Gibre Himamat ግብረ ሕማማት 4.0

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Gibre Himamat is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo book that is read in Holy week, the last week of Lent. The book contains readings of Palm Sunday, Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday (Spy Wednesday), Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday), Good Friday (Holy Friday), Holy Saturday and Easter. The book contains readings from Holy Bible, Orthodox Canonical books, Synaxarium, Miracles of Jesus Christ, Miracles of Saint Mary, Prophecies, Prayer Books, Haymanote Abew, Prayer of Covenant, Gedles and more Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church books.

The secret purpose of this book is to remind us that the Lord has given us the pain, the death, the eternal freedom and glory in His resurrection, and that He is the God of life without pain and death, read and rehearsed every day in this holy week


Accordingly, the general pattern of the prayer and service of the Gibre Himamat is contained in this book, and it is our sincere hope that the priests and parishioners will be able to hold the book and follow it.

The book Passions is a great book that commemorates the suffering and cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and is read with great passion. The book is a book prepared by dividing the lessons and prayer parts from the Bible, books of ordinances, prophecies, essays, miracles, psalms, admonitions, religious fathers, the book of the covenant, the books of Sanksar and the books of the father, divided into hours from Hosanna and eve until the resurrection.

Its foundation and historical origin is related to our forefathers and holy apostles. That is, our Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead and revealed himself to the apostles, teaching them the Book of the Covenant and the church system for forty days. And on the forty days, he appointed and blessed the apostles with great honor. (Mar 16 10. Luke 24; 51. Eve's work 1-9)

After that, the apostles began to fast and celebrate the resurrection with the believers in Jerusalem. At this time, they gathered in Zion and ordered the order of the church, about the passion of Samune, saying, "You must refrain from the sacrifice, but you, keep the passion, which is a memorial of the cross of suffering, and honor it." (Commandment 31)

However, the apostles were quick to evangelize, so they did not set the time like today. Even if they were scholars who followed the apostles, they fasted from January 11th to February 21st. Later, they separated the passions from fasting and celebrated the resurrection on March 29th by fasting from March 22nd to March 28th. It was until the time of Demetrius that this system was established.


According to the time calendar prepared by Archbishop Demetrius from 188 to 230 AD, it was decided that Samune Hammat should be held directly from Abiy Lent. Demetrius's years in the church. She informs the devotees of the time when they enter the azamat and the holidays by composing it in the central and main formula.

Therefore, the prayer and service situation of Samune Passion is related to the ritual of our church, but it is a passion that contains the current system; The book was prepared and put into effect in the 14th century after the birth of the Lord.

Abune Salama Birhane Azeb, who lived between 1934 and 1939 AD, translated it from Arabic into Geez.

The name of the book is also mentioned in many parts of the book as it is called the passion since its ancient name. It is believed to have a sufficient mystical reason for this.

The secret purpose of the Lord is our pain. Our death by his death. In addition to reminding us that He has given us eternal freedom and glory through His resurrection, He is a living God without suffering and death.


Based on this, we have a strong hope that the whole system of prayer and service of Samune Hammat is written in each section of this book.