Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/ethiopian-orthodox-tewahedo-church

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the ecclesiastical tradition?Oriental Orthodox Church
2. What is the christological definition?Tewahedo (one united nature of Christ)
3. Why do people say the church keeps the Ark of the Covenant?The church believes it guards the original Ark of the Covenant, which was brought to Ethiopia by Menelik I and is kept in the church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum. People think the Ark is still protected there.
4. How do people celebrate Timkat in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church?Timkat is a big holiday that celebrates the Epiphany. People sing, chant, and hold colorful celebrations with drums and other instruments.

Tewahedo: The Christological doctrine of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, asserting the single, unified nature of Christ.
Ark of the Covenant: The sacred chest from the Hebrew Bible, believed by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church to be in Axum.
Ge'ez: An ancient South Semitic language, serving as the primary liturgical language of the church.
Monolithic Churches: Churches carved entirely from a single block of rock, such as those found in Lalibela.