♰ History does not know the conventional way and does not believe
in chance. Everything that happened in the past will definitely
respond today. And St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is a
monumental confirmation of this opinion.
Founded in the summer of 1108 on the occasion of the victory over the
Polovtsians, the church was consecrated in honor of Archangel
Michael. He was considered the patron of military affairs - work
worthy of princes. The temple was the first among others to receive
golden domes and began the tradition of gilding them. It was the
domes that suffered the greatest losses in 1240 during the Mongol
invasion - the Mongols damaged the cathedral and removed its gilded
baths. But this did not prevent the temple from being reborn in full
beauty in two centuries.
Demolition of St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral by Bolsheviks
At the beginning of the summer of 1919 Bolshevik (Communist)
government moved to Kyiv from Kharkiv. They started the
nationalization of buildings and property.
In the 1930s, Soviet historians called into question the known
historical facts regarding the age of the cathedral. They emphasized
that the medieval building had undergone major reconstructions and it
hadn’t preserved the original Byzantine style. In its place, they
planned a new administrative center for the Ukrainian Soviet
Socialist Republic.
The cathedral was declared to belong particularly to the Ukrainian
Baroque architectural style, rather than to the 12th-century
Byzantine style. This conclusion was encouraged by the Soviet
government to demolish the entire monastery. All the professors
signed the demolition act except for Mykola Makarenko, who stood his
ground and refused to do so. As a consequence, he was arrested and
eventually sentenced to death in Tomsk, Russia in 1938.
The cathedral saw the hetman's greatness and the Ruin, the prosperity
of Kyiv and the destruction of its churches during the "godless
five-year plan". It took about 60 years for the St. Michael's
Golden-Domed Monastery to be restored in the same way to which modern
Kyivans are accustomed. It was restored so that the church could
stand up for them again in 2013-2014. Then, for the first time in 8
centuries, the bells of the monastery sounded the alarm, and its
walls became a place of rest and hiding for the participants of the
Revolution of Dignity.
History does not believe in chance. It creates symbols, and then,
century after century, turn by turn, strengthens them. Whether it's a
temple wall or a baby surrounded by lambs, those destined to stand up
for the people will surely be reborn to fulfil their historic
purpose.
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'White Ethiopians' Singing Hymn to St. Michael in Ethiopic/ Geez |
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ሚካኤል ግዕዝ መዝሙር በነጭ ኢትዮጵያውያን
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😇 Commemoration
of the Archangel Saint Michael- የሕዳር
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Ethiopian
Orthodox Tewahedo Church honors Saint Michael (Kidus Mikael); the
Angel of mercy; on the 12th of each month of which two of them are
great annual feasts of the saint – on Hidar 12 (November 21) and
Senie 12 (June 19). His name Michael means “who is like God”.
Saint
Michael is one of the seven Archangels, who is always standing
besides God’s throne and is honored for defeating Devil at God’s
command (Rev.12:7-9).
In
addition to the Holy Bible, "Dersane Michael" contains the
miracles of St. Michael. Archangel Saint Michael is powerful and the
guardian of the souls and fighter against evil. He is often painted
in the walls of every Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church followers
with a flaming sword and spear, which pierces the devil.
❖ On
Hidar / ሕዳር
፲፪/
12 (November 21):
1.
Crowned and became the Arch of the Archangel’s
Saint
Michael is one of the seven Archangels, who is always standing
besides God’s throne and is honored for leading the army of Holy
Angels and defeated Satan and the rebellious angels into Hell.
Revelation 12:7 On this day God crowned him with his glory and mercy
and become the Arch of the Archangel's.
2.
The Commander of the Lord’s Army
Joshua,
the son of Nun, saw him in great glory and was frightened by him and
fell on his face to the earth and said to him, "Are you for us,
or for our adversaries?" So he said, "No; but as Commander
of the army of the Lord... I have given Jericho into your hand, ...
and its king." (Joshua 5:13-15, 6:2)
3.
The Exodus of Israel from Egypt through the help of the Arch Angle
Michael
Exodus
14:19-22:
19
Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel’s
army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved
from in front and stood behind them, 20 coming between the armies of
Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to
the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the
other all night long.
21
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night
the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it
into dry land. The waters were divided, 22 and the Israelites went
through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right
and on their left.
23
The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots
and horsemen followed them into the sea. 24 During the last watch of
the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at
the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. 25 He jammed[a] the
wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the
Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is
fighting for them against Egypt.”
26
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so
that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots
and horsemen.” 27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at
daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing
toward[b] it, and the Lord swept them into the sea. 28 The water
flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army
of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of
them survived.
29
But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of
water on their right and on their left. 30 That day the Lord saved
Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians
lying dead on the shore. 31 And when the Israelites saw the mighty
hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared
the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.
Michael,
is the commander of the angels, came down from heaven, and rolled
back the stone from the mouth of the tomb, and announced the women
“Christ is risen from the dead”.
St.
Paul observes that the Hebrews “ all our fathers were under the
cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto
Moses in the cloud and in the sea” (1 Cor. 10:1-4; Rom. 6:3-4; Gal.
3:27).
There
is a common ritual practiced by the devotees in order to commemorate,
worship and give thanks. Ethiopian traditional bread – Difo Dabo,
roasted barley – Kolo in the name of St. Michael are being
prepared and shared in the church.
🙏 May the prayer of
Archangel Saint Michael be up on us!
👉 Courtesy: The
Washington Post, by Robert Wilkie -
Monday, November 10, 2025
The Honorable Robert Wilkie
served as the 10th secretary of veterans affairs and undersecretary
of defense for personnel and readiness in the first Trump
administration.
The world said “Never again”
after Rwanda, yet we’re watching in silence as ancient Christianity
is erased in Ethiopia. America risks its soul and security by doing
nothing.
In northern Ethiopia’s Tigray
region, more than 1 million people have been slaughtered since 2020.
Women and children are starved to death. Entire villages have been
erased. Soldiers have told rape victims, “A Tigray womb should
never give birth.” That statement alone should remove any doubt
about what this is. It is not a civil conflict. It is genocide: a
state-sponsored attempt to destroy a Christian people and their
culture.
Tigray is not a footnote in
history. It is the cradle of African Christianity, the land of the
Queen of Sheba, the Kingdom of Axum and the Ark of the Covenant. Its
rock-hewn churches, older than many European cathedrals, are among
the holiest sites in the world. Today, those sanctuaries lie in
ruins, deliberately shelled by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces. Priests
and worshippers have been executed, and ancient manuscripts and
crosses, stolen from monasteries, have been surfacing on online
marketplaces.
If we lose Ethiopia, we lose one
of Christianity’s oldest strongholds and a vital partner for the
West in a region already teetering between tyranny and terrorism.
This is not just a moral
catastrophe; it is a strategic one as well. Ethiopia is situated on
the Horn of Africa, a region that borders the Red Sea and the Bab
al-Mandab Strait, through which 12% of global trade passes. Whoever
controls this corridor controls the arteries of global commerce and
energy. Today, that control is slipping off to a dangerous coalition
of adversaries.
China, Iran, Russia and other
countries have armed and financed Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s
regime, using drones and munitions to carry out the campaign against
Tigray. Iran, through a formal defense pact signed earlier this year,
now has an operational foothold in the Horn of Africa, within
striking distance of global shipping lanes and Israel’s southern
flank. China, meanwhile, continues its Belt and Road Initiative
encirclement of East Africa, Koering ports and mineral routes
critical to its military and economic dominance.
His alignment of autocratic
powers represents a new “Islamo-Marxist axis” that threatens
regional stability and the broader interests of the United States and
its allies. By refusing to acknowledge the true nature of the Tigray
crisis, we embolden those who perceive Western hesitation as a sign
of weakness.
The Tigrayan people are no
strangers to the fight for freedom. They led the effort to overthrow
Ethiopia’s Marxist Derg dictatorship three decades ago and outlawed
communism in its aftermath. They share with Americans a belief in
faith, self-determination and resistance to tyranny. They are natural
allies, abandoned in their hour of greatest need.
William Wilberforce, the man who
ended the British slave trade, once said, “You may choose to look
away, but you can never again say that you did not know.” We now
know. The question is: What will we do?
The United States should act
immediately and decisively. First, it must formally recognize the
genocide in Tigray. Language matters; to call this a “civil war”
is to excuse barbarism. Second, the Trump-Vance administration should
impose targeted sanctions on Ethiopian, Eritrean and foreign
officials responsible for the atrocities and on those supplying the
weapons. Third, we must establish secure humanitarian corridors that
deliver aid to the starving. Finally, the U.S. should lead a
coalition of democratic nations to protect Ethiopia’s remaining
Christian heritage and stabilize the Horn of Africa.
America does not need to send
troops, but it must send a message: Faith, freedom and human dignity
are nonnegotiable both at home and abroad. Silence in the face of
genocide is not neutrality; it is complicity.
The moral case for action is
clear. So is the strategic one. Allowing this genocide to continue
will deepen regional instability, fuel another refugee crisis and
hand China and Iran permanent leverage over one of the world’s most
vital trade routes.
The people of Tigray are not
asking for American soldiers. They are asking for America’s voice.
We should raise it now before one of the oldest Christian
civilizations on earth vanishes, and with it a cornerstone of faith
and freedom.
❖[Proverbs 31:8-9 ]❖
“Open your mouth for the mute,
for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge
righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
* The Deadliest country no one wants to report truthfully about is
Ethiopia.
* Since the beginning of the genocidal Jihad in the Northern
Ethiopian regions of Tigray, Amhara and Afar in November 2020 till
today:
❖ – 1.5
Million Orthodox Christians brutally Massacred
❖ – 200.000
Orthodox Christian Women, children and nuns were Raped and abused
❖ – Over a
Million Ethiopians were forced to migrate to other countries
❖ – 4.4
million internally displaced people severely impacted by conflict,
hostilities and climate shocks
❖ – Over a
Million female Ethiopian slaves sold to Arab countries
❖ – 20
million Ethiopian forced to experience food insecurity
by the fascist
Islamo-Protestant, Oromo army of the prosperity gospel heretic and
Nobel Peace Laureate genocidal PM Abiy Ahmed Ali and his UN, Arab,
Israeli, Turkish, Iranian, European, American, Russian, Ukrainian and
African allies.
In October alone, the region saw
more than 25 Orthodox Christians killed in its East Arsi Zone. One
attack in Honqolo Wabe (Siltana) Woreda left five people dead,
reportedly from the same family. Another saw the historic hilltop
Asebot Monastery attacked, leaving one Orthodox Christian killed and
his son seriously injured.
A similar rise in persecution
has also affected the Catholic community, prompting the Catholic
Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia to issue a statement condemning the
violence and calling on the government to take urgent measures to
protect citizens. The bishops noted that “Catholics have died and
property has been burnt” in an attack near St Mary’s Catholic
Church in West Hararghe. They added: “Our Church strongly condemns
this kind of inhuman act. Therefore, our Church calls upon the
government to do the necessary law enforcement work to ensure the
peace and security of citizens.”
The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA),
an armed insurgent group seeking to advance self-determination and
rights for the Oromo people, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, has
been blamed for some of the violence. However, its former political
wing has cited the government as being responsible for “numerous
atrocities against civilians” in recent weeks. It is also believed
that ethno-religious extremists may be behind the surge in attacks.
Ethiopia has a history of
religious violence, with the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, intervening after 30 people were
killed in deadly clashes between Muslims and Orthodox Christians in
2022.
The latest partisan violence
also recalls the 2015 murders of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians in
Libya. In two separate videos released by ISIS, masked militants
beheaded and shot Ethiopian Christians in orange jumpsuits. The
Ethiopian Orthodox Church has designated the men as martyrs and
passed a decision to commemorate them annually.
Ethiopia is home to one of the
world’s oldest Christian communities, with roots dating back to the
fourth century. Around 330 AD, King Ezana of Aksum, in what is now
modern-day Ethiopia, converted to Christianity, making it the state
religion. Today, Ethiopian Orthodoxy is practised by about 44 per
cent of the population, with Protestants making up a further 23 per
cent. Catholics account for less than 1 per cent of the East African
nation.
😔
Thankfully all the 21 Nuns escaped a raging fire that ripped through
a monastery in Italy, according to local authorities.
Shortly after 8
p.m. local time on Saturday, Oct. 11, a fire broke out on the roof at
the Bernaga Monastery in Perego, La Valletta, which is around 19
miles east of Milan, the BBC and the Italian newspaper Corriere della
Sera reported.
The fire ripped
through the monastery over a few hours, partially destroying the
building, per the outlets. The local fire brigade was alerted and
rushed to the scene, per Reuters.
All these fires
can’t simply be by accident - they keep on happening almost daily.
✞
THREE Austrian Nuns Escape
Nursing Home to Return to their convent near Salzburg (City
of Mozart)| It's A Sign of The Times
🤔 How
do you solve a problem like the wonderful sisters Rita, Regina and
Bernadette?
👏 THREE
nuns, aged 81, 86 and 88, enlisted the help of villagers and former
boarding school students to flee from the Austrian retirement home
they had been placed in to return to their convent near Salzburg
(City of Mozart.)
The sisters were the last nuns in the convent, and say they were
moved from there against their will in late 2023.
❖[Numbers
6:24-26]❖
“The
LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you
and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and
give you peace.”
♰
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