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Ewostatewos

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31: 238:, a district of Enderta Province. Daniel provided him with his earliest education and introducing him to monastic life. Māʿqāba ʾƎgziʾ announced his intention to become a monk at 15 and with his decision was renamed to Ewostatewos. 341:, founding new monasteries that not only promoted Ewostatewos' interpretation of the Sabbath but created a religious hierarchy that was independent of the Abuna. Their persistence eventually led to their success in 1450 at the 281:
The Ewostatewos view of the Sabbath was that it should be observed on both Saturday (the Lesser Sabbath) and Sunday (the Great Sabbath): Saturday for the original Sabbath of the
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cites evidence that suggests that the interpretation of Ewostatewos regarding the Sabbath was not his own innovation, but had been practiced in the
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Olivia Adankpo-Labadie, "An Ethiopian Fugitive Allied with a Nubian King? Ewostatewos and Sab'a Nol at Noba through Hagiographical Narrative",
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After his death, his students and disciples continued to advocate Ewostatewos' religious views. When Ewostatewos left
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After being ordained a monk by his uncle, Ewostatewos left the community and founded his own monastery in
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Ewostatewos was born on 15 July 1273 (Julian calendar), or 22 July 1273 (Gregorian calendar) or 21
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notes that the leader of this order, at the time of his visit to Ethiopia, was the abbot of
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was able to convince the Egyptian leadership to acquiesce to this local observance.
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after a 14-year absence. Together they helped him establish a community at
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Ethiopian religious leader during the early Solomonic period (1273–1352)
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of his pupil Ananya, Ewostatewos was born in the Tsiraʿ northeast of
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Around 1280, while still young, he was sent to live with his uncle,
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and defended his views before the church leader. He then visited
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and Sunday in honor of the resurrection of Christ in the
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Gianfranco Fiaccadori, "Ewosṭatewos" in Siegbert Uhlig,
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Enderta Province
Ethiopian Empire
Armenia
Oriental Orthodoxy
Patronage
Sabbath observance
Ge'ez
Ancient Greek
Orthodox Tewahedo
Solomonic dynasty
Ethiopian Empire
Sabbath in Christianity
Hamle
hagiography
Mekelle
Enderta Province
Enderta woreda
Debre Tserabi
Abba
Maryam Qorqor
Gar'alta
Serae
Eritrea
Abuna Yaqob III
Cairo
Pope Benjamin II of Alexandria
Jerusalem
Armenia
Meskerem

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