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Calendar of saints (Orthodox Tewahedo)

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Drawing of Mary, mother of Jesus, 'with her beloved son,' from a Geʽez manuscript copy of Weddasé Māryām, circa 1875

The following list contains calendar of saints observed by the Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. It includes both annual feast days and calendar of saints by month.

Annual feasts

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Regular saint days per month

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Days per month (using the Ethiopian calendar) Dedicated saint(s)[4][unreliable source?]
1st Lideta (Birth of the Holy Virgin Mary) and Elias (Elijah)
2nd Thaddius
3rd Be'eta (Presentation of the Holy Virgin to the Temple of Jerusalem)
4th Yohannes Wolde Negedquad (John Son of Thunder)
5th Petros and Paulos (Peter and Paul) and Gebre Menfes Kiddus
6th Our Lady of Qusquam (Egypt)
7th Holy Trinity Day
8th Kiros (Cyrus) and Abba Banuda
9th Thomas (not the Apostle)
10th Kidus Meskel (Feast of the Holy Cross)
11th Hanna we Iyachew (St Anne and St. Joachim, parents of the Holy Virgin Mary) and Fasilides
12th Michael the Archangel, Samuel, and Yared
13th Feast of Igziabher Ab (God the Father) and Raphael the Archangel
14th Abuna Aregawi and Gebre Kristos
15th Kirkos and his mother Iyeluta (Cyricus and Julitta)
16th Kidane Mihret (Our Lady Covenant of Mercy)
17th Estifanos (Stephen the Martyr) and Abba Gerima
18th Ewostatewos
19th Gabriel the Archangel
20th Hnstata
21st Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God
22nd Deqsius
23rd Georgis (Saint George)
24th Abune Tekle Haymanot
25th Merkorios (Saint Mercurius)
26th Thomas the Apostle
27th Medhane Alem (Savior of the World)
28th Immanuel
29th Bale Wold (Feast of God the Son)
30th Markos (Mark the Evangelist)

References

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  1. ^ "Fasts & Feasts". Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - Menbere Berhan Kidest Mariam (St. Mary) Cathedral in Toronto. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  2. ^ "Other celebrations - Boundless Ethiopia Tours". boundlessethiopia.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  3. ^ "The Feast of Saint Michael – Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Sunday School Department – Mahibere Kidusan". Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  4. ^ "Feast Days of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church". Angelfire. Retrieved 2022-09-23.