathers, transferred through generations illustrated on the original Arc given by God. It’s found in every single Churches named after different Saints. All arcs of covenants from each Church are taken to a nearby stream pool where there is water accompanied by Christians including children, parents, youths, elders, Sunday schools students, and Church scholars, except for those in an improbable situation.
Church Scholars and Choirs sing psalms at the Ketera (eve) expressing how our lord Jesus Christ descended to the world in search of his lost creatures. The songs articulate about the acts of John, his prophecies, his righteousness before the eyes of his Lord and how he preached solidly about GOD who will come after him who is LORD Jesus Christ. People gathered from local churches accompany those choirs in singing psalms throughout the expedition of the Arc of the covenant. Then the people spend the whole night in their specific areas praising and chanting about our Lord Jesus Christ and his great act of baptism before returning to their homes the next day. While the act of all arcs going to the river or a nearby water pool exemplifies how our Lord Jesus Christ who went from Jerusalem to the river of Jordan, the fact that spending one night exemplifies how our Lord in humility waited for His turn to be baptized among the crowds that were being baptized by Saint John. As a LORD, he did not demand for priority but rather humbly demonstrated the act of humility by waiting for His turn.
The Divine Liturgy (Kidase) starts early in the morning before the waters are blessed by the Patriarch, Archbishops and Priests. Afterwards, the waters are blessed in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit before people are baptized. The Christians at that very moment wait passionately living in the memory of the baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ remembering that moment thousands of years ago. As the water is sprinkled, the crowd begins to yearn for the drop of a holy water on the air before falling on to them.
Later on, the Holy Arcs are escorted back by the crowd to their temples in colorful march and festivities. The priests, bearing robes and umbrellas of many types, perform Saint Jared’s songs and become the beauty of this spiritual event.
Children and youths bravely rise up and down tirelessly repeating spirited rhythmic songs. When the Holy Ark has been safely restored to its dwelling-place, the people go to their homes in spiritual joy and delight. Through this wonderful and spiritual event, Ethiopians continue to praise the Son of God, Lord Jesus Christ and will continue to do so for generations to come.
💭 In 2019, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passed a decision to inscribe Ethiopian Epiphany in the list of World Intangible Cultural Heritage.
It is the Fourteenth session Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage which is undertaking its meeting in Bogotá, Columbia, that passed the decision.
“Ethiopian epiphany is a colorful festival celebrated all over Ethiopia to commemorate the baptism of Jesus Christ by John the Baptist in the River Jordan,” UNESCO described Timket.
This is the second Ethiopian Orthodox Church holiday to be inscribed in the list of intangible world heritage. In 2013, Meskel, also one of the most colorful Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Holidays that draws millions of faithful followers and tourists, was recognized by UNESCO as a cultural heritage.
🛑 NOVEMBER 4, 2020 The Genocidal War against the followers of the Orthodox faith in northern Ethiopia and campaign in search of the Biblical Ark of the Covenant began.
The war that started on November 4, 2020 was an opportunistic conflict started to coincide with the US elections. This war sealed the fate of President Trump: he lost the manipulated US Election. Obama + Biden stole the election!
♱ Monday, January 20, 2025 (Epiphany + Cana of Galilee + St. Michael)
The day has been chosen for US President-elect Donald Trump to enter the White House again. Trump will be sworn in for a second term as the 47th President of the United States. He will be sworn in on the day of his inauguration.
Recently, when I heard the news that Barack Hussein Obama and his wife Michelle Obama are going to separate, I was reminded of the 'miracles of Cana of Galilee'. Cana of Galilee is the location of the Wedding at Cana.
It's amazing; a week ago, during the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, Donald Trump and Barack Obama spoke to each other for several minutes.
Our Holy Church celebrates the miracle performed by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Cana of Galilee. This was on January 20, the day after the feast of the Epiphany.
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was present with His mother, the Virgin Mary, at a wedding in Cana of Galilee.
Among the many miracles that our Lord performed, our church celebrates the miracle of Cana in Galilee. What is the reason that she made the miracle of Cana to be celebrated as one of our Lord's sub-celebrations without celebrating the day on which he healed Meggu, raised Lazarus from the dead, enlightened his eyes, and freed those held captive by demons? Does the mere fact that a man makes water into wine at his marriage with a woman really make the church celebrate it as the feast of the Lord? not at all! Saint John wrote extensively about this wedding, and our holy church celebrates the feast of Cana in Galilee, "God who can do all things made six barrels of water into wine!" It's not because the story of this wedding house contains a deep secret that explains the salvation and heavenly glory of mankind.
💭 ኢትዮጵያን አትንኳት | በአሜሪካዋ ቨርጂኒያ ግዛት የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ ታወጀ
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👹 ኦሮሞዎች በጥምቀትና በኢትዮጵያ ላይ ዘመቻ ከመጀመራቸው በፊት ዩኔስኮ ይህን ቪዲዮ ለቀቀ
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የጥምቀት ክብረ በዓል “በሰው ልጅ ወካይ የማይዳሰስ ባህላዊ ቅርስ” ሆኖ እንዲመዘገብ ባለፈው ወር ላይ መወሰኑን በተባበሩት መንግስታት የትምህርት፣ የሳይንስና የባህል ድርጅት(ዩኔስኮ)ሲያስታውቅ የወጣ ቪዲዮ ነው።
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