27/06/2022
His Holiness Abune Matiyas the First Patriarch, Archbishop of Ethiopia, Archbishop Zeaxum Wechege Zemenbere Teklehaymanot; A message of sadness that has been sent regarding the killing of our people in Wolle and Gambela.
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In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen!
"You are the one who is the one who is in the world"
The stones of the temple were scattered all over Adana. Suffering. A.R. 4: 1
A message of condolence to a father.
Beloved Ethiopians and Ethiopians in the country and abroad, we send our greetings to the children of the holy spirit who are on the border to protect our country's honor, who rules the world by his word, who has no end to his kingdom, in the name of the living God.
For our people who are in emotional, heart breaking, energy breaking sadness, for those who have many families yesterday, for those who lost their honorary death and grave, for those who are oppressed as humans, for those who were left by Ethiopians, for the country where they were treated as foreigners, for our children who were paid by a sword of gold, may God comfort you, for the blood of Abel who died. Happy birthday to all my friends. We start our message by asking God to test their blood!
In a time where many good words are spoken, wise voices are intertwined, and we are worried about the jewelries of stones, we have found it as a time where saying "how did we get to this point was not being blessed". It is sad to see people who steal money yesterday saying "how can they take people's hard work" and those who take lives and reduce the human race are suffering. When we see our innocent people dying just because of the identity God gave them, it is clear that we are losing our low and low level. Of course our dead people are martyrs so the church will remember them. Martyr is the one who dies for God. We call these people martyrs because they died wondering why they were created like this. Killers are direct opposers of God.
When I hear about the killing of our people in Wolle and Gambela, my heart is beating with great sadness. In all parts of our country, the summer is coming year after year, the hate is tears of the innocent, and the word of our Lord that said "pray not to run away in winter" Our children in this era where the ears hear beyond its capacity, strengthen your heart in God like Prophet David. We believe that God will give justice because the fight and debate is with the body he created. Religious leaders we should rethink who we are going to teach after the people we are teaching. Our country Ethiopia is still looking for the leaders that make us respect, so the government and the people should condemn the atrocities. Prophet Ermias cried in sorrow - the stones of the temple were scattered all over Adana. Thus saith the torment of the Lord, Er. 4:1. Since human beings are the temple of the living God, we are forced to cry with the prophet when we see people being killed and no burial.
As the time is getting late, death is becoming news, citizens are losing their dignity and threat is becoming rulers, we send our great call in the name of the living God!
May God bless Ethiopia and her people! Praise the Lord Amen!. June 16 2014 E.C. S. M.
