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Subsequently it is said that Ethiopia was the main country on the planet to embrace Christianity as its true state religion. He has maintained many places of comparability with the Copta Church of Egypt. Of course, until 1959, Abuna or Patriarch was appointed from Alexandria. The Church currently has its own patriarch. Ethiopian universality also shows numerous similarities to ancient Judaism, in its fasting rules, in the way in which creatures are puthaged and in the format of their houses of worship between different elements. Wednesday and Friday are long periods of fasting when creatures of creatures cannot be consumed. There are 55 days of fasting that precede Fasika, Orthodox Easter. Circumcision is polished for all young men. Capilla meetings on Sundays are long and begin early in the morning.

Ethiopia celebrations are an important daily existence. The most critical is the Ethiopian epiphany, or Timkat, while Meskel (the finding of the genuine cross), Easter, Christmas (held in the seventh January) and other more modest days are also celebrated.

In general, 45% of the population follows Orthodox religion. Protestants and Catholics carry the full number of Christians to about 62% of the population.

A fascinating book that will illuminate the reader in substantially more details of these Orthodox Ethiopian practices is the Kebre Negast, the glory of the kings, written in the thirteen one hundred years, which is accessible in a few deciphered releases. Here you could examine the relationship between King Solomon and the queen of Sheba, and the traffic of the ark from the covenant to Ethiopia (see Axum in the Traveler's Guide