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ብዯቂቀ እንጦንዮስ ተመሃሮ ቅደስ ኣትናቴዎስ መንፈሳዊ 
ኮሇጅ ኮርፐስ ክርስቲ ቴክሳስ፣  
ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜርካ  
ራብዒይ ዒመት ምቕባእ 
ፓትርያርክ እንጦንዮስ ምኽንያት 
ብምግባር ዜተዲሇወ መጽናዕታዊ 
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 የናግፎም ከኣ እዩ” (መዝ 34፣7)። 

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መጽሓፍ ቅደሳዊ ሰረት መዒርግን ስሌጣንን ፓትርያርክ  
ኣገባብን ርትዒውነትን ምርጫ ፓትርያርክ እንጦንዮስ 
ኣብ ኦርቶድክስ ተዋሕድ ቤተክርስትያን ኤርትራ ብ2005 ዜወረዯ ግፍዕን 
ሳዕቤኑን 
ዕሊማን መዯብን ፓትርያርክ እንጦንዮስ ንዕቤት ተዋህድ ቤተ ክርስቲያን 
ኤርትራ 
ህሌው ኩነታት 3ይ ፓትርያርክ ሃገረ ኤርትራ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ 
መዯምዯምታ: ሇበዋ ንህዜብን ውለዯ ክህነትን 
      In Commemoration of the 4th Anniversary of the Enthronement of H.H. Abune  
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መዒርግን ስሌጣንን ፓትርያርክ 
ስሌጣን ፓትርያርክ 
መሰረት ስሌጣን ፓትርያርክ ካብ ሰማይ እምበር ካብ ባይታ ኣይመጸን። ክርስቶስ ከመይ ዜበሇ ስሌጣን 
ንሃዋርያት ከም ዜሃቦም ዜሕብሩና ኣብነታት እዝም ዜስዕቡ ጥቕስታት ምስክር እዮም። “በቲ ሓቂ 
ቀዴሶም፣ ቃሌካ ሓቂ እዩ። ከምቲ ንዒይ ናብ ዒሇም ዜሇኣኽካኒ፣ ከምኡውን ኣነ ናብ ዒሇም ሇኣኽኩዎም”። 
(ዮሃ፡17፡17-18) “ሽዐ ኢየሱስ ከም ብሓዴሽ ሰሊም ንኣኻትኩም ይኹን። ከምቲ ኣቦ ንኣይ ዜሇኣኸኒ፣ 
ኣነውን ከምኡ እሌእኸኩም ኣልኹ በልም። እዙ ኢለ ኡፍ በሇልም እሞ፣ መንፈስ ቅደስ ተቐበለ”። 
(ዮሃ፡20፡21-22) “ስሇዙ ኺደ ንኹሊቶም ኣህዚብ ብስም ኣቦን ወዴን መንፈስ ቅደስን እናኣጥመቕኩም 
ዜኣ዗ዜኩኹም ኹለ ኺሕሌዉ ኸኣ እናመሃርኩም ዯቀ መዚሙርቲ ግበርዎም። እንሆ ዴማ፣ ኣነ ኽሳዕ 
መወዲእታ ዒሇም ኹለ መዒሌቲ ምሳኻትኩም እየ”። (ማቴ፡ 28፡20) “ኣነ ኸኣ እብሇካ ኣልኹ፡ ንስኻ 
ጰጥሮስ ኢኻ። ንማሕበረይ ከኣ ኣብዚ ከውሒ እዙኣ ኽሃንጻ እየ፡ ዯጌታት ሲኦሌ ዴማ ኣይሕይሌዋን። 
መርሖታት መንግሥተ ሰማያት ክህበካ እየ፣ ኣብ ምዴሪ ዜኣሰርካዮ ኹለ ኣብ ሰማይ እሱር ኪኸውን 
እዩ። ኣብ ምዴሪ ዜፈታሕካዮ ኹለ ዴማ ኣብ ሰማይ ፍቱሕ ክኸውን እዩ።” (ማቴ፡ 16፡ 18 -19) ኢለ 
ኣብ ሌዕሉ ሓዋርያትን ኣብ ሌዕሉ ኹሊ ቤተ ክርስቲያንን፡ ንጰጥሮስ ቀዲማይ ፓትርያርክ ክኸውን 
ክርስቶስ ምለእ መዒርግ ስሌጣን ሃቦ።    
ናይ መጀመርታ ፓትርያርክ ተባሂለ ዜጽዋዕ እግዙኣብሔር ‘ኣብ’ ባዕለ እዩ። ከመይሲ “ኣባ ኣቦ” ተባሂለ 
ስሇ ዜጽዋዕ። ‘ ኣባ ኣቦ’ ዴማ፣ መራሕ ኹለ እምነት ዜኾነ ኣቦና ኣብርሃም፣ ኣቦ ብዘሓት ህዜብታት 
ገይረካ እየ እሞ፡ ዯጊም ስምካ ኣብራም ኣይጸዋዕ (዗ፍ፡17፡5-7) ምስ ተባህሇ እዩ። ዴሕሪ ኣብርሃም ዴማ 
ሙሴ ኣብ ሌዕሉ እሥራኤሌ መራሒን ኣቦን ነበረ። ኣብ መውዲእታ ዴማ፣ እቲ ኣካሌ ሥሊሴ ዜ኿ነ 
ጎይታናን መዴሓኒናን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ባዕለ ‘ኣቦ’ ኹለ ከም ዜኾነ ነገረና። ንሱ ዴማ ነቶም መንፈስ 
ቅደስ ዜሓዯሮም ሓዋርያት ኣብ ቤቱ፣ ኣብ ክንዴኡ ኣቦታት ኯይኖም ክመርሑ ምለእ ሥሌጣን ሃቦም። 
ሓዋርያት ዴማ ነቶም ብዴሕሪኦም መንፈስ ቅደስ ዜመረጾም ኣቦታት፣ ከምቲ ንዒኣቶም ክርስቶስ ምለእ 
ሥሌጣን ዜሃቦም፣ ምለእ ሥሌጣን ኣቦነት ሃብዎም። እዝም ኣቦታት እዙኣቶም ዴማ ክሳብ ሕጂ ንቤተ 
ክርስቲያን ብ዗ዴሌያ ዗በሇ እናመርሑ፣ ክሳብ ምጽኣት ጎይታና ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ከጽንሕዋ ሓዯራ 
ተዋህቦም። እዝም ብመንፈስ ቅደስ ዜተመርጹ ኣቦታት ሥሌጣኖም መዒርግ ኣቦነቶም ከይተቐየረ፣ ኣብ 
ዜተፈሊሇየ ዗መናትን ኣብ ዜተፈሊሇየ ሃገራትን ስሞም ይቀያየር እዩ። ንኣብነት ኣብ ሮማ ኣብ ምስሪ፡ 
ፖፕ፡ ፓትርያርክ፡ ካቶሉኮ፡ ዒቢይ ጳጳስ፣ ቀዲማይ ጳጳስ፣ ሉቀ ጳጳሳት፣ ርእሰ ጳጳሳት፣ ርእሰ ሉቃነ ጳጳሳት 
እናተባህለ ይጽውዐ። ፓትርያርክ ብመዒርጉ ወኪሌ ክርስቶስ ኣብ ምዴሪን ኣቦ -መንበር ሲኖድስን ጠቅሊሊ 
መራሒ ቤተ ክርስቲያንን እዩ።     
ፓትርያርክ ዜብሌ መጸውዑ   
ፓትርያርክ ዜብሌ ቃሌ “Παπας” - "pater" (ኣቦ) and "archon" (መራሒ) ካብ ዜብለ ቃሊት ዜመጸ እዩ። 
መበቆለ ቋንቋ ጽርኢ ኮይኑ ትርጉሙ ዴማ "መራሒ -ኣቦ" ማሇት እዩ። ኣብ መጽሓፍ ቅደስ 
ንመጀመርታ ግዛ ፓትርያርክ ዜብሌ መጸውዑ ነቦታት ዜተዋህቦም ብ200 ዒ.ም. ቅዴሚ ሌዯተ ክርስቶስ፣ 

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ኣሇክሳንዯር ዒቢ ነቶም ሰብዒ ሉቃውንቲ እስራኤሌ ንመጽሓፍ ቅደስ ካብ እብራይስጢ ናብ ኮይን ዜተባሇ 
ቋንቋ ጽርኢ ክትርጉምዎ ትእዚዜ ምስ ሃቦም እዩ። ንሳቶም፣ ነቲ “ኣቦ ኹለ” ዜብሌ ቃሌ ናብ ፓትርያርክ 
ዜብሌ ምስ ሇወጥዎ፣ ብኡ መሰረት ኣብቲ Septuagint ተባሂለ ዜጽዋዕ መጽሓፍ ቅደስ ቦታ ሓ዗። ከም 
መጸውዑ መዒርግ ንዜሇዒለ ኣቦታት-ቤተክርስቲያን ዜተጀመረለ ግና ብ42 ዒ.ም ኣብ ኣሇክሳንዯርያ (ግብጺ) 
ተጀመረ። ካብዙ ንዯሓር ቤተ ክርስቲያን መንበረ ማርቆስ፣ ነቲ ቀዲማይ ኣቦ መዒርግ ፓትርያርክነት ትህብ 
እኳ እንተ ነበረት፡ "ፓትርያርክ" ዜብሌ መጸውዑ ዜያዲ ክፍሇጥ ዜጀመረ ግና፣ ኣብ ቀዲማይ ጉባኤ ቤተ 
ክርስቲያን (ጉባኤ ኒቅያ) ብ325 ዒ.ም. እዩ። ቀንዱ ቦታኡ ዜሓ዗ን ናይ ኩሊተን ቤተ ክርስቲያናት መጸውዑ 
ዜ኿ነን ግና ኣብ ሳሌሳይ ጉባኤ ቤተ ክርስቲያን (381 ዒ.ም) እዩ። ብሕጊ ጸዱቑ ወግዒዊ መጸዊዑ መዒርግ 
ምስ ኯነ፣ ኣብ 6ይ ክፍሇ ዗መን ኩሊቶም ኣቦታት "ፓትርያርክ" ተባሂልም ክጽውዐ ንሉቀ ጳጳስት ሮማ፣ 
ንሉቀ ጳጳሳት ኣንጾክያ፣ ንሉቀ ጳጳሳት ቁስጥንጥንያ፡ ከምኡውን ንሉቀ ጳጳሳት ኢየሩሳላም መሌእኽቲ 
ተሊእከ። ካብዙ ንዯሓር፣ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ነቶም ኣብ ምዴሪ ብመንፈስ ቅደስ ዜተመርጹ መራሕታ 
“ይዯሌዎ” እናበሇት ክሳብ ሕጂ ነዙ መዒርግ እዙ ትጥቀመለ ኣሊ።  
 
መዒርግ ፓትርያርክ ዕዴመ ሌክዕ እዩ፤ 
“ፓትርያርክ ኣብዚ ምዴሪ ብመንፈሳውን ሕጋውን መገዱ ወኪሌ ክርስቶስ ኮይኑ ( representative or 
‘Kholaphaa) ፣ እምነት ክሕለ፣ ምእመናን ኪ጑ሲ ዜተሾመ መራሒ እዩ።” (ፍትሒ መንፈሳዊ: ኣንቀጽ 4)። 
መጽሓፍ ቅደሳዊ ሰረት ናይዙ ዴማ "እቲ ንዒኹም ዜቕበሌ ንዒይ ከምዜተቐበሇ . . ." ዜብሌ እዩ። መዒርግ 
ፓትርያርክነት ኣይሰዒርን እዩ፤ ከመይሲ ህያብ መንፈስ ቅደስ ስሇ ዜኯነ። በዙ ምኽንያት ዴማ እዩ ፍትሓ 
ነገሥት “ሉቀ ጳጳሳት (ፓትርያርክ) ከምቲ ኣቦ ኣብ ሌዕሉ ዯቁ ምለእ ስሌጣን ዗ሇዎ፡ ፓትርያርክ ኣብ 
ሌዕሉ መእመናን ምለእ ሥሌጣን ኣሇዎ ዜብሌ። ሉቀ ጳጳስ (ፓትርያርክ) ነቶም ኣብ ትሕቲኡ ዗ሇዉ 
ክእዜዜ ምለእ ሥሌጣን ኣሇዎ፣ ከመይሲ ንሱ ኣብ ርእሲ ኩሊቶም ህዜበ ክርስቲያን ከም ጰጥሮስ ሓሇቓ 
እዩ። ኣብ ርእሴኡ ዴማ፣ ኣብ ሌዕሉ ኩሊተን ቤተ ክርስቲያናት ምስላነ ጎይታና ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እዩ። 
(ፍትሓ ነገሥት ዒንቀጽ 4፤ 54)    
መዒርግን ሥሌጣንን ፓትርያርክ እንተተንከፈ፣ 
ኒቅያ ፶ ኣብ ሌዕሉ ፓትርያርክ (ሉቀ ጳጳስ) ዜ኿ነ ክሲ እንተ ተረኽበ፣ እቶም ኣብ ትሕቴኡ ዗ሇዉ ጳጳሳት 
ክፈርዴዎ ሥሌጣን የብልምን። ፓትርያርክ በዯሌ እንተገበረ ካብቶም ሰሇስተ ፓትርያርክ ሓዯ ተረኺቡ 
ነቲ ዜተባህሇ ክሲ ከይመርመረ ክሱ ቅቡሌ ኣይኯነን። ካብቶም ሰሇስተ ሓዯ ምስ ተረኽበውን መጺኡ ካብ 
ስራሕ ከሰናብቶ ወይ ምስቲ ክሲ ክሰማማዕ ክሕበሌ ኣይግብኦን”። (እዝም ሰሇስተ ዜብልም ዗ል ካብቶም 
ኣቐዱምና ዜረኣናዮም ፓትርያርክ ኣሇክሳንዴርያ፤ ሮማ፣ ኤፈሶን፣ ኣንጾክያ ማሇቱ እዩ። ፍትሓ ነገስት 
ዒንቀጽ 4፣41 ተመሌከት።) 
ፓትርያርክ ኣብ ሌዕሉ እቲ ዗ሇዎ ሥሌጣን ዴማ ብመዒርጉ ካህን እዩ። መዒርግ-ክህነት ክሳዕ ሞት ስሇ 
ዜ኿ነ፣ መዒርግ ፓትርያርክ ዴማ ብህይወት ክሳብ ዗ል ኣይሰዒርን'ዩ። መዒርግ ክህነት ይኹን መዒርግ 
ፓትርያርክነት ካብ ሰብ ዗ይኯነ ካብ ሊዕሉ ካብ መንፈስ ቅደስ ዜርከብ መዒርግ ከም ዜኯነ ዴማ መጽሓፍ 
ቅደስ ይምህረና።  

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ኣገባብን ርትዒውነትን ምርጫ ፓትርያርክ እንጦንዮስ  
ከም ሕግን ስርዒትን ቤተ ክርስትያን ተዋህድ፣ ኣገባብ ምርጫ ፖትርያርክ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ርትዒውን 
ጹፉፍን እዩ ኔሩ። ኣቡነ እንጠንዮስ ካብቶም ሓሙሽተ ቀዲሞት ጳጳሳት ብ1994 ዒ.ም.ፈ  ኣብ በዒሌ ሓምሳ 
ኣብ ካተዴራሌ ቅደስ ማርቆስ ካይሮ ግብጺ ዜተቀቡኡ ጳጳሳት ሓዯ እዮም። ካብቲ ጊዛ'ቲ ጀሚሮም ክሳብ 
ፖትርያርክ ዜኾኑ ዴማ ጳጳስ ንዒሰርተ ዒመታት ናይ ዝባ ማእከሌ (ብኣውራጃ ሓማሴን ዜፍሇጥ) ኮይኖም 
ኣገሌገለ። ኣብ ሓዋርያዊ ዕዮኦምን ጉስነቶምን ብጣዕሚ ትጉህን ምስጉንን እዮም።  
 
ዴሕሪ ዕረፍቲ ካሌኣይ ፖትርያርክ ቅደስ ኣቡነ ያዕቆብ፣ ካብ ወርሒ ታሕሳስ 2003 ዲርጋ ንሓዯ ዒመትን 
መንፈቅን ክሳብ ምርጫ ጊዛ ዒቃቢ መንበር ተዋህድ ኮይኖም ኣገሌጊልም። ፖትርያርክ ንምምራጽ ጊዙኡ 
ምስ በጽሐ፣ ምስ ካሌኦት ኣርባዕተ ጳጳሳት ሕጹያት ኮይኖም ቀሪቦም። በቲ ዗ሇዎም መንፈሳዊ ህይወትን 
ትግሃትን ዴማ ብሕጋዊ መንገዱ ወግዒዊ ሳሌሳይ ፖትርያርክ ናይ ኤርትራ ኦርቶድክስ ተዋህድ ቤተ 
ክርስትያን ንክኾኑ ተመሪጾም። እዙ ምርጫ'ዙ ብመሰረት ስምምዕ ናይ ክሇተ ኣሓት ቤተ ክርስትያን 
ኤርትራን ግብጽን ብመሰረት ዒንቀጽ 7 ተኻይደ። 
 
ዒንቀጽ 7(Û) ከምዙ ይብሌ፡ 
ነፍሲ ወከፍ ቤተ ክርስትያን ናይ ገዚእ ርእሳ ፓትርያርክ ክትመርጽ ነጻነት ኣሇዋ። እንተኾነ ናይ 
ክሌቲኣተን ቤተ ክርስትያናት ሕብረት ክሁዴ ምእንቲ ክኸውን፣ እታ ሓንቲ ቤተ ክርስትያን ዒሰርተ ኣባሊት 
ዜሓ዗ ሌኡካት ማሇት ክሌተ ናይ ሃገረ ስብከት ጳጳሳት፣ ክሌተ ኣበ -ምኔታት ገዲማት፣ ሽደሽተ ዴማ ኣብ 
ካሌእ ጽፍሕታት ዗ገሌግለ ከክሌተ ምእመናን ቤተ ክርስትያን፣ ነቲ ዜግበር ምርጫዊ መስርሕ ከም ኣጋይሽ 
ክዕ዗ቡን ኣብቲ ዜግበር ጽምብሌ ክካፈለን ይሌኣኹ። 
   
ብመሰረት ስምምዕ ቤተ ክርስትያን ኤርትራን ግብጽን፤ ናይ ክሌትኤን ሌኡኻት ቅደስ ሲኖድስ ከምቲ ኣብ 
6ይ ምዕራፍ ግብረ ሃዋርያት ዗ል፣ ፓትርያርክ ተዋህድ ቤተ ክርስትያን ዜኸውን ሰብ ንምሕራይ ብዕሇት 4 
መጋቢት 2004 ዒ.ም. መንፈሳዊ ኣኼባ ኣካየደ። ናይ ክሌትኤን ሌኡኻት  ቅደስ ሲኖድስ እቲ ዜተኻየዯ 
ምርጫ ቅኑዕ ምዃኑ መስከሩ። ዴሕሪ ሓዯ ወርሒ ኣብ በዒሌ ሓምሳ ብዕሇት 25 ሚያዜያ 2004 ዒ.ም. 
ስርዒተ ቅብኣት ብመሪሕነት ፖፕ ሽኖዲ 3ይ ተኻይደ፣ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ዴማ ወግዒዊ ሳሌሳይ ፖትርያርክ 
ኦርቶድክስ ተዋህድ ቤተ ክርስትያን ኤርትራ ኮይኖም ተመርጹ። ኣብዙ ስርዒተ ስሜት (ምቕባእ)'ዙ ብርክት 
ዜበለ፣ ናይ ክብሪ ዕደማት፣ መራሕቲ ሃይማኖት፤ ሌኡኽ ሃገረ ስብከታት፤ ሰበ ስሌጣንን ዱፕልማትን 
ተኻፊልም ነይሮም። ኣብቲ ስርዒተ ስሜት ዜተረኽቡ ኩልም ዴማ ነቲ ዜተገብረ መስርሕ ምቕባእ 
ምስክርነቶም ሃቡ።  እወ! ኣማን ብኣማን ብዴምጺ ኩሇን ገዲማትን፤ ምለእ ተሳትፎ ምእመናን ኦርቶድክስ 
ተዋህድ ቤተ ክርስትያንን ምስክርነት ሉቀ ጳጳሳት ቤተ ክርስትያን ግብጽን ዜተመርጹ 3ይ ፓትርያርክ 
ቅደስ እንጦንዮስ ዕሊዊ መራሒ ዴማ ኮኑ።   
 

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ኣብ ኦርቶድክስ ተዋሕድ ቤተክርስትያን ኤርትራ ብ2005 ዜወረዯ ግፍዕን 
ሳዕቤኑን 
“ሕጊ እንተረጊጽካዮ፡ ተመሉሱ እዩ ዙረግጸካ” ቃሌ ብጹእ ወቅደስ እቡነ እንጦንዮስ 3ይ ፓትርያርክ ኦ.ተ. 
ቤ/ክ ኤርትራ።  
ኣብ ዒሇምና ሕጊ እንተ዗ይህለ ናብራ ዯቂ ሰባት ካብ ናይ እንስሳ ኣይምተፈሌየን። ኣብ ሞንጎ ዜሃዴንን 
ዙህዯንን ንዜህለ ጽሌኢ፡ ቅትሇትን ግፍዕን… ካሌእ ስም ምረኸብናለ እምበር ህይወት ኣይምተባህሇን፡ 
ቀጻሌነትን ምዕባሇን ዯቂ ሰባት ከኣ ኣይምሃሇወን። ሕግን ንሕጊ ዗ፈጽም ሓይሉ እንሃሇወ እኳ ንጋድ! 
ኣብ ቤተክርስትያን ተዋህድ ኤርትራ፡ ብጸቕጢ ሓዯ ጭዋ ሰብ (ኣቶ ዮፍታሀ)፡ ንኃዋርያዊ ሕጊ (ጉባኤ 
ኒቅያ 325 ዒ.ም) ጥሒስካ፡ ነቶም ብሕርየት መንፈስ ቅደስን ብምርጫ መራሕትን ምእመናን፡ ሕጊ 
ቤተክርስትያን ብዜእዜዝ መሰረት፡ ዜተመርጹ መራሕ ቤተክርስትያን ኣሉኻ ብኻሌእ ንምትካኦም ዜተገብረ 
ፈተነ ብዒመጽን ግፍዕን ሰሇዜተተግበረ ሃይማኖታዊ ትሕዜቶ ዗ይብለ ግብረ -ኣረምውያን ምዃኑ ግዛ 
ቀሉዕዎ’ዩ። ብፁዕ ወቅደስ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ኣብቲ ዜጸሓፍዎ ዯብዲበ፡ ሳሊ ምሁራት ዯቂ ቤተክርስትያን 
ናብ ኩለ ዒሇም ብትግርኛን ብእንግሉ዗ኛን ዜተ዗ርግሐ መሌእኽቲ፡ እቲ ጉዲይ ኃይማኖታዊ እንተኾይኑ 
መፍትሒ ንምርካብ ከቢዴ ዗ይምኻኑ እዩ ዜገሌጽ። ኩሌና ብጉዲይ ቤተክርስትይንና ዜሰንበዴና ምእመናን፡ 
ነቦና ዜቐረበልም ክስን ዜሃብዎ መሌስን፡ ጸኒሑ ተወሲደ ዜተባህሇ ስጉምትን ንኹለ ክንመምን ከርሰ -ነገር 
ናይቲ ጉዲይ እንታይ ምዃኑ ኪበርሃሌናን ክኢለ። እቲ ከም ክሲ ዜቐረበ ነገራት ነቶም ወጠንቱን 
ተግበርቱን ጥራይ ዗ይኮነ ንኹሊትና ኤርትራውያን ዗ሕፍር ትሕዜቶ ዗ልዎ ኮይኑ እዩ ተረኺቡ። ኣቦና ነቲ 
዗ሕንኽ ክስታት ጉባኤ ቤተክርስትያን ይጸዋዕ’ሞ መሌሲ ኪህበለ ምባልም ከኣ ቅንዕናኦምን ሌቦናኦም 
የነጽር። ገበን ዗ሇዎ ሰብ ጉባኤ ኣይጽውዕን’ዩ። እቶም ኣብዙ ዗ነውር ተግባር ዜውዒለ ኣካሊት ንኣስታት 
ክሌተ ዒመት ተቐርቒሮም ጸኒሖም። ጉባኤ እንተጸውዐ ዜገዯዯ ኪሓፍሩን ኪዋረደን ምዃኑ መዙኖም። ሕጊ 
ቤተክርስትያን እንተጠሓሱ ዴማ ብህዜቦምን ኩሇን ኦርየንታሌ ተዋህድ ቤተክርስትያናትን ከምዜኹነኑ 
ኣይስሓትዎን።    
ናይ ቤተክርስትያን ርእሲ መዴሃኔ ዒሇም’ዩ። ንቤተክርስትያን ካብ ካሌእ ፍሌይ ዗ብሊ ከኣ ብሕጊ መንፈሳዊ 
ዒሇም እትግዚእ ንብረትን ጥሪትን ፈጣሪ ምዃና’ዩ። እቲ መንፈሳዊ ሕጊ ንዒሇማዊ ሕጊ ጸብሇሌ ይብል 
እምበር ኣይንእሶን፡ ስሇዜኾነ ኣብ ንቡር ኩነታት ነንሕዴሕደ ኣይጋጮን እዩ። መራሕቲ ቤተክርስትያን 
እምበኣር ንመዴሓኔ ዒሇም እንዲተኣ዗ዘ፡ ኣሰር ሃዋርያትን ቅደሳንን እንዲሰዒቡ፡ ሰዒቡና ኪብለ ከልዉ 
ጥራሕ እዮም ሕፉራትን ክቡራትን ኪኾኑ ዙኽእለ። ምኽንያቱ ሕጊ ኣፍሪስካ ክብረት የልን፡ እንትርፎ 
ሕስራን። ንመራሕቲ፡ መራሕቲ ዗ብልም ከኣ ማዕርግን ፍለይ ኣሌባሳትን ዗ይኮነ፡ ሕጊ ኣብ ምኽባር 
ጸብሇሌ ብምባልምን፡ ስጋኦም መሉኾም ብ዗ጥርይዎ መንፈሳዊ ብስሇትን እዩ። ነቲ ጭዋ ሰብ፡ ኣቶ 
ዮፍታሀ፡ እዙ ኩለ ኣይንታዩን እዩ። ካብ መጀመርያኡ ብዒሌ ጽቡቕ ታሪኽ ኣይኮነን፡ ኣብ ሌዕሉ ህዜቢ 
ኤርትራ ዗ሇዎ ንዕቀትን ዜፈጸሞ በዯሌን ልሚ ንመጀመርያኡ ኣይኮነን። እቶም ነፍሶም ፈትዮም፡ 
ፈሪሖምን ተገዱድምን ነቲ ዜተገነዜለ ሽመት ጵጵስና ዗ቃሇለ ኣቦታት ግን ኣብ ዒይኒ ህዜቢ ኤርትራ 
ጥራይ ዗ይኮኑስ ኣብ ዒይኒ ዜበዜሐ ህዜብታት ዒሇም ሚዚኖም ቀሉለ እዩ። ንቅደስ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስን 
ካሌኦት ንጹሃትን ውለዴ -ክህነት ጥራይ ኣይኮኑን በዱልም። ኣብ ብምለኡ ዒሇም ንዜርከብ ተኸታሉ 

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ኦርቶድክስ ተዋህድ እዮም በዱልም። ን1700 ዒመታት ጸኒዐ ን዗ጽንዒና ሕጊ ብምግሃሶም፡ መቓብር 
ቅደሳት ኣቦታትናውን ነቕኒቖሞ እዮም። ስሇዙ ልሚ ካብ ኩሇን ኦርየንታሌ ኦርቶድክስ ተዋሕድ 
ቤተክርስትያናት ተነጺልም፡ ብዜገበርዎ ገበን፡ ዒቕልም ጸቢብዎም እንተረኣናዮም ዗ገርም ኣይኮነን። 
ብኣንጻሩ ቅደስ ኣቦና እንጦንዮስ ንሕጊ ቤተክርስትያኖም ክሳብ ሞት ዯው ብምባልም ብህዜብናን ዒሇምን፡ 
ካብተን ሰሊማውያን ዒመታት፡ ኣብ዗ን ናይ ፈተና ዒመታት ሲመቶም ዜረኸብዎ ዜናን ክብርን ይዒቢ። 
ስሇዙ ልሚ ሕጋዊ ፓትርያርክ ኦርቶድክስ ተዋሕድ ቤተክርስትያን ንሶም ጥራይ ምዃኖም ብምግንዚብ 
ኩሇን ኦርየንታሌ ተዋሕድ ቤተክርስትያናት ኣብ ቅዲሴአን ስላኦምን ስሇ ቤተክርስትያን ኤርትራን 
ኣ዗ውቲረን ኣብ ምጽሊይ ይርከባ። ዜፈሌጥዎምን ዗ይፈሌጥዎምን ዯሇይቲ ፍትሕን ሓቅን ዒሇምና ብቐጻሉ 
ስላኦም ኣብ ናይ ዛና ማዕከናትን መርበብ ሓበሬታን ዴምጾም የቃሌሑ ኣልዉ።      
ሳዕቤን ሕጊ ምጥሓስ ካብ ጊዛ ናብ ጊዛ እንዲበኣሰ እምበር እንዲሓሸ ኪኸይዴ ኣይኮነን። ልሚ እዝም ካብ 
ኃዋርያዊ መስመሮም ዜወጹ ጳጳሳትን ሰዒብቶምን “ንሃዋርያትካ ክትፈትሑን ኪትኣስሩን ስሌጣን ሂበኩም 
ኣልኹ ብ዗በሌካዮ መሰረት…ንሕና …ኸኣ …” ኢልም ክጽሌዩ ኣይክእለን እዮም። ከም ውጽኢቱ ልሚ 
ዱቁናን ክህነትን ካብ ዜቕበለ ዜውገዘን ብብዘሕ ምኽንያታት ካብ ኣገሌግልቶም ዜሰናበቱ ውለዯ ክህነት 
ይበዜሑ። “዗ኣውገ዗ በከንቱ ውጉዜ ውእቱ” ከም ዜብል ፍትሓ ነገስት ውግ዗ቶም ካብ ታራ ቃሌ ዜሓሌፍ 
ሚዚን የብለን። ምኽንያቱ ንባዕሊቶም ፍትሓት ዜዯሌዩ ኣብ ትሕቲ ውግ዗ት ይነብሩ ስሇ዗ሇዉ። ህዜብና ከኣ 
ካብ ማንም ግዛ ንሊዕሉ ልሚ ብዚዕባ ሕጊ ቤተክርስትያን፡ መንነት ቅኑዒትን ዗ይቅኑዒት መራሕትን 
ኪፈሌጥን ኪመራመርን ብምጅማሩ፡ ኣብ ዒዱ ዗ል ይኹን ኣብ ዯገ ዗ል ህዜብና፡ ዴሮ ብቐጥታ ይኹን 
ብተ዗ዋዋሪ፡ ፍርደ ሂቡ እዩ። ንኣብነት ኣብ ዯገ ዗ልና ንዕ዗ቦ ከም዗ልና፡ እቶም ንሕና ኣብ ውግ዗ትኩም 
ኢዴ የብሌናን ኢልም፡ ኩለ ጸሇመን ግዜያዊ ፈተናን ተጻዊሮም ኣብ ኃዋርያዊ መሠረቶም ዜጸንዐ፡ 
ሓሊፍነቶም ዗ይዯርበዩ ኣቦታት፡ ህዜብና ከም ንህቢ ኪዒስልምን ከኽብሮምን ይርኣይ ኣል። እቶም ሕጊ 
ዜጠሓሱን፡ ኪጠሓስ ከል ዒገብ ዗ይበለን ከኣ ህዜብና ይንዕቆምን ይርሕቆምን ኣል።       
ዜተፈሊሇየ ሜሊታትን ጸሇመን ተማሂዘ፡ ንሓቂ ቀቢሩ ከጽንዒ ኣይከኣሇን። እታ እንኮ ፈውሲ ኣብ ኢዴ 
እቶም ፈጸምቲ’ዙ ገበን እያ ዗ሊ። ጌጋኦም ተኣሚኖም፡ ውግ዗ቶም ክሌዒሇልም ኪሓቱ፡ ኣብ ቤተክርስትያንና 
ወሪደ ዗ል ከቢዴ ህቦብሊ ብሰሊም ኪዒርፍ ጻዕሪ ኪገብሩ ይግባእ። ሓዊ ወሉዕካ ሰሊም፡ ሰብ ገፊዕካ ሕውነት፡ 
ሕጊ ኣፍሪስካ ሓዴነት ህዜብን ቤተክርስትያንን ኣይትጽበን ኢኻ። ስሇዙ ዜበዯሇ ኪኽሕስ፡ ዜተበዯሇ ዴማ 
ይቕረ ኪብሌ ንቡር እዩ። እቲ ጉዲይ ኪሓውየለ ኣብ ዗ይክእሌ ሕማም ይሊባዕ ሰሇ዗ል ስሇ ሃገርን ህዜብን 
ይሓሉ’የ ዜብሌ ኣካሌ ህጹጽ ፈዋሲ ስጉምቲ ኪወስዴ ይግባእ።  
ካብ ታሪኽ ከም እንምሃሮ፡ ግጉያት እዮም ናብ ሓቂ ዙምሇሱ እምበር፡ ሓቂ ናብ ገበነኛታት ተ጑ዑዚ 
ኣይትፈሌጥን እያ። ወጠንትን ተግበርትን እዙ ገበን ካብ ጌጋኦም እንተ዗ይተመሉሶም፡ ንሕጂ ቀጻሉ 
ሕሌናዊ ቕጽዒትን ተነጽልን፤ እታ ኣምሊኽ ዜመዯባ፡ ኩለ ከከም ተግባር ኢደ ዜፍዯየሊ፡ መዒሌቲ ብርሃን 
ምስ መጸት፡ ከኣ ኣዕይንትና ዜርእይኦ ኣእዚንና ዜሰምዖ ጉዴ ኪህለ እዩ።       
  
 
 

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 ዕሊማን መዯብን ፓትርያርክ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ንዕቤት ተዋህድ ቤተ 
ክርስቲያን ኤርትራ 
መእተዊ ፡ - ፓትርያርክ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ንዕቤት ኦርቶድክሳዊት ተዋህድ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ኤርትራ 
ዜነበሮም መዯባትን ራእይን ብዘሕ እዩ። ከምቲ ’’ ክቡር ሰብ ክቡር ሓሳብ ይሓስብ ኣብ ክቡር ነገር ዴማ 
ይጸንዕ ’’ (ኢሳ 32፡8) ተባሂለ ዜተጻሕፈ ጻዕሮምን ተገዲስነቶምን ካብ ሸዊት ዕዴሜኦም ዜጀመረ እዩ። ኣብ 
ሓጺር ታሪኽ ሕይወቶም ተሰኒደ ከም ዗ል ብ዗መን ዱቁንኦም እዘዜ ተመሃራይን ትጉህ ረዴእን ኮይኖም 
ንዕዮ ገዲሞም ዯብረ ጽጌ ሰፍኣ ብንጥፈትን መንፈሳዊ ተገዲስነትን ከም ዜሰርሑ የ዗ንቱ። 
ኣብ ዗መን ምንኩስንኦም ከኣ ዕጉስ መነኮስን መስተውዒሉ ኣቦን ስሇ ዜነበሩ ብትእዚዜ ማሕበር ኣብ ሕርሻ፡ 
ምምህርና፡ምምሕዲር፣ ምዕቃብ ንብረት ገዲም፡ ብትሕትናን ሌዜብን ኣገሌገለ። ካብ 1955 ዒ.ም.ፈ  ክሳብ 
1994 ዒ.ም.ፈ ሓሊፊ ገዲም (ኣበ -ምኔት)  ኮይኖም ብመንፈሳዊ ፍቕርን ሓዋርያዊ ሓሌዮትን ምስ ኣገሌገለ 
ዴማ ብትግሃቶምን ክቡር ሓሳባቶምን ብፍቓዴ ኣምሊኽ ተመሪጾም ብ19 ሰነ 1994 ዒ.ም.ፈ (12 ሰነ1986 
ዒ.ም.ግ) ኣብ ካይሮ ብፖፕ ሺኖዲ ናይ እስክንዴርያ ጳጳስ ዝባ ማእከሌ ኮይኖም ተሾሙ። 
ፓትርያርክ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ንዒሰርተ ዒመት ጳጳስ ዝባ ማእከሌ ኮይኖም ብትግሃት ምስ ኣገሌገለ ብ25 
ሚያዜያ 2004 ዒ.ም.ፈ  መዯብ ኣምሊኽ ኮይኑ ብሌዐሌ ዴምጺ ይዯሌዎ ተባሂልም ናይ ሲኖድስ ኤርትራ 
ቅደስ መራሒ ፓትርያርክ ኮይኖም ተሾሙ። ካብ ጽባሕ ሽመቶም ከኣ ኣገዯስቲ መዯባት ንቕሌጡፍ ዕቤት 
ኦርቶድክሳዊት ተዋህድ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ቀዲምነት ብምሃብ ምስ ሲኖድስን ሉቃውንቲ ኣቦታትን ተረዲዱኦም 
ንምትግባሩ ተ጑የዩ።ገሇ ኣብነት ንምጥቃስ ፡- 
1. ጉዲይ ጥንቆሊ፡- ብዕሇት 22 ሰነ 2004 ኣ.ፈ (15/10/ 96 ዒ.ም.ግ) ሊዕሇዎት ኣርባዕተ ሉቃውንት ሌኡኻት 
ቅደስ ፓትርያርክ ዜመርሕዎ ዜምሌከቶም  150 ውለዯ ክህነት ዜተሳተፍዎ ‘’ ጉባኤ ኣንጻር ጥንቆሊን 
ተሓባበርቶምን’’ ኣብ ጻዕዲ ክርስቲያን ተኻይደ። ብውሳኔ እቲ ጉባኤ ከኣ ፓትርያርክ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ 
ንኣመንቲ ተዋህድ ኢና ዜብለ ጠንቆሌትን ተሓባበርቶምን ኣብ ቅዴሚ ጉባኤ ብምቕራብ ጌግኦም 
ኣሚኖም ክንስሑ መጻሕፍቶም ከኣ ከቃጽለ ተነግሮም። ነቶም ቅኑዕ መኽሪ ዗ይሰምዐ ንስሓ ዜኣበዩ 
ጠንቆሌቲ ግና ብውግ዗ት ካብ ቅዴስት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ክፍሇዩ ተወሲኑ። ብቅደስ ሲኖድስ ጸዱቑ ከኣ 
ጽኑዕ ትእዚዜ ናብ ኩሇን ሃገረ ስብከታት ተመሓሊሇፈ። 
2. ጉዲይ ዕሽር፡ - ፓትርያርክ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ተዋህድ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ኤርትራ ካብ መዲኸሚኣ ዜኾነ 
ሌማኖን ዗ይጠቅም ሓገዚትን ርእሳ ንኽትክእሌ ብኣመንታ ጥራይ ክትሕገዜ ይግብኣ። ዕሽር ከኣ ትእዚዜ 
ኣምሊኽ ስሇ ዗ኾነ ብ዗ይ ወዒሌ ሕዯር ንኽጅመር መጽናዕቲ ክግበር ኣሇዎ ስሇ ዜበለ ብትእዚዜ 
ቅደስነቶም ብዕሇት 09 ሰነ 2005 ኣ.ፈ (02/06/97 ዒ.ም.ግ) ካብ ምለእ ሃገረ ስብከታት ኤርትራ 
ዜተሊእኩ ንዕሽርን ትግባረኡን ዗ጽንዐ ኣቦታት ‘’ ጉባኤ ንትግባረ ዕሽር ’’ ኣብ ቤት ጽሕፈት መንበረ 
ፓትርያርክ ተኻይደ። ጉባኤኛታት ብሰፊሑ ዗ትዮም ዕሽር ኣገዲስን ንቤተ ክርስቲያን ዗ርብሕ እዋናዊ 
መዯብ ምዃኑ ስሇ ዜተሰማምዐ 3 ካህናት ኣካየዴትን ክሌተ ኮሚቴ ተቖጻጸርትን መዙዝም። ናይ ዕሽር 
ፍለይ ሕሳብ ክቐውምን ዕሽር ምኽፋሌ ብውለዯ ክህነትን ሰራሕተኛታት መንበረ ፓትርያርክን 
ክጅመር ስሇ ዜወሰኑ ቅደስ ፓትርያርክ ናብ ጉባኤ ሲኖድስ ኣቕሪቦሞ። ሲኖድስ ከኣ ስሇ ዗ጽዯቖ 

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ንምትግባሩ ናብ ኩሇን ኣብያተ ክርስቲያናት ኣስመራን ሃገረ ስብከታትን ትእዚዜ ተመሓሊሇፈ። 
3. መራኸቢታት፡- 
(ሀ) እታ ብ1952 ዒ.ም.ፈ (1944 ዒ.ም.ግ) ዜተመስረተት እንኮ ሌሳን ቤተ  ክርስቲያን ዜኾነት ጋዛጣ 
ፍኖተ ብርሃን  ከምኡውን ብ1996 ብመንፈሳዊ ቅንኢ ዜጀመረት መጽሔት ብሥራተ ግእዚን  
ንመንፈሳዊ ስብከትን ንምዕባሇ ስነ ጽሑፍ ተዋህድን ኣዴሇይቲ ብምዃነን መንግስቲ ካብ እገዲ ነጻ 
ክብሇንን  ዲግም ምሕታም ንክጅምራ ተመዯበ። ነዙ ንምክያዴ ዴማ ብሞያ ርክበ ህዜብ ዜሰሌጠኑ 
ካህናትን ዱያቆናት ተዯሌዮም ምደባት ሰራሕተኛታት መንበረ ፓትርያርክ ኮይኖም በብክእሇቶም 
ንኽሰርሑ ውጥን (ፕሊን) ወጺኡ ነበረ። 
(ሇ) ናይ መንበረ ፓትርያርክ ዗መናዊ ቤት ማሕተም ክሳብ ዜትከሌ ከኣ ንብረት   ህዜበ ክርስቲያን 
ዜኾነ ቤት ማሕተም ማሕበረ ሓዋርያት ዜተወሰኑ ውሌቀ  ሰባት ጥራይ ዜረብሕለ ዴኹም ትካሌ 
ምዃን ኣብቂዐ ናብ ክፍሉ ርክበ -ሕዜብ መንበረ ፓትርያርክ ክሰጋገር ኣሇዎ። ብ዗መናዊ መሳርሒ 
ማሕተምን ምሁር ዒቕሚ ሰብን ተተኪኡ ከኣ ንምለእ ዕብየት ተዋህድ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ኤርትራ    
ከገሌግሌ ይግብኦ ኢልም ቅደስ ፓትርያርክ መዱቦም። ይኹን እምበር ኣብ ጉባኤ ቅደስ ሲኖድስ 
ብተዯጋጋሚ ተሊዑለ ብዮፍታሄን ገሇ ሰዒብቱ ጳጳሳትን  ዗ይምርዴዲእ ስሇ ዗ስዒበ ኣብ ውሳኔ ከይበጽሐ 
ተሪፉ። 
(ሐ). ናይ መንበረ ፓትርያርክ ወግዒዊ ኣገሌግልት ኢንተርነት (ዌብ ሳይት) ዴማ  ንክጅመር ንሓያል 
እዋን ጻዕርን መጽናዕትን ክግበረለ ስሇ ዜጸንሐ ምሁራት ዯቂ ቅዴስት ቤተ ክርስቲያን መሪጌታ 
ይትባረክ በርሀን ዱያቆን ኢንጅነር ቢንያም ሳህሌዜጊን ዜመርሕዎ ብምዴግጋፍ ግደሳት 
ኦርቶድክሳውያን ካብ  ውሽጥን ወጻእን ኩለ መዯባቱ ተጻፊፉ ንክጅመር ዴሌው ኮይኑ: ንትግባረኡ 
ዴማ ምስ ሃገረ ስብከት ሰሜን ኣሜርካ ምርዴዲእ ተጀሚሩ ነበረ።    
4. ሌዐሌ ትምህርቲ፡-  
(ሀ). ብቀዲማይ ፓትርያርክ ቅደስ ኣቡነ ፊሌጶስ ዜተጀመረ ማህዯረ ትምህርቲ   ኹልም ውለዯ ክህነት 
ተዋህድ ብመንፈሳውን ዗መናውን ትምህርቲ ብዜያዲ  ንኽስሌጥኑ ስሇዜተዯሌየ ቅደስ ፓትርያርክ ኣቡነ 
እንጦንዮስ ምስ ፖፕ ሺኖዲ ፓትርያርክ እስክንዴርያ ኣብ ሕዲር 2004 ኣ.ፈ ተራኺቦም ናይ 
መነኮሳት፡  ካህናትን፡ዱያቆናትን ሌዐሌ ማህዯረ ትምህርቲ ብግብጻዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ክወሃብ 
ስምምዒት ጌሮም። ምንባር እምነ መሰረት መንፈሳዊ ኮላጅ ኣብ  ቅዴስት ስሊሴ ቤተ ክርስቲያን 
ኣስመራ ዴማ መበገሲ ናይቲ ስምምዕ እዩ።   
(ሇ). መንፈሳዊ ኮሇጅ፡- ሕጽረት ትምህርቲ፣ ዗ይብቅዒት መራሕትን ኣገሌገሌትን ጠንቂ ኩለ ሽግር ቤተ 
ክርስትያን ተዋህድ እዩ። ነዙ ዜፈሇጡ ናይ ፖሇቲካን ሃይምኖትን ነጋድ ዴማ ምስሌዩነት ወሲኾም ነታ 
ቤተ ክርስትያን ይምዜምዜዋ ኣሇዉ። ይኹን እምበር፣ ዯጋዊ ሽግር ካሌኣዊ እዩ። ሽግር ቤተ 
ክርስትያን ዜፍታሕ ብትምህርቲ ምዃኑ ስሇ ዜኣመኑ፣ ፓትርያርክ እንጦንዮስ ምስ ቤተ ክርስትያን 
እስክንዴርያ (ግብጺ) ብዜገበርዎ ስምምዕ መሰረት፣ ፖፕ ሽኖዲ 3ይ ካብ መስከረም 17 - 24 2005 ናይ 
ሰሙን ጉዕዝ ኣብ ኤርትራ ምብጻሕ ኣካየደ። ናይቲ ኣብ ዕዲጋሓሙስ ኣስመራ ክምስረት ዜተሓስበ 
መንፈሳዊ ኮሇጅ እምኒ -መሰረት ኣንቢሮም። እዙ መንፈሳዊ ኮሇጅ እዙ ብዒይነቱን ትሕዜቶኡን እንኮ 

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ኮይኑ ኣብ ቤተ ክርስትያን ተዋህድ ከምጽኦ ዜኽእሌ ኣበርክቶ ንምእመናን ተስፋ ዜህብ ነይሩ። ይኹን 
እምበር ዕቤት ቤተ ክርስትያን ዗ይዯሌዩ ቆጽዮሞ፣ እንሆ ዴማ ኩለ ኣይተረኽበን። ቤተ ክርስትያን 
ግብጺ ሌዕሉ ክሌተ ሚሌዮንን ፈረቓን (2.5 ሚሌዮን) ድሊር መስሪሒ መንፈሳዊ ኮሇጅ ኪኸውን ኢሊ 
ዜወፈየቶ ገን዗ብ፣ ኣቶ ዮፍታሀ ብ዗ይ ሕሳብ ኣበይ ከም዗ውጽኦ ኣይፍሇጥን። ቀንዱ ካብቲ ምስ 
ፓትርያርክ እንጦንዮስ ዗ጋራጨዎም ነገራት ሓዯ ዴማ መዕሇቢ ናይዙ ገን዗ብ እዙ ፓትርያርክ 
እንጦንዮስ ክፈሌጥዎ ስሇ዗ይክኣለ'ዩ። ኣቶ ዮፍታሀ ንፓትርያርክ ዜምሌከት ጉዲይ ኣይኮነን ብምባሌ 
ጸብጻብ ክህብ ኣይከኣሇን ጥራይ ዗ይኮነስ፣ ተመሉሱ ንፓትርያርክ እንጦንዮስ ክ዗ሌፎምን ከነኣእሶምን 
ጀመረ። እዙ ገን዗ብ’ ዙ ኣበይ ከምዜጠፍአ ክሳብ ሕጂ ኣይፍሇጠን። 
 
 
(ሐ). ጸልትን ናይ ወንጌሌ ትምህርትን ንህዜበ ክርስቲያን መንፈሳዊ መግቡን ሓይለን ስሇ ዜኾነ ጸልተ 
ነግህን ሰርክን ብስሩዕ ኣብ ኩሇን ኣብያተ ክርስቲያናት ክትግበር ብቅደስ ፓትርያርክ  መሌእኽቲ ናብ 
ኩሇን ናይ  ኣስመራ ኣብያተ ክርስቲያናት ተመሓሊሉፉስ ክትግበር ጀመረ። ኣብ ሃገረ ስብከታት 
ንኽተኣታቶ ዴማ ዗ተ ንምክያዴ ተመዱቡ ነበረ። 
(መ). ገዲማት ኤርትራ ብዋሕዱ ዒቕሚ ሰብን ኩነታት መነባብሮን ኣብ ኣሰካፊ ዯረጃ ስሇ ዜበጽሓ 
ማሕበር ስምረት ገዲማት ተወሃሂደ መንፈሳውን ዗መናውን ትምህርቲ በብዯረጃኡ ኣብ ገዲማት  ክወሃብ 
ተካእቲ መንእሰያት ገዲም  ከይድም ክመሃሩን ንማዕርግ ዱቁና፡ ክህነትን ምንኩስናን ክተባብዐን  
ከምኡውን ገዲማት ኤርትራ መሰረት እምነት ክርስትናን ታሪኻዊ ቅርስን ስሇ ዜኾና ብመንበረ 
ፓትርያርክ ፍለይ ዯገፍ ክግበረሇን ብቅደስ ፓትርያርክ  ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ መዯብ ተታሒዘ ነበረ። 
5. መንፈሳዊ ትካሊት፡-  
(ሀ). ፓትርያርክ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ኣብ ጥሪ 2005 ዒ.ፈ ናብ ሃገረ ግሪኽ ናይ ስራሕ  መገሻ ብምግባር 
ምስ ሊዕሇዎት ሓሇፍቲ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ግሪኽ ተራኺቦም ስሇ ዜተመያየጡ ንዕብየት ተዋህድ ቤተ 
ክርስቲያን ኤርትራ ዜሕግዜ ሕክምናዊ  ኣገሌግልት ዜህብ ትካሌ ክቐውም እሞ መዴሃኒትን ምለእ 
ውሽጣዊ  መሳርሒታቱን ብግሪኽ ኦርቶድክስ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ክሽፈን ስምምዕ  ተፈራረሙ።  
(ሇ). ፓትርያርክ እንጦንዮስ ምስ ቤተ ክርስትያን እስክንዴርያ (ግብጺ) ብዜገበርዎ ስምምዕ፣ ካብ 
መስከረም 17- 24 2005 ፖፕ ሽኖዲ 3ይ ቅብኣ -ቅደስ (ሜሮን) ንምስራሕ ዗ዴሉ ቀመማትን ጥንታዊ 
ፓትርያርክ እንጦንዮስ: ኣቶ 
ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ መራሒ ሃገር 
ኤርትራ። ፓፕ ስኖዲ 3ይ ኣብ 
ዕዲጋሓሙስ ኣስመራ (ከባቢ 
እንዲ ስሊሴ) እምኒ-መሰረት 
መንፈሳዊ ኮሇጅ ከንብሩ ከሇዉ። 
Source: El-Keraza Magazine 
Thirty-Second Year Friday 
8th October 2004. Issues 
29, 30  
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ሜሮንን ሒዝም ናይ ሰሙን ጉዕዝ ኣብ ኤርትራ ከም዗ካየደ ይፍሇጥ። ዴሕሪ ናይ መዒሌትታት ሱባኤን 
ጸልትን ዴማ ቅብኣ ሜሮን ኣብ ኤርትራ ከምዜስራሕ ኮይኑ። እዙ ብጻዕርን ስራሕን ፓትርያርክ 
እንጦንዮስ ዜተረኽበ ፍረ’ዙ: ኣብ ታሪክ ቤተ ክርስትያን ተዋህድ ንመጀመርያ ግዛ ቅብኣ -ቅደስ 
(ሜሮን) ኣብ ኤርትራ ተሰሪሑ ቤተ ክርስትያን ተዋህድ ተጠቃሚት ናይዙ ፍርያት'ዙ ኮይና ትርከብ።  
 
 
(ሐ). ኣብ ዴባርዋ ከኣ ብመንበረ ፓትርያርክ ዜውነን ናይ ኣሌባሳት፡ ምንጻፋት፡  ንዋየ ቅደሳትን ካሌእ 
ኢዯ ስርሓትን ተተኺለ ንኣብያተ ክርስቲያናት ዗ዴሉ ንብረት ከፍሪ ስሇ ዜተመዯበ ተዋህድ ቤተ 
ክርስቲያን ግብጺ ዴማ ክትተሓጋገዜ መብጽዒ ኣትያ ነበረት። 
(መ). ናይ መንበረ ፓትርያርክ ክፍሉ ሌምዒትን ረዴኤትን ዜቆጻጸሮ ዜነበረ ሕርሻዊ   ሌምዒትን ኣብ 
ሃገረ ስብከታት ዜርከብ ናይ መፍረ ቦታን እሙናት ናይ ሕርሻ ተሞክሮ ዗ሇዎም ሰባት ተመዱቦም 
ብዜተመሓየሸ ኣሰራርሓ ኣታዊታት ቤት ጽሕፈት መንበረ ፓትርያርክ ክስስን ዴማ ሰፊሕ መዯብ 
ተታሒዘ ነበረ። 
6. ነጻ ምምሕዲር ቤተ ክርስቲያን፡-  
(ሀ). ፓትርያርክ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ቤተ ክርስቲያንና ካብ ዜኾነ ይኹን ተጽዕኖ  መንግስትን ውሌቀ 
ሰባትን ነጻ ኮይና ብሓዋርያዊ ሕጋን መንፈሳዊ  መሪሕነታን ክትመሓዯር ኣሇዋ ዜብሌ ጽኑዕ ዕሊማ 
ኣሇዎም። ዜመሓሌክዎ  ኣይጠሌምን ቤተ ክርስቲያነይ ኣየርግጽን ስሇ ዜበለ ከኣ ኢዩ እዙ ኩለ  
ፈተናን ማእሰርትን ወሪዴዎም ዗ል።  
(ሇ). ተዋህድ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ኤርትራ ካብ መንበረ ማርቆስ እስክንዴርያ  ዜተቐበሇቶ ጥንታዊ 
መመሓዯሪ ሕጊ ኣሇዋ። ነዙ ኩሇን ኦሬንታሌ ኣብያተ  ክርስቲያናት ን1700 ዒመታት ዜኣክሌ 
ክምርሓለ ዜጸንሓ ቀዋሚ ሕጊ፡  ዗ይምሌከቶ ተራ ውሇቀ ሰብ ዮፍታሄ ክቕይሮ ምስ ፈተነ ቅደስ ኣቡነ  
እንጦንዮስ ብ3 የካቲት 2005 ዒ.ም.ፈ ናብ ኩለን ሃገረ ስብከታትን ኣብያተ ክርስቲያናትን ዗ዋሪ 
መሌእኽቲ ብምሌኣኽ ነቲ ዜተሰንዏ ‘’ ዮፍታሄ ዋና  ኣማሓዲሪ ተዋህድ’’ ዜብሌ ማሕተምን መምርሕን 
ኣውጊዝም ኣብ ሓቂ በይኖም  ዯው ዜበለ ቅደስ ኣቦ እዮም።በዙ መሰረት ዴማ እዮም ንዮፍታሄን 
ካሌኦት  ሰዒብቱን ኣብ ቅዴስት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ከይኣትዉ ብውግ዗ት ዜፈሇይዎም። 
ፓትርያርክ እንጦንዮስ ምስ ፓፕ 
ሽኖዲ 3ይ: ቅብኣ-ቅደስ (ሜሮን) 
እናሰርሑ። Source: El-Keraza 
Magazine Thirty-Second Year 
Friday 8th October 2004. Is-
sues 29, 30 
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(ሐ). ቅደስ ፓትርያርክ ዕዘዜ ሌቦናን ዒሚቕ መንፈሳዊ ርዴኢትን ስሇ ዗ሇዎም  ሕጊ ቤተ ክርስቲያን 
ኣንቀጽ 37 ብዜእዜዝ መሰረት ምስ ቀዋሚ ሲኖድስ ማሇት ኣብ ሰሰሇስተ ወርሒ ዜቕየሩ ክሌተ -ጳጳሳት 
እናተመኻኸሩ መዒሌታዊ ንጥፈታት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ከመሓዴሩ። ንፍለይ ናይ ፓትርያርክ ውሳኔ 
዗ዴሌዮም ጉዲያት ግና ዗ማኽሩ ሰሇስተ ናይ ስነ መሇኮት ምሁራትን ናይ ሕጊ  ሉቃውንትን ማሇት    
 መሪጌታ ተወሌዯመዴህን መንግስቱ  
 መሪጌታ ይትባረኽ በርሀ 
 መሪጌታ ሰመረኣብ ወሌዯገብርኤሌ 
መሪጾም ኣማኸርቲ ፓትርያርክ ኮይኖም ክሰርሑ ናብ ውሳኔ ቅደስ ሲኖድስ ኣቕረብዎም። እዙ ጉዲይ 
ብጉባኤ ቅደስ ሲኖድስ ብ዗ይ ሓዯ ተቓውሞ ምለእ ተቐባሌነት ረኸበ። ምደብ ስርሖም ከይጀመሩ ግና 
ምፍራስ ሕጊ ቤተ  ክርስቲያንን ናይ ቅደስ ኣቦና ምስ጑ግን ኣጋጠመ። 
(መ). ብስም ኦርቶድክሳዊት ተዋህድ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ኤርትራ ዜንቀሳቐስ ዜተፈሊሇየ ናይ ገን዗ብ 
ኣታውን ወጻእን ሕሳባት ቅደስ ሲኖድስ ብ዗ውጽኦ ዒመታዊ  ባጀትን ምቁጽጻርን ጥራይ ክመሓዯርን፡ 
ብ዗ይ ኣፍሌጦ ቅደስ ፓትርያርክ ዜኾነ ገን዗ብ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ብዴላት ዮፍታሄ ከይወጽእን ኣቡነ 
እንጦንዮስ ተሪር ትእዚዜ ኣመሓሊሇፉ። እዙ ዴማ ከቢዴ ጸገም ኣስዒበልም። 
(ሰ). ብተወሳኺ ናብ ወጻኢ ሃገራት ዜምዯቡ ኣገሌገሌቲ ካህናትን ዱያቆናትን ብቑዕ  መም዗ኒ ዜሓሇፉ፡ 
ብቡራኼን መምርሕን ቅደስ ፓትርያርክ ተቐቢልም ክሇኣኹ ኣሇዎም እምበር ብ጑ሌ መገዴን 
ብትእዚዜ ዮፍታሄ ክኸውን ኣይግባእን። ዜምሌከቶ ጉዲይውን ኣይኮነን ኢልም ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ 
ወሲኖም። እዙውን ኣይተተግበረን። ንኣብነት ኣባ ሺኖዲ (ሕጂ ኣብ ኣሜርካ ሓኪልም ዗ሇዉ) ብትእዚዜ 
ዮፍታሄ እምበር ብቡራኼ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ናብ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ከም ዗ይተመዯቡ ኩለ ሰብ ዜፈሇጦ 
ዜተረጋገጸ ሓቂ እዩ።  
7. ምቕባእ ጳጳሳት፡ - ኣብ መንፈሳዊ ኣገሌግልት ቅዴስት ተዋህድ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ዋሕዱ ጳጳሳት ስሇ 
ዜነበረ ቅደስ ፓትርያርክ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ጳጳሳት እንተ በዜሑ መንፈሳዊ ዕዮ ቤተ ክርስቲያን 
ክቀሊጠፍን ሰፊሕ ኣተሓሳስባ ክርከብን ይኽእሌ እዩ ካብ ዜብሌ ሰናይ ኣተሓሳስባኦም ምስ ጉባኤ ቅደስ 
ሲኖድስ ዗ትዮም ነዝም ዜስዕቡ ጳጳሳት ክኾኑ ቀብእዎም።ንሳቶም ከኣ  
 ብጹዕ ኣቡነ ማቴዎስ 
 ብጹዕ ኣቡነ ለቃስ 
 ብጹዕ ኣቡነ ጴጥሮስ 
 ብጹዕ ኣቡነ ሲኖዲ 
 ብጹዕ ኣቡነ ኣትናቴዎስ     
 ብጹዕ ኣቡነ ባስሌዮስ        
ይኹን እምበር ካብዝም ኩልም ብኢዴ ቅደስ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ዜተቐብኡ ጳጳሳት ሓዯ እኳ ኣሰሮም ስዑቡ 
ንዒመጻዊ ኣመራርሓ ዮፍታሄ ዜቃወምን ንሕጊ ተዋህድ ዜከሊኸሌን ብፍጹም ኣይተረኽበን።ኩልም ብፍርሒ 
ኣምሊኾምን እምነቶምን ጠሉሞም ብጭዋ ሰብ ተመሪሖም ዜኸደ ዗ሇዉ እዮም።   
8. ምክትታሌ ትምህርቲ ሰንበት፡-  

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(ሀ). ከምቲ ፖፕ ሺኖዲ ’’መንእሰያት ዗ይብሊ ተስፋ ዗ይብሊ ቤተ ክርስቲያን’’ ዜበሌዎ ቅደስ ኣቡነ 
እንጦንዮስ ትምህርቲ ሰንበት ንኽሕይሌን ቅኑዕ  ኦርቶድክሳዊ ስርዒተ ሃይማኖት ክቕጽሌን መንእሰያት 
ዯቅና ብቃሌ  እግዙኣብሔርን ስነ ምግባርን ከነዕብዮም ዯኣ እምበር ብስንፍናና  ክንሰጎም ኣይግባእን 
እዩ እናበለ ኣብ ዜተፈሊሇየ ኣብያተ ክርስቲያናትን ትምህርቲ ሰንበትን እናኸደ ንመንእሰያት 
የተባብዐን ንወሇዴን ካህናትን ከኣ  ኣስተምህሮን ማዕዲን ሂቦም እዮም። 
(ሇ). ንኣብነት ኣብ መካነ ሕይወት መዴሃኔ ዒሇም ቤተ ክርስቲያን ኣስመራ ዜነበሩ ሌዕሉ 3000 ዜኾኑ 
ተመሃሮ ፋሕ ከይብለን ቤት ትምህርቲ ሰንበት ከይዕጾን ዜገበርዎ ጻዕርን ተሪር ተቓውሞን ኩለ ሰብ 
ዜምስክሮ ሓቂ እዩ። ካብቶም ዜእክቡ እቶም ዜተኣከበ ዜብትኑ ስሇ ዜበዜሑ ግና እዙ ሕጂ ንኹልም 
ምእመናን ተዋህድ የሕዙኑ ዗ል ምፍራስ ሕጊ ቤተ ክርስቲያንና ኣጋጠመ። 
9. መጠቓሇሉ፡- ሰፊሕ ዕሊማን መዯብን ፓትርያርክ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ በዙ ሓጺር ተ዗ርዙሩ ዗ል ጽሑፍ 
ዜፍጸም ኣይኮነን። ይኹን እምበር ነዙ ብምኽንያት 4ይ ዒመት ምቕባእ ቅደስነቶም ተ዗ኪሩ ዜብዕሌ 
዗ል መንፈሳዊ መዒሌቲ መ዗ኻኸሪ ተባሂለ ዜቐርብ ዗ል ጥራይ እዩ። ኩለ ዕሊምኦም ብ዗ጋጠመ ናይ 
ሰይጣን ፈተና እኳ ክትግብሩዎ እንተ ዗ይከኣለ ንሕና ዯቂ ሓንቲ ቅዴስት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ተዋህድ 
ዜኾንና ሰዒብቶም ውለዯ ክህነትን ምእመናንን ግና ብዴርብ ሓሊፍነትን ብጽንዒት እምነትን 
ክንትግብሮ ሕዴሪ ተቐቢሌና ኢና። ምእንቲ ሓንቲ ቅዴስት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ፈተናን ውርዯትን ዜጾሩ 
዗ሇዉ ቅደስ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስን ኩልም መነኮሳትን ካህናትን ዱያቆናትን ምእመናንን ኣምሊኽ 
዗ሇዒሇማዊ ሕይወትን ኣኽሉሌ ክብርን ክህቦም ወትሩ ንጽሉ። 
  
ህሌው ኩነታት 3ይ ፓትርያርክ ሃገረ ኤርትራ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ 
 ቅደስ ፓትርያርክ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ኣብዙ ሕጂ እዋን ብንጹር ኣበይ ከም ዗ሇዉ በጀካ እቶም 
ዜሕሌውዎም ወተሃዯራት ዜፍሇጥ ኣይኮነን። 
 ካብ ዕሇት 18 ሓምሇ 2005 ዒ.ም.ፈ ጀሚሮም ካብ መንፈሳዊ ምምሕዲር ቤተ ክርስቲያን ብ዗ይ 
ሓዯ ገበን ተሰጐጎም፡ ቤት ጽሕፈቶም ተዒጽዩ፡ፋክሶም ተቖሪጹ፡ ቴሇፎኖም ተበቲኹ፡ ከይገሹ 
ፓስፖርቶም ተሓዱጎም ኣብ ማሕዩር ከም ዜነበሩ ግና ይፍሇጥ።  
 ብዴሕሪ እዙ ዕሇት 13 ጥሪ 2006 ዒ.ም.ፈ ካብ ፓትርያርክ ኣውሪዴናካ ዜብሌ ብመሇክዑ ሕጊ 
መሰረት ዗ይርከቦ፡ ከሳስን ተኸሳስን፡ ዲኛን ፍትሕን ኣብ ዗ይብለ ብዯብዲቤ ንዒሇም ዗ገረመ ፍጻመ 
ኣብ ሌዕላኦም ተወሲደ።  
 ብዕሇት 20 ጥሪ 2007 ዒ.ም.ፈ ብክሌተ ሌኡኻት ዮፍታሄ ዜኾኑ፡ ቀሺ ፍጹም ተስፋይን ቀሺ ገብረ 
ኤዎስጣቴዎስ ኪዲነን ዜበሃለ ምስ ሰሇስተ ወተሃዯራት ጸጥታ ኮይኖም ናይ ቅደስ ኣቦና ሌብሰ 
ግርማኦም፡ ኣኽሉሌ ቖቢኦም፡ በትሪ ጉስነቶም፡ ወግዒዊ ማሕተሞምን (ናቶም ቲተር) ብሓይሌን 
ጎነጽን ተሓዱጎም። 
 ስሞም ኣብ ጸልተ ቅዲሴ ከይዜከሩ፡ ቅደስ ቁርባን ከይቕበለ፡ ናብ ቤተ ክርስቲያኖምን፡ ገዲሞምን 
ከይከደ ተኸሌኪልም፡ ምስ ቤተ ሰቦምን፡ ፈተውቶምን ከይራኸቡ ተጨውዮም፡ በጀካ እግዙኣብሔር 
ረዲእን ሰማዕን ኣብ ዗ይብለ ስዉር ናይ ስቅያት ቦታ ኣሇዉ ይበሃሌ  

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 ፓትርያርክ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ከም ክርስቶስ ብ዗ይ ገበርዎ ተዋሪድም፡ ብ዗ይፍትሒ ብትእዚዜ 
ዮፍታሄ ተኣሲሮም፡ መንበር ቅዴስንኦም ተሓዱጎም፡ ብሕማም ሽኮርን ጸቕጢ ዯምን፡ ብቀይዱ 
ምንቅስቓስን ካሌእ ጸገም ጥዕናን ዜሳቀዩ ዗ሇዉ ናይ ዗መንና ሓዋርያ ናይ ሃይማኖትና ሰማዕት 
እዮም።   
 ንፓትርያርክ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ምእሳር ማሇት ግና ምስ ሌኡኽ እግዙኣብሔር 
ምብኣስ፡ንኦርቶድክሳዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ምፍራስ፡ ኣብ ሌዕሉ ሓዊ ምዴቃስ ማሇት ስሇ ዜኾነ 
ሓቀኛ ዕሊምኦም ዒሇም ምለእ ዜፈሇጦን ብቀሉለ ዗ይዒርፍን ብምዴርን ብሰማይን ከቢዴ ኩነኔ 
዗ስዕብ ጉዲይ እዩ።  
 ተዋህድ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ኤርትራ ጳጳሳታ ጠሉሞማ ልሚ ጸሌማት እንተኾነ ጽባሕ ግና ክበርህ 
እዩ። ልሚ ፍርዱ ሓሶት እንተ ተኣወጀ ጽባሕ ግና ቅኑዕ ፍትሒ ክነግስ እዩ።ንጊዙኡ ግና ካህናታ 
ተሰጊጎም ዱያቆናታ ተገፊዖም ሉቃውንታ ተኣሲሮም መንእሰያት ተበቲኖም መጉሃዪ ዒሇምን 
መሊገጺ ዗ይሓሊፍነታውያን ሰባትን ኮይና ኣሊ። 
 ይኹን እምበር ኣቦታት ይሓዜኑሊ፡ ኣዳታት ይበኽያሊ፡ ቅኑዒት እምነት ይጽሌዩሊ፡ ውፉያት ዯቃ 
ይጽዕሩሊን እኳ እንተ’ሇዉ ዯገፍን ምትሕብባርን ኩለ ኣማኒ ዴማ ንህሊዌ ተዋህድ ቤተ ክርስቲያን 
ኤርትራ ኣዴሊዪ እዩ። 
በዙ ኣጋጣሚ ዜተጋገየ ንኽጠዒስ፡ ዜተሰጎገ ንኽምሇስ፡ ዜጎሃየ ንኽሕጎስ፡ እግዙኣብሔር ሰሊሙን ምሕረቱን 
ክህበና ቅደስ ፍቓደ ይኹን። 
መዯምዯምታ:  
ሇበዋ ንኣመንትን ውለዯ ክህነትን 
“ናይ ሓዋርያት ጉባኤ ብዜኾነት ብሓንቲ ቅዴስት ቤተ ክርስቲያን ንኣምን”(ጸልተ ሃይማኖት)። “ንስኻ 
ጴጥሮስ (ከውሒ) ኢኻ፡ ንቤተ ክርስቲያነይ ኣብዚ ከውሒ እዙኣ ክሃንጻ እየ፡ ዯጌታት ሲኦሌ ዴማ 
ኣይሕይሌዋን” (ማቴ. 16፡18)። እዙ ሓዋርያዊ ናይ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ሥሌጣን ግን ንጴጥሮስ ጥራይ ዗ይኮነስ 
ንኩልም ሓዋርያት ዜተዋህበ እዩ (ዮሓ.20፡21-23)። እቲ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ዜተሠረተትለ ከውሒ እምኒ (ዒረ) 
዗ይኮነስ እምነት (ወይዴማ ሃይማኖት) እዩ። እዙ ሓዋርያዊ ሥሌጣን እዙ ምስ ሥሌጣን ሥሊሴ ዜተተሓሓ዗ 
እዩ። ከምቲ ጏይታናን መዴኃኒናን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ብፍቓዴ እግዙኣብሄር -ኣብ ናብ ዒሇም ዜመጸ፡ ንሱ 
ዴማ ከምኡ ንሓዋርያት "ብስም ኣብን ወሌዴን መንፈስ ቅደስን" ኩለ ዜኣ዗ዝም ክገብሩ ምለእ ሥሌጣንን 
ሓሊፍነትን ሂቡ ሇኣኾም።  
እዙ መሌእኽቲ’ዙ ግን ከምቲ ሓዯ መራሒ ሃገር፡ ኣምባሳዯር፡ ጀነራሌ፡ ሚንስተር ወ዗ተ ኢለ ሥሌጣን ሂቡ 
ዜሌእኮም ኣይኮነን። ፍቓዴ እግዙኣብሔር -ኣብ ንጏይታናን መዴኃኒናን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ፡ መሇኮታዊ 
ሥሌጣን ጏይታናን መዴኃኒናን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ዴማ ንሓዋርያት፡ ካብ ሓዋርያት ናብ ኣቦታት 
ፓትርያርካት፡ ዜቀጸሇ ተሌእኮ፡ ድብ-ኣሌቦ መሇኮታዊ ሥሌጣን እዩ (ግብ ሓዋ. 1፡21-25)። 
ሓዋርያት ዴማ ነቲ ሰንሰሇታዊ ስሌጣን ናብ ኣቦታት ቤተ ክርስትያን ኣረከብዎ። ንኣብነት፣ ቅደስ 
ቀላምንጦስ ተመሃራይን መተካእታን ናይ ሃዋርያ ጴጥሮስ ኮይኑ፣ “ብፍቃዴ ኣምሊኽ፡ ሓዋርያት ካብ 
ጏይታና ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወንጌሌ ተቐቢልም፡ ሓዋርያዊ መሥርዕ ሒዘ፡ ብሥራት ትንሣኤ ወንጌሌ 

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ንኹለ ዗ርግሑ። ነቶም ዜኣመኑ ዴማ ብሓዊ መንፈስ ቅደስ ፈቲኖም፡ ጳጳሳትን ኣቦታትን ገይሮም 
ንመቀጸሌታ ዕቤት መንግሥቲ ኣምሊኽ ሸምዎም።” ክብሌ ብግዛ ዗ይቅየር ጽሑፍ ጽሒፉ ( Apostolic Fa-
thers P. 41) ። ብኻሌእ ወገን፣ ኣብ 69 ዒ.ም. ተመሃራይ ናይ ሓዋርያ ዮሓንስ ዜነበረ ቅደስ ኣግናጥዮስ 
ከምዙ ክብሌ ጽሒፉ፣ “ኩለ ብመንፈስ ቅደስ ዜተሾመ ሉቀ ጳጳሳት ከም ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ገይርኩም 
ተቐበሌዎ፣ ንጳጳሳትን ካህናትን ዴማ ከም ሓዋርያት ተቐበሌዎም” ( Magnesians 6:1) ይብሌ። ካሌኦትን 
እውን ከምኡ እናበለ እዮም ቀጺልም። 
እምበኣር እዚ ልሚ ኣዳና ኢሌና እንስዕባ ዗ሇና ቤተ ክርስቲያን በዙ ሓዋርያዊ ሰንሰሇት ዜመጸት፡ 
ብመንፈስ ቅደስ እትምራሕ ሓዋርያዊት ኣዯ እያ። “ንቤተ ክርስቲያን ከም ኣዱኡ ዗ይቅበሊ ንእግዙኣብሔር 
ከም ኣቡኡ ክፈሌጦ ኣይክእሌን እዩ” ይብሌ ቅደስ ሲፕርም። እዚ ቤተ ክርስቲያን’ ዙኣ ብእምንን ሕጻን 
ጥራይ ዜተሃንጸት ምዴራዊት ዗ይኮነት፡ ብዯም ክርስቶስ ዜተዒዯገት ክሳብ ሰማይ ዜርጋሐ ዗ሇዋ ቤተ 
ክርስትያን እያ። ብዘሓት ኣብ መገዱ ጥፍኣት ዗ሇዉ ሰባት ንውሌቃዊ ረብሓኦም እተገሌግሌ ምዴራዊት 
ትካሌ ገይሮም ክጥቀሙሊ ሇይትን መዒሌትን ህርዴግ ዜብለ ግና ኣይተሳእኑን። 
 
እምበኣር፣ ወዱ ቤተ ክርስትያን እየ ዜብሌ ሰብ፣ ሕግን ጽሑፍን ቤተ ክርስትያን ምፍሊጥን ምጥቃስን 
ጥራይ ዗ይኮነ፡ ኣብ ህይወት፡ ቅዴስና፡ ታሪኽን ቤተ ክርስትያን ክሳተፍ ይግባእ። ብፍሊይ እዙ ልሚ ኣብ 
ቤተ ክርስቲያን ኦርቶድክስ ተፈጢሩ ዗ል መ዗ና ኣሌቦ ብርሰትን ምግሃስ ሕጊን ሸሇሌ ክበሃሌ 
ኣይግባእን።ልሚ ስቕ እንተመሪጽና ግና፣ ኣብቲ ጎይታ ዜግሇጸለ ግዛ ክንውቀስ ኢና። ብመሰረት ቃሌ 
እግዙኣብሄር ክሌተ ዒይነት መገዱ እዩ ዗ል፣ እታ ጸባብን ርሒብን። ኣብዙ ዗ልናለ ጊዛ ግና ኣብ መገዱ 
ክርስቶስ ሣሌሳይ ኣማራጺ መገዱ ዜወሰኹ ሰባት የጋጥሙ እዮም። ቃሌ እግዙኣብሄር ግና "ቃሌኩም፣ እወ 
ወይዴማ ኣይፋሌን ዴኣ ይኹን" ይብሇና። 
ሰሇስተ ዒይነት ሰባት 
 ዜሃንጹን ዜተሃንጸ ዜዕቅቡን 
 ዜተኣከበ ዜብትኑ: ዜተሃንጸ ዗ፍርሱ 
 ማእከሊይ ናይ በሇጽ መገዱ ሒዝም ዜኸደ ምስለያት 
 
ልሚ ንስኻ ኣበይናይ ዯምበ ኢኻ ዗ሇኻ? ካብቶም ዜእክቡ ዱኻ ካብቶም ዜተኣከበ ዜብትኑ? ወይስ ካብቶም 
ማእከሊይ መገዱ ሒዝም ዜኸደ ምስለያት ኢኻ?  
 
ጏይታናን መዴኃኒናን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ክሌተ መገዱ ዯኣ እምበር ሳሌሳይ መገዱ ኣይሃበናን። ወይ 
ከምቶም ብእምነት ዯው ኢልም ንሃይማኖቶም ዜከሊኸለ፡ ወይ ዴማ ከምቶም እምነት ንምጥፋእ ዗ንቀደ 
እምበር ሳሌሳይ መገዱ የሇን። እቶም ማእከሊይ መርገጺን ተበሊጽነትን ሒዝም ዜጎዒዘ፡ ጏይታናን 
መዴኃኒናን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ፡ “እቲ ምሳይ ኮይኑ ዗ይእክብ ይብትን” ዜበል ቅደስ ቃሌ ብቀጥታ ንኣኣቶም 
ዙምሌከት ምዃኑ ክርዴኦም ይግባእ።  
 

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ኣብ መወዲእታ፡ “ሽም ተራፊ ብሌዑ ሓሊፊ” ምዃኑ ኣይተርፍን፡ እዙ ሕጂ ኣብ እዚ ቅዴስትን 
ሓዋርያዊትን ቤተ ክርስቲያን ወሪደ ዗ል፡ ዗ይወግሕ ዜመስሌ ጸሌማት፡ ትማሉውን ስሇ ዜወግሐ፡ ምውጋሑ 
ናይ ግዴን እዩ እሞ፡ “ኣይቴ ነበርክሙ ምንተ ገበርክሙ” እንበሃሇለ፡ ዗ሽረፍናዮ መክሉትና እንሕተተለ 
እዋን ርሑቕ ስሇ ዗ይኮነ፡ ቅደስ ኣቦና ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ዜወሰዴዎ ሓቀኛ ናይ እምነት መሠረት ዗ንበረ 
ቅደስ ዒሊማ ተኸቲሌና ክንከይዴ ንጽውዕ። በዙ ኣጋጣሚ ዜተጋገየ ንኽጠዒስ፡ ዜተሰጎገ ንኽምሇስ፡ ዜጎሃየ 
ንኽሕጎስ፡ እግዙኣብሔር ሰሊሙን ምሕረቱን ክህበና ቅደስ ፍቓደ ይኹን።  
  
In Commemoration of the 4th Anniversary of the Enthronement of 
H.H. Abune Antonios, the 3rd Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox 
Church.     
   
By Disciples of Antonios                                                                            
Students at St. Athanasius Theological Seminary 
Corpus Christi, Texas 
 
April 25, 2008 
 
Introduction: The basis for the office and authority of a patriarch is not a mere human concoction. It is 
instituted by our Lord himself when he said: “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent 
me into the world, I have sent them into the world (John 17:17-18). “Again Jesus said, „Peace be with 
you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.‟ And with that he breathed on them and said, 
„Receive the Holy Spirit‟” (John 20:21-22). “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey every-
thing I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 
28:20-21); “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Ha-
des will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth 
will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven (Matthew 16:18 -19).  
The designation of Patriarch first and foremost belongs to God the Father himself, for he is indeed called 
“Abba - Father”.  Abraham is also known as a father. It is said of him, “No longer will you be called 
Abram; you name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations” (Genesis 17:5 -7). Fol-
lowing Abraham, Moses was appointed by God to become a leader and a father to the nation of Israel. 
This early dispensation in God‟s economy, in fact, is referred to as the age of the patriarchs. Finally, our 
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ himself, the second of the triune God, tells us that he is our father. It was 
our Lord who bestowed upon His Spirit-filled apostles the full authority to lead the church as fathers.  
The apostles, just as Christ had appointed them, did the same to succeeding generations of men to lead 
the church as fathers. To this day, these fathers have continued to lead the church by the authority that 
has been given to them, and they will continue to serve as true stewards until the return of our Lord Je-
sus Christ. Although called by different names at different times and in different places, the authority and 
office of these leaders who are anointed by the Holy Spirit remains unaltered. For example, in Rome and 
Egypt they are referred to as Popes. In other traditions they are called patriarchs, catholicos, etc. The 
office of the patriarch, therefore, signifies one who presides as an ambassador of Christ on earth. His 
most important duty is to preside over a synod and to lead the church.  
 

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‘Patriarch’ as a Title: The word “patriarch” derives from “Παπας” “pater” (father) and “archon” (leader). 
The origin of the word being Greek, it means “leader-father”. The first instance in which the word came 
into utility was in 200 B.C. when Alexander the Great facilitated the gathering of the 70 to translate the 
Bible from Hebrew to Greek. This was one of the most epochal moments in history when the Bible, 
known us the Septuagent, came into existence. It was the translators of the Septuagent who, for the first 
time, substituted the phrase “Father of all” in the Bible into “Patriarch”. The coming of the title into usage 
strictly referring to the authority of the leaders of the churches, however, can be traced to 42 A.D. in Al-
exandria, Egypt. Although, from this point on, the See of St. Mark continued to confer the title of 
“patriarch” to the office of the “first-father”, the first official recognition of the title began to gain currency 
following the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. The general usage of the title, however, became apparent 
after the Third Council of the Church in 381 A.D. When the office and the title of a “patriarch” became 
fixed posts for the highest positions within the early church - particularly after the 6th century – the 
churches of Rome, Antioch, Constantine and Alexandria as well as of Jerusalem officially adopted the 
term. Successions of leaders of churches chosen to these positions have since been called patriarchs.  
 
A Patriarch’s Term of Office: According to Article 4 of fitHi menfesawi, one of the legal foundations of 
our church, “a patriarch is the spiritual representative (Kholaphaa) of Christ temporally. The scriptural 
basis for this is what our Lord told the Apostles – “He who receives you receives me.” The office of the 
patriarch, by virtue of the fact that it is a gift of the Holy Spirit, therefore, cannot be simply annulled by 
mere vicissitudes of circumstances and the whims of human beings. It is for this reason that Article 4:54 
of the fitHa negest states that “Just as fathers have full authority over their children, so do Arch -bishops 
(patriarchs) over their flocks, …for they are the representative of Christ on earth.”  
 
When the Authority of the Patriarch is challenged: Canon 50 of Nicaea states: “If charges are 
brought against an arch-bishop (patriarch), bishops who are under his charge do not have the authority 
to adjudicate on his case.  In order for the charges brought against him and the proceeding to have legal 
basis, another patriarch has to be present at the deliberation. Moreover, a patriarch is, first and fore-
most, a priest.  Since the office of priesthood has no terms, so is the office of a patriarch.  
 
The Election and Service of Patriarch of Antonios: The procedures used in the election of H.H. Patri-
arch Antonios and his subsequent consecration were in accordance to church canon. Abune Antonios 
was one of the original five monks of the Eritrean Orthodox Church who were consecrated as bishops at 
the Cathedral of St. Mark in Egypt in 1994. From that day until his elevation to the office of the patriarch, 
he served as a diocesan bishop in Zoba Ma‟ekel (previously, Hamassien Province). During this period in 
his life he was known for his devotion, exemplary spiritual life, diligence and service as a true shepherd.    
 
Following the repose of H.H. Abune Yacob, the second Patriarch of the EOC, Abune Antonios served as 
Aqabe menber (Guardian of the Seat) for nearly a year and a half. The Synod then elected him as the 
Third Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church. This election was conducted in accordance with Article 
7 of the Protocol between the Coptic Church and the EOC. The relevant article reads: “ Each Church has 
the liberty to chose its own Patriarch. But in order to manifest the tight relations between the two 
Churches; the other Church will send a delegation of ten members of the church: two diocesan Bishops, 
two abbots of monasteries, and six other persons representing other categories of church members in 
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of the aforementioned protocol and in the presence of a large Coptic delegation, by Pope Shenouda III.   
 
The 2005 Crisis in the Eritrean Orthodox Church and Its Consequences: In his famous letter re-
sponding to the trumped up allegations that were brought against him in 2005, H.H. Patriarch Antonios 
had defiantly stated: “Those who trample the law underfoot will themselves be trampled by it. This is a 
veritable truth.”It has been some years now since the Eritrean Orthodox Church has been reduced to a 
fiefdom of a lay person, the notorious Mr. Yoftahe Dimetros, who has illegally and by force of arms arro-
gated to himself the title and duties of  a general administrator of the church. This has been done in total 
contravention of the canon and practices of the church since the establishment of the Orthodox faith in 
the fourth century.   
 
Those of us who have followed the disturbing developments in our church - the false accusations with 
which Patriarch Antonios was charged and the motives of all those who took part in the pernicious and 
shameful act of betrayal - have seen it coming ever Since Mr. Yoftahe undertook his coup.  The fact that 
Mr. Yoftahe never had the best intentions for the church does not surprise us; because he has a history 
that is well known to all.  What we find disheartening is the betrayal of those who have taken the oath to 
serve God and are duty-bound to love and serve the church even as Christ himself loved her even to the 
point of giving His life for her. Some gave in out of fear and others out of loving themselves more than 
they do the church. The latter did so for their thirty silver shekels.  
 
As a consequence of the shameful complicity of many of the bishops in the dastardly act of betraying the 
church and the acquiescence of many more, we have witnessed a precipitous erosion of the moral and 
spiritual standing of the church. They have tarnished her witness and credibility. The people can no 
longer look up to the bishops and priests of the church for guidance, inspiration and leadership.  Their 
failure to stand up for the truth, regardless of possible adverse consequences, has practically rendered 
the church without leaders.  Moreover, by the lack of resolve and the complicity on the part of some of 
the bishops of the sisterly Eritrean Orthodox Church has isolated itself from its churches – the Oriental 
Orthodox Churches.  What has saddened the faithful of the Eritrean Orthodox Church all the more is the 
cynical and under-handed campaign by Mr. Yoftahe and his clique to drive an unnecessary wedge be-
tween the Eritrean Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church.  One think they have failed to understand is 
that the bond between the two churches is sealed by the blood of the martyrs since the days of Saint 
Athanasius. 
 
 H.H. Abune Antonios, on the other hand, has become the most revered figure inside and outside of Eri-
trea for offering himself up as a living sacrifice for the church which he swore to love and protect, and for 
the sake of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Because he is a living testimony to true spiritual leader-
ship in the tradition of the church fathers, his name is mentioned in the liturgy of most of the family of 
Oriental Orthodox Churches of which the EOC is a member.  He is admired and honored by the world 
community and those who would like to see justice upheld.  
 
Today, we are witnessing the emergence of two distinct camps as a direct result of the take -over of the 
church by Mr. Yoftahe and his clique.  The people of Eritrea within and without the country have drawn a 
line.  Even under the threat of imprisonment, most people have rejected all those who have denied 
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who have accepted Mr. Yoftahe‟s “supremacy” are already under anathema by H.H. Abune Antonios.  
They cannot ordain priests and deacons.  And no one looks up to them until the anathema is lifted.  
 
But our Lord has not left His church without witnesses.  There are priests and deacons who have 
bravely withstood the vicious onslaughts and persecutions by Mr. Yoftahe and his group.  From the out-
set, they have proclaimed H.H. Abune Antonios to be the only legitimate patriarch of the Eritrean Ortho-
dox Church.  They have rejected Mr. Yoftahe‟s destructive role in the life of the church. Today, in spite of 
the relentless campaign of vilification and character assassination that is underway against them, the 
ministries of these priests in various parishes throughout North America and beyond, have flourished as 
the faithful have come to embrace them as the embodiment of the true spirit of the church of our Lord 
Jesus Christ.  It is these same voices in the wilderness that have been calling the errant leaders to re-
pentance and return to the fold. 
 
The Vision and Work of H.H. Abune Antonios: His Holiness had great vision for the Eritrean Orthodox 
Church.  As the Scriptures tell us, “But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he 
stands” (Isaiah 32:8). The work of Abune Antonios was something he began way back in his tender age 
as a youth.  As it is written in his brief biography, he was a diligent student as a deacon. His accomplish-
ments in his monastery, Debre Tsige Sef‟a, are legendary.  As a young monk he had distinguished him-
self as a patient and thoughtful servant.  In his agricultural work and as an Abbott since 1955, many 
speak of his humility, love and spiritual care of others was exemplary. As a result, God willed for him to 
go to Cairo, Egypt and be consecrated a bishop by Pope Shenouda III on May 19, 1994. Ten years 
later, he became Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church.  From the very beginning, he set out to ac-
complish ambitious plans for the church. The following are a few examples. 
 Campaign against Witchcraft:   It was for the first time in the history of the church to hold a confer-
ence to confront the practice of witchcraft by some who claim to be followers of the EOC. This con-
ference, attended by 150 people representing all the orders of the clergy, was held on June 22, 
2004 in the village of Tsa‟eda Christian.  The conference concluded by calling all those who claim to 
be orthodox and at the same time practice witchcraft to foreswear the practice and repent of their 
sins.  Under the leadership of Abune Antonios, the Holy Synod reproached the encroachment of this 
evil into the church.       
 
 Tithing:  Abune Antonios was the first leader of the church to introduce the biblical teaching of tith-
ing. He tried to introduce tithing because he was convinced that it is critically important for the EOC 
to become self-supporting and not rely on one else to continue its mandate of preaching the gospel 
of our Lord Jesus Christ.  To this end, on his instructions a conference of representatives from all 
the dioceses were convened on May 5, 2005. The final outcome of this initiative was the introduction 
of the practice of tithing in the church   
 Publications:  With the realization that the church was lagging behind in its ministry  of literature, the 
establishment of a publishing house was another landmark initiative of the Patriarch.  Because of 
opposition by the Yoftahe group, however, this plan remains unfulfilled to this day.  
 
 Higher Education (College of Theology): Having realized that lack of education and training of the 
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siastically embarked on addressing this issue.  One of these efforts had already begun during the 
tenure of H.H. Abune Filipos, First Patriarch of the EOC.  Abune Antonios, with the help and guid-
ance of Pope Shenouda III and the Coptic Church had broken ground in Asmara to establish the first 
theological college.  Again, because the of the chaos within the EOC and Mr. Yoftahe‟s interference, 
this effort – we are sure much to the disappointment of Pope Shenouda III and the Coptic Church – 
has come to naught.  It is to be noted here that the Coptic Church gave so much to this sacred ef-
fort.    
 
 Expanding Ministry: Another significant achievement of Abune Antonios is his efforts to  expand the 
ministry of the church in such areas as health care. He led a delegation in January 2005 to Greek to 
discuss the possibility of collaboration between the EOC and the Greek Orthodox Church to estab-
lish a clinic in Eritrea.  Again, this project was ready to be functional when the familiar events within 
the church brought the efforts to a screeching halt.  Another project to establish a small -scale factory 
in Debarwa designed for the manufacturing of all things essential for the liturgical and other minis-
tries of the church suffered the same fate.    
 
 Administrative Reform:  Patriarch Antonios‟ signal contribution emanates from his abiding belief in 
the maintenance of the independence of the church from being encroached upon by anyone who 
does not have her best interest at heart.  Although the church has led an autocephalous 
(independent) existence for only a decade and a half, the EOC has been in existence for the past 
1700 years.  As one who has sworn to protect and lead the church, his most important challenge 
was directed at Mr. Yoftahe.  When the latter published and disseminated a “new “ constitution of 
the church in February 2005 naming himself as “the Administrator “ of the church, Abune Antonios 
confronted the challenge head-on.  He fearlessly advocated that the Holy Synod over which the pa-
triarch presides is the highest body to decide on anything affecting the EOC.  As this placed him on 
a collision course with Mr. Yoftahe, the conscience of each member of the Synod was placed on a 
scale. Many balked as His Holiness stood alone but firm.      
 
 Consecration of Bishops: With the realization that the EOC needed to consecrate many more bish-
ops in order to fulfill the growing demands of the church‟s ministries, Abune Antonios and the Holy 
Synod he presided over consecrated the largest number of bishops in the brief history of the auto-
cephalous EOC.  What is disheartening is, when Abune Antonios stood boldly and opposed the in-
trusion of Mr. Yoftahe in the affairs of the church, none of the six diocesan bishops that were conse-
crated by His Holiness stood by his side.  They feared Mr. Yoftahe and betrayed Abune Antonios.  
 
 Sunday Schools: In the wise counsel of Pope Shenouda III, a church without young people is a 
church without hope for the future.  Abune Antonios understood this more than anyone else.  Conse-
quently, he directed all his energy into nurturing the young people of the church spiritually and 
strengthening them through the word of God.   
 
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EOC there was a dangerous tendency to view the large number of young people that were flocking back 
to the church with suspicion.  Many went so far as wanting to put many of these young people out of the 
church. The best example of this was what took place in the Medhane Alem Church in Asmara where 
nearly 3000 young people gathered weekly to learn the word of God.  When the matter was brought be-
fore the Synod, with many advocating closing the doors of the church, Abune Antonios counseled the 
Synod and others that these young people represented the future of the church.  If there are any ques-
tions about them, said His Holiness, what the church should strive for is assigning teachers to them so 
that they can receive the necessary instructions.  Disbanding Sunday Schools, as far as he was con-
cerned, was unconscionable and self-defeating.   
 
The Yoftahe camp determined that such spiritual resurgence by so many young people in so many 
churches represented a threat to his position and left no stone unturned to make sure that this huge tide 
of interest by young people is stopped. To this end, he orchestrated the imprisonment of some of the 
most highly educated clergy in the EOC. Three- Four years later, they remain in prison.   
 
On the other hand, Abune Antonios strongly condemned the actions of Mr. Yoftahe and his clique.  His 
well known statement to the president of the State of Eritrea advocating for the imprisoned priests was: 
“If the allegations for which these clergy are imprisoned concerns civil or criminal violations, they should 
be charged in a court of law. If their alleged offences are theological, this falls into the jurisdiction of the 
church, and, therefore, they should be released immediately.” Sadly, and unbelievable as it may sound, 
H.H. Patriarch Antonios‟ advocacy for the youth of the church and his championing the cause of the im-
prisoned priests were among the causes his enemies  cited for his removal.  
 
The Present Condition of Patriarch Antonios:  At present nobody knows exactly where Abune Antonios 
is held.  On July 25, 2005 he was officially notified that he was stripped of all administrative responsibili-
ties.  His office was sealed. To make sure that he had no communication with anyone, his telephone and 
fax were disconnected. His passport was confiscated so that he won‟t leave the country.  One thing, 
however, is certain. He is under a strict house arrest.  
On January 13, 2006 His Holiness was sent a letter informing him that he was dethroned. The same 
letter, enumerating all the accusations that were used as the basis for his removal, was also dissemi-
nated to all the churches.  The Synod, now under the complete control of Mr. Yoftahe, became the 
prosecutor and the judge. Abune Antonios was never given a chance to face his accusers or defend 
himself in a properly constituted church tribunal as the constitution and traditions of the church required.  
 
On January 20, 2007 two messengers of Mr. Yoftahe – Frs. Fitsum Tesfai and Ghebre -Ewostatewos 
Kidane - appeared at the residence of His Holiness accompanied by three armed security agents and 
confiscated the pontiff‟s patriarchal vestments, scepter, books and other personal belongings.  The 
group that orchestrated this act with the acquiescence of the synod immediately put out letters to all the 
dioceses with strict injunctions to make sure that the patriarch‟s name is no longer mentioned in the 
prayers and the liturgy of the church. He is denied visitations to the monasteries he loves so much.  He 
can no longer celebrate the liturgy nor participate in the Holy Communion. No visitors, family or other-
wise, are allowed to visit him.  
 
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mately intertwined.  His anointing is not of this world but of above. He is a true example of the diligent 
shepherd. Today he willingly suffers for the sake of his faith and the church he loves, and has dedicated 
his life for.   
 
But there will come a time in which His Holiness Abune Antonios, the third Patriarch of the Eritrean Or-
thodox Church, will face the world without shame.  Even now he rejoices because our Lord has taught 
us: “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you 
because of me. Rejoice and be glad because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they 
persecuted the prophets who were before you” (Matthew 5:11-12). During this most difficult time in the 
life of the children of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, her children have no choice but to pray for her and 
H.H. Patriarch Antonios.  The God of justice and truth will see her through.  
 
We call upon all the servants of the church and the faithful to lift Abune Antonios and our church in our 
prayers. We call for a national repentance, because the word of God tells us: “If my people, who are 
called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, 
then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:13 -15).  
May God grant the Church His peace.    

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ፓትርያርክ እንጦንዮስ ምስ 
ፓፕ ሽኖዲ 3ይ: ቅብኣ-ቅደስ 
(ሜሮን) እናሰርሑ። Source: 
El-Keraza Magazine Thirty-
Second Year Friday 8th Octo-
ber 2004. Issues 29, 30  
23 መስከረም 2004 ዒ.ም.  
ናይ ቤተ ክርስትያን 
ኤርትራን ግብጽን፤ ሌኡኻት 
ቅደስ ሲኖድስ ኣብ በዒሌ 
ሓምሳ ዕሇት 25 ሚያዜያ 
2004 ዒ.ም. ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ  
ሳ ሌ ሳ ይ  ፖ ት ር ያ ር ክ 
ኦርቶድክስ ተዋህድ ቤተ 
ክርስትያን ኤርትራ ኮይኖም 
ዜተመርጽለ እዋን። 
25 ሚያዜያ 2004 ዒ.ም. 
 
 
ፓትርያርክ እንጦንዮስ: ኣቶ 
ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ መራሒ 
ሃገር ኤርትራ። ፓፕ ስኖዲ 
3ይ ኣብ ዕዲጋሓሙስ 
ኣስመራ (ከባቢ እንዲ ስሊሴ) 
እምኒ-መሰረት መንፈሳዊ 
ኮሇጅ ከንብሩ ከሇዉ። 
Source: El-Keraza Magazine 
Thirty-Second Year Friday 
8th October 2004. Issues 29, 
30   
23 መስከረም 2004 ዒ.ም.