Medhane Alem · Kilimani, Nairobi

የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን

Ethiopian Orthodox Church.

Medhane Alem, Saviour of the World. Right next to Yaya Centre.

መድኃኔ ዓለም፣ ከያያ ሴንተር አጠገብ።

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የሚመጡ በዓላት · Coming up

Feasts, fasts
and parish events.

Open calendar

በዓላት · Holy days

የደብሩ ዝግጅቶች · Parish events

ቅርሳችን · Our heritage

Sixteen centuries
of prayer and colour.

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Sacred art and photographs from Ethiopia. See photos from our parish ›

ሳምንታዊ አምልኮ · Weekly worship

Come as you are.
Pray as our fathers did.

Services are in Ge'ez and Amharic, with an English guide for visitors. Ushers can help in English or Kiswahili. All times are East Africa Time.

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ትምህርት · Teachings

What we believe.
The faith we keep.

All teachings

ቅድስት ሥላሴ

The Holy Trinity

God is one eternal being in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Father is the source of the Son and the Spirit, yet none comes before or after another, and the three always act together. God creates, sustains and guides all things.

አንድ አምላክ በሦስት አካል፤ አብ፣ ወልድና መንፈስ ቅዱስ። ሦስቱ አካላት በባሕርይና በሥልጣን አንድ ናቸው፤ ሁሉን ይፈጥራሉ፣ ይጠብቃሉ፣ ይመራሉም።

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ሥጋዌ

The Incarnation

God the Son took a real human nature from the Virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit, so that God and man are one Person, without confusion or division. He suffered, died on the cross and rose again, conquering sin and death. This is the faith we call Tewahedo, “made one”.

ወልድ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ከቅድስት ድንግል ማርያም ሥጋን ነሣ፤ አምላክና ሰው ያለ መቀላቀልና ያለ መለያየት አንድ ሆነ። ስለ እኛ ተሰቀለ፣ ሞተ፣ ተነሣም፤ ኃጢአትንና ሞትን ድል አደረገ። ይህ ተዋሕዶ የምንለው እምነት ነው።

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ቅዱስ ቁርባን

Holy Communion

In the Divine Liturgy the bread and wine, by the priest’s blessing, become the true Body and Blood of Christ, not mere symbols. Believers draw near to receive eternal life, prepared by repentance and a worthy life.

በቅዳሴ ጊዜ ኅብስቱና ወይኑ በካህኑ ጸሎት የክርስቶስ እውነተኛ ሥጋና ደም ይሆናሉ። ምእመናን በንስሐና በቅድስና ተዘጋጅተው ለዘለዓለም ሕይወት ይቀበላሉ።

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እምነታችን · Our faith

An ancient church.
At home in Nairobi.

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is one of the oldest Christian churches in the world. ተዋሕዶ (Tewahedo) means “made one”.