Icons – Fathers in Iconography

St. George The Prince of Martyer’s

November 11, 2023November 28, 2023 Mera Habesha

St. George was born around 280 A.D. of a wealthy Christian family of noble origin in a the city of Capadocia in Asia Minor( Turkey). he abandoned the pleasures of this world, distributed his possessions among the poor, and set his slaves and maidservents free. When the Roman Emperor made edict against the Christian, they… Continue reading St. George The Prince of Martyer’s

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St. John the Baptist

September 12, 2023November 28, 2023 Mera Habesha

Today we celebrate with our Coptic and Ethiopian brethren New Year in the Church calendar. We remember the feast of St. John the Baptist, whom Herod witnessed flying into the air and crying out, saying, “It is not right for thee to take thy brother’s wife”; it is said that the head is at the… Continue reading St. John the Baptist