How
do we know why the Atlanta based teHadso (renewal) representing the Eritrean
Orthodox tewahdo Church is outside the True Orthodox tewahdo church of our
fathers ?
1) The use of
modern musical instrument (Organ) the very evil worshiping mechanical instrument. In
violation of the using of tsinatseil,
or sistrum (sistra ) and kebero, played with the hands. According (2 Samuel 6:
5)
2)You will hear
none of the Orthodox Tewahdo faith teachings in any of the gathering.
(A true Orthodox tewahdo church would teach and constantly remind
believers the history and need to know mysteries of the church )
3) Compromising the
DIVINE LITURGY of the church by cutting liturgy chants here and there.
Dominating the
church worship, Liturgy, with secular singing,
long and frequent Bible
reading ( out of the Orthodox context
) at the experience and to undermine our DIVINE LITURGY (quidase).
Remember, the most important part
our church worship is the DIVINE LITURGY….and properly done will take Two – two and
1/2 hrs.
4) Omitting The TEN
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD and other commandments core to the orthodox
Christians in the preaching, literature, and prayer books by the Atlanta
Eritrean Orthodox
5) Using and
legitimizing the fake non-Orthodox so called “Bible” of the western world.
Click this link
to read the names and number of books of the bible accepted for centuries
in the Orthodox church.
6) a. Women in your
parish come to church with their heads uncovered
b. The
"church"
Board members are including female. That's
against the teaching of GOD and the apostles
read the Holy fathers and your scriptures. Women can not and never in the
History of the true Christianity served in membership of decision making body
of a church. the rule of women in the Christian sense are specifically
in unambiguous terms had been at work and are listed in the Holy fathers and
the scriptures for any one. Any one who has an issue on this can fight
it out with the almighty GOD and his orders....and we know who's to win.
7) None of the
ancient writings of the apostolic fathers which kept tewahdo to guard its knowledge of
true faith will be important any more
8) Setting church
service late in the day, thus, encouraging “ eat and come to church” .
Typical teHadso practice
9) Well acquainted
with teHadso, imported Priests
from Eritrea
10) Allowing male
and female (none Traditional choir ) to sing (mezmur) inside the church.
This's in violation
to our Church Tradition where yeneta / merigeta's as "chief
Musician"
(
psalm 4 ; 5; 6; etc)" and choristers should be the one to led the
choirs based on "Mahlete Yared"
-- St. Yared church hymns and rhythm-(ziema).
The duty of "chief
Musician" aka, merigieta,
is to led chanting in the church from
Psalms and hymns. No women. No
laity either. These
things are well documented by St. Yared in the church book "Deguaa"
and also in PSALM (LINK)
11) Women in your
parish come to church with their heads uncovered.
12) Conducting
church service, Divine Liturgy ( quidase), without proper vestment and head crown.
13) Excluding
images and pictures of Mary mother of God,
saints, and so on.
14)
Conducting a Liturgy neglecting the extremely important timing of
closing and opening the
curtains (megaredi) of the alter
(biet meqdes)
15) Discouraging
kissing cross and bowing at the alter. ( Orthodox tewahdo believers greet
priest with kissing the hand or the cross first )
16) After the end
of Liturgy (Church service), after the Priest declared "Depart In peace",
allowing male and female to sing inside the church.
(Pentecostal and
charisma practice).
You wonder why the priest declares " DEPART IN PEACE " and
start something strange afterwards. That's one what the " unsound
teaching " referring in the scripture points to.
17) Bible (wengiel)
is supposed to be read by priest. This new "orthodox" is allowing
any one including
female to read the Bible during gathering and church service
18) Priest adopting
a non Orthodox name and call himself by familiar American names such as Fr.
Jack or Fr. Bob just like the arch priest representing the Eritrean orthodox
tewahdo Church in Atlanta.
19) Priests without
a beard (of clean shaven)
20)
Feasts celebrated according to the Gregorian Calendar
21)
Women in your parish attend church in slacks or pant-suits
22)
Prevent monastic clergy to serve as clergy.
This is happening in the Eritrean Orthodox. The reason is obvious: The
authentic books, practice and teaching of the Orthodox always has been
preserved in the monastery around the country as in any other Orthodox
in the world. The chances are, the new religion teHadso orthodox would find it
easy to fool a priest than a monk who is much less materialistic and much less
money greedy.
23) Failure to
follow the traditional rules of fasting
24) The keeping of
the traditions of the Church often referred to as "legalism"
25) Allowing others
in the parish to kneel during church service
26) Priest or
Bishop encourages the congregation to lift their hands during the anaphora
27) Priest
encourages attendance at, or support, local ecumenical events that involve
common prayer with heterodox Christians? ( http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/praynonorth.htm
)
28) When Priest or
Bishop receives converts to Orthodoxy by chrismation instead of
Baptism (http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/ea_baptism.htm
)
29) Allow weddings
on Saturdays or during fasting periods
The Atlanta based did not yet fulfill all of the above , It's work in progress.
Universally, the Orthodox Church's governed by the Holy canon and
the holy Tradition of church.
* "A false teacher knows what appeals to our desires
(2 Pet. 2) (LINK)
* "Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping His Commandments, and His Judgments, and His Statutes"
(Deuteronomy
8:11)
* "If ye love Me, keep My Commandments"
(John 14:15).
* "If ye keep My Commandments, ye shall abide in My love"
(John 15:10).
Beware of dogs, beware
of evil workers, beware of the concision.(Phl
3:2 )
* "For this is the love of God, that we keep His Commandments: and His Commandments are not grievous" .[literally, not burdensome]
(1John 5:3). These are referring the Commandments in the Old Testament and new Testaments through the Holy TRADITION OF THE CHURCH.
If you may, do watch the video from 2002 "Orthodox Tewahdo Church conference in Atlanta". You will notes a Pentecostal members (one of them
known by the name Aron LINK
PICTURE sited first row second from left) perching at the presence of the Eritrean synods delegates (two bishops "papasat" and one head of the foreign church
affairs--top from left to right in blak). Aron (and 5 of them in the picture)
were and still are a PENTECOSTAL follower back in Asmara. What's are they doing
with the at the supposidly Orthodox church ? Aron is not ordained priest nor
confess' Orthodox, how come he was allowed to preach ? The first Christians Orthodox and later Roman catholic do not permit non ordained bishop and priest to preach - baptize - serve Eucharist per Jesus’ and apostles commandment. The deacon, priest and bishop (Patriarch) had specific job responsibilities in relations to the divine
worship in the church. Was this person preaching based on orthodox teachings ? NO !!!! from the "preaching" one can clearly recognize the Pentecostal and in general reformations human doctrine behind this supposedly an "Orthodox preacher". And all that in front of 2 bishops members of the Eritrean Orthodox tewahdo church SYNODS, members of the highest authority in the Eritrean tewahdo Orthodox church. How ironic !!! I can speak in detail on what he said but
let us give you the chance to see it for yourselves. On many occasions the phony
Orthodox claimers consults the Cults of the other devil worshipers for advice
how to manipulate others. Off course we can always discuss issues
retroactively we want make sure you understand the hidden close relationship
exist between the Pentecostal cults (many of them are currently well organized
in Eritrea) and The (teHadso orthodox) working on behalf of the Eritrean orthodox
tewahdo church in the Diaspora. This is, brothers and sisters, a green light to any one with BIBLE ONLY preaching skills can and will be able to preach regardless the Orthodox church interpretation or its doctrine on what is truth. Ignoring faith of the Orthodox doctrine and the church's centuries consistent Holy Tradition. This is what is called minimalist approach and it’s not Christianity. Any one with a good memory and speech skills would do well as widely available in the western world ministry. With that Add the nice sound of the modern musical instrument (Organ, Guitar and so on) , modern secular dancing and modern tone "worship" songs ( similar to the AMHARIC secular songs)----here you have it PERFECT 21st century yet to be named Human engineered religion of the devil. This is not ORTHODOX of the third centuries Eritrea embraced as the faith of the Lord. (LINKS)
Our Holy forefathers who thought and spread the true faith back 350 A.D gave instruction that is binding and final, Not subject for change (for truth can not change or modified). And if one changed by adding or subtracting to the
worship order and deposit of truth, the Holy apostolic fathers declared, would be anathema and given to the devil…read Paul to timothy, that’s the reason why Orthodox declared ORTH-DOXA during 450’s A.D and that’s why it did not change remained ever ancient yet new for centuries. God's commands do not change through time, place and space. The canon and Holy Tradition of of the Orthodox Church are our only authority in matters of religion; not our opinions, emotions, conscience, or human feelings. We are called upon to, according to
St.Paul in the holy scripture, "contend earnestly for the faith once for all delivered to the saints," while we hold the truth in love. The faith means the whole body of revealed truth, NOT in part
-BUT in full. LINK
Breaking the rules: disobedience
(Mat
18:7)
Who is behind the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church Diocese of USA & Canada ??? Soon we will find out much, But something is not right. Based in Atlanta, GA. If you are not worshipping God and Christ the way They have specified in the canon (law of the one, Holy, catholic apostolic church ) then your worship is vain. Our Lord says in Mark 7:7, "And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men." Have you been following the commandments of men and only some of what God says in the Bible? If you have this is vain. Jesus says in Matthew 28:20,
"Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you." We must observe only what the Lord has commanded us through the unwritten and written holy Tradition of the Orthodox Church. Is your worship vain? If it is then it will do you no good and you will be lost eternally. Mechanical instruments of music in the worship of the church are not allowed in the worship of God (we will cover this subject some other time). The Atlanta tHadso “Orthodox” church, against the centuries long consistent rule of faith and apostolic worship practice, is using the name of Orthodox church to introduce all kind of false worship practice in the church. Orthodox Tewahdo of the fathers anatama (to depose) and forbids any other faith and worship practice outside the clear and unambiguous instructions prescribed in the canon and church books. The instruction are to follow and to NOT TO CHANGE are set for ever any one dear to change them by adding or subtracting is condemned and “given over to anathema…".
"Let all things be done decently and in order"
(1 Cor. 14:40)
"But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves."
(2Peter 2:1)
Our true faith of the church for centuries is under heavy , organized attack by modern Orthodox “priests” and “Bishops”. For any one who cares to read these ancient writings of the Holy fathers of the desert, would be amazed at the foresight entrusted on them by the Holy spirit in predicting what will happen in these days we are living. They not only prophesized but also taught the rule of faith to follow and gave us specific instructions in the worship of God. These are uncompromising rule of faith of God through his elected. (please do not confuse it with Pastor Bob of our time who does not have apostolic authority). More to come on Breaking the rules, i.e disobedience and the consequences stay tune.
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