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Lesson Fifth

Revision

Menelik the 1^st had brought the Ark of the Covenant and then established the so called Solomonic Dynasty. This great empire had gone well for the coming 1500 years. What happened afterwards?

TODAY’S LESSON

•       Saba ruled for 31 years and died. Her son King Menelik, on the other hand ruled for 25 years. After the death of King Menelik for centuries his blood line continued to rule the kingdom until the birth of Jesus Christ.

•       Christ was born in the time of king Bazzin. Following the kingdom of Bazzin was the regency of Queen Hindeke (34-42 AD). Because of a province she owned in the land of Gaza a eunuch servant of hers had been sent to Jerusalem from Axum.

•       On his mission in Jerusalem the eunuch had met Apostle Philip. Philip preached to him the Gospel of Jesus Christ and baptized him with water. He then brought the news of Christianity in to Axum.

•       He was not that successful in bringing the palace in to Christianity at once though.

•       The special thing about this is that Ethiopia was the first and only land from Africa to have heard of Christianity.

•       Hundreds of years later in 330 AD in the regency of Abrha and Atsbha two brothers called Freminatos and Sidrakos of Greece had come to Axum for commercial purpose. But they, after their parents were killed by a warrior, came to be servants in the palace.

•       After years of service Freminatos requested to be allowed to bring a pope that might teach Christianity for the rulers and the people from the land of Alexandria.

•       But Freminatos himself had been given the papacy and established Christianity in the palace of Axum. That was how my forefathers came to be Christians.

•       The Nine Saints. They were from the land of Rome. Escalating Christianity was the very purpose they had come for.

•       Traveling through every village of the land they had taught the mysteries of Christianity. As a result, they have come to be much respected among the Orthodox Church of present day.

•       Churches are named in the memory of their names; days are assigned for their honours.

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