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Books

Holy Books

The Holy Bible

According to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the bible consists of 81 cannons.

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Old Testament (46 Books)

  1. Genesis

  2. Exodus

  3. Leviticus

  4. Numbers

  5. Deuteronomy

  6. Joshua

  7. Judges

  8. Ruth

  9. I Samuel (I Kingdom)

  10. II Samuel (II Kingdom)

  11. I Kingdom (III Kingdom)

  12. II Kingdom (IV Kingdom)

  13. I Chronicles (I Paralipomenon)

  14. II Chronicles (II Paralipomenon)
    Jubilees & Enoch

  15. Ezra & Nehemiah

  16. Ezra Sutuel & Ezra Kale’e

  17. Tobit

  18. Judith

  19. Esther

  20. I Meqabeyan

  21. II Meqabeyan & III Meqabeyan

  22. Joseph ben Gurion (Yosefe Waleda Koreyone)

  23. Job

  24. Psalms (151)

  25. Proverbs

  26. Reproof

  27. Wisdom of Solomon

  28. Ecclesiastes

  29. Song of Songs (of Solomon)

  30. Wisdom of Sirach

  31. Isaiah

  32. Jeremiah

  33. Ezekiel

  34. Daniel

  35. Hosea

  36. Amos

  37. Micah

  38. Joel

  39. Obadiah

  40. Jonah

  41. Nahum

  42. Habakkuk

  43. Zephaniah

  44. Haggai

  45. Zechariah

  46. Malachi

New Testament (35 Books)

  1. Matthew

  2. Mark

  3. Luke

  4. John

  5. Acts

  6. Romans

  7. I Corinthians

  8. II Corinthians

  9. Galatians

  10. Ephesians

  11. Philippians

  12. Colossians

  13. I Thessalonians

  14. II Thessalonians

  15. I Timothy

  16. II Timothy

  17. Titus

  18. Philemon

  19. Hebrews

  20. I Peter

  21. II Peter

  22. I John

  23. II John

  24. III John

  25. James

  26. Jude

  27. Revelations

  28. 8 Church Canon Books

    1. Abət'əlisə (አብጥሊስ)

    2. Tə'əzaz (ትእዛዝ)

    3. Gəs'əwə (ግጽው)

    4. Sərə'atä S'əyonə (ሥርዓተ ጽዮን)

    5. Kidanə Qädamawi (ኪዳን ቀዳማዊ)

    6. Kidanə kalə'ə (መጽሐፈ ኪዳን ካልእ)

    7. Qäləmənət'osə (ቀሌምንጦስ)

    8. Didəsəqələya (ዲድስቅልያ)

The Anaphora's

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church preserves 14 Anaphoras (Eucharistic Prayers) used in the Divine Liturgy. These Anaphoras are attributed to various saints and Church Fathers, and they vary in style, length, and theological emphasis.

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  1. The Anaphora of the Apostles

  2. The Anaphora of the Lord

  3. The Anaphora of John, Son of Thunder

  4. The Anaphora of St. Mary

  5. The Anaphora of the Three Hundred

  6. The Anaphora of St. Athanasisus

  7. The Anaphora of St. Basil

  8. The Anaphora of St. Gregory of Nyssa

  9. The Anaphora of Epiphanius

  10. The Anaphora St. John Chrysostom

  11. The Anaphora St. Cyril

  12. The Anaphora St. Jacob of Serough

  13. The Anaphora of St. Diocorus

  14. The Anaphora of St. Gregory II (The Wonderworker)

The Synaxarium

The Ethiopian Synaxarium, otherwise known as the book of Saints, is a text of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church that contains the lives and commemorations of hundreds of saints.

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Although the exact number of recognized saints isn't commonly stated, the Synaxarium typically covers well over 700 to 800 saints, including biblical figures, early Christian martyrs, church fathers, and many local Ethiopian saints.

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