Hoseana & Himamat - The Passion of Christ🇪🇹

As an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church follower, we celebrate the begining of the Holy week, with the Feast of Hosanna sunday (Palm Sunday). The last week of lenting is known in Ethiopia as “himamat” (passion week). It is the time during which the laity commemorate and live moments of pain & suffering leading to Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. 

We read each year in Saint John’s Gospel the account of the Lord Jesus’ Triumphant Entrance into ancient Jerusalem. The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast of Passover heard that Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord! Blessed is the King of Israel!” Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written, “Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion; see, your King is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.”’ (St. John 1:12-15). 

All through the history of the world, men have conquered other men, kingdoms, & weaker neighbors. At times, Emperors and or Kings have strived to conquer the entire world, fightening & dying for wordly power, in unconscious survival mode, part of the collective egoic minded false state, trying to compete, control & compare. But there remains one uncharted territory that has eluded men of power all throughout history, where Seekers, Spiritual Warriors & healers have fearlessly gone in the solitude path less traveled. This unconquered territory is the human heart, ones soul, & seeking spiritual awakening. 

For Orthodox Christians around the world, we celebrate himamat events on the last week of Easter, as history happened. Not only as the story of the last week of Christ's Crucification, but as a reminder of the process for all beings to repent, fast, lent, pray & meditate, to go within, commit, 

connect in love, forgive, let go, heal & dye to yourself, to serve God & awaken. To learn to face whatever the challenges, tests, decision & choices that come up, to forgive yourself & others daily, to learn the lessons, let go, don't forget & live in awareness, present, conscious & mindful.

We celebrate Christ Jesus as the King who enters our hearts, our homes, and our own personal Jerusalem, as he died for our sins, to show us the path to living in peace, love & light. Throughout our lent, prayer & fasting, being mindful of our Spiritual, physical & mental self discipline, so as to consciously awaken our inner being full of forgiveness, grounded, sharp & compassionate.

As we celebrate Fasika, & Easter, may we be blessed to embrace the lessons of our tests, challenges, decisions & choices in our daily lives. I pray we remind ourself it is through Christ in his pain, hurt & suffering that he brought light, love, salvation & shown us how to live our lives in faith, strength, gratitude, consciousness & forgivness, knowing we are enough as a gift & miracle, just being human. 

Lets choose to be aware, mindful, patient, inlove, at ease, humble, peaceful, sharp as a serpent, joyful, still, & compassionate to ourselves & others.

You are loved 💜

By Dutchess@Deldeyoch