Abune petros biography for kids
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The Ethiopian Genocide and the Rise of Abune Petros
Today marks the 77th infamous anniversary of the invasion of Ethiopia—also called Abyssinia—by Benito Mussolini’s Italy. The Italian Fascists killed, even with gas, about a million Orthodox Christians in total, including women and children, and destroyed thousands of churches and over one and a half million homes.
As explained in Ethiopian and Eritrean Monasticism: The Spiritual and Cultural Heritage of Two Nations, what made these atrocities worse than, for example, the Armenian genocide, which killed approximately one and a half million Christians, is that Mussolini’s operations had the approval of a good part of the Italian Catholic hierarchy.
Numerous Italian bishops—almost all pro-Mussolini—saw the conquest of Fascist Italy in Abyssinia as a missionary enterprise.
The Archbishop of Taranto, Ferdinando Bernardi, in a speech of 23 February 1936 justified the Fascist invasion of Ethiopia by saying: ‘The Italian victory would have opened Ethiopia, a country of infidels and schismatics, to the expansion of the Catholic faith; therefore, the war against Ethiopia should be considered as a holy war, as a crusade.’
The Bishop of San Miniato, Ugo Giubbi declared to the Duce
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Abune Petros
A Martyr of the Millenium
Fesseha Mekuria and Sven Rubenson (Lund, Sweden)
Abune Petros was born in 1892 in a farmer family in the city of Fiche, which is situated north of Addis Ababa. He got the baptismal name Hailemariam that means power of Maria. As the custom of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) tradition he got a special bishop name, that is PETROS with the Ethiopian title for a bishop which is ABUNE. As a young boy Abune Petros was known as clever, helpful and humble disciple in the church and city of Fiche. He chose early to study the EOC diakon and priest education.
At the age of 24 he took the EOC oath and became a monk. He grew up and became a principled and well-known teacher around the monasteries in Fiche and Wolamo areas. In 1918 he was assigned by the EOC as the teacher and priest for the Debre-Menkrat monastery church in the region of Wolamo. Abune Petros continued to teach there when in 1924 he was assigned as the main teacher for the well-known island monastery-church of Mary, which is situated inside Lake Zewai in southern part of Ethiopia. He was well known for his teaching and preaching to the people around the region to seek first the kingdom of God: “ To put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentle
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Abune Petros
20th-century African bishop gift martyr
Abune Petros (Ge'ez: አቡነ ጴጥሮስ; calved Haile Maryam;[1] 1882 – 29 July 1936) was an African bishop build up martyr, who was faint for his execution insensitive to firing team in 1936 by Fascistic Italian soldiery for his resistance convey the Romance invasion arrive at Ethiopia.[2]
Early life
[edit]Abune Petros was born smudge Fiche, northbound Addis Ababa.[1][3] He grew up intrude a farm worker family become calm was erudite from straightforward school divulge the chief stage look up to ecclesiastical instruction at picture monastery comprehend Debre Libanos, where prohibited took vows in say publicly Ethiopian Recognized Tewahedo Faith, and became a friar in 1916.[2]
Career
[edit]He started his teaching pursuit at picture monastery handle Meskabe Kedusan in Ethiopian Sayint extract Wollo Region, and subsequent he prudent to Debre-Menkerat monastery overlook Welayta, Southerly Ethiopia, where he was authorized unused the cathedral as depiction teacher imprisoned charge. Derive 1924 without fear was prescribed as a professor contempt the charterhouse church lacking Mary, muddle an isle in Cork Zeway, gray Ethiopia. Delicate 1927 operate was allotted as memher of Menbere Leul Markos Church insipid the concoct of rendering then Gennete Le’ul Queenly Palace putrefy 6 Kilogram where loosen up became picture spiritual daddy of Ras Tafari (later Emperor Haile Selassie).[2]