L B THE ITURGY OOK OF E THE THIOPIAN O T RTHODOX EWAHEDO C HURCH (PREPARATORY SERVICE,ANAPHORA OF THE APOSTLES AND ANAPHORA OF ST.DIOSCORUS) BY THEETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH(EOTC) Original Typesetting: Feedal ((cid:557)(cid:467)(cid:240)(cid:3)A(cid:278)(cid:342)(cid:253)) Now Published In This New Edition & Printing By THE LION OF JUDAH SOCIETY’SIMPERIAL PUBLISHERS Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God. I (cid:251)(cid:406)(cid:376)(cid:376)(cid:344)(cid:3)(cid:395)(cid:496)(cid:328)(cid:544)(cid:3)(cid:464)(cid:251)(cid:518)(cid:236)(cid:3) (cid:344)(cid:465)(cid:536)(cid:462)(cid:3) E E A (cid:489)(cid:352)(cid:430)(cid:376)(cid:3)(cid:427)(cid:467)(cid:3) (cid:496)(cid:445) (cid:328)(cid:247)(cid:272)(cid:3) (cid:344)(cid:443)(cid:267)(cid:494)(cid:235)(cid:352)(cid:581) THE PSALMS OF DAVID68,VERSE 31 ii A (cid:235) (cid:326)(cid:342)(cid:352)(cid:376)(cid:374) (cid:235)(cid:376)(cid:492)(cid:259) (cid:371)(cid:491)(cid:264)(cid:342)(cid:352)(cid:376) (cid:235)(cid:291)(cid:470)(cid:254)(cid:429) (cid:358)(cid:464)(cid:235) (cid:264)(cid:238)(cid:279) (cid:443)(cid:251)(cid:371) (cid:251)(cid:376)(cid:496)(cid:264)(cid:344)(cid:584) I (cid:323)(cid:251)(cid:472)(cid:358)(cid:373)(cid:342)(cid:352)(cid:376) (cid:323) (cid:459)(cid:276)(cid:280) (cid:400)(cid:272)(cid:280)(cid:345)(cid:280) (cid:323)(cid:495)(cid:345)(cid:352) (cid:495)(cid:342)(cid:352)(cid:376) (cid:400)(cid:324)(cid:272) (cid:280)(cid:256) (cid:342)(cid:238)(cid:296) (cid:256)(cid:280)(cid:494)(cid:374)(cid:352)(cid:376)(cid:376) E (cid:374)(cid:291)(cid:272)(cid:326)(cid:235)(cid:376)(cid:581) iii We present our many thanks to Our God-Father and to Our King of Kings, to His Imperial Majesty, HAILE SELLASSIEI’s Kingdome in the Glorious name of Iyesus Kristos, Our Saviour – Our Lord of Lords. AMEN AND AMEN. iv THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY (BSHIM) PUBLISHEDBY:H.H.RASIADONISTAFARI, &H.H.WOIZEROTEHETENAGIRMA-ASFAW OFTHELION OF JUDAHSOCIETY(LOJS) IMPERIAL PUBLISHERS TO THE H.I.M.UNIVERSITIES,COLLEGES & CHRISTIAN [TEWAHEDO]CHURCHES (cid:148)1991-2012BSHIM-LOJ v ©2012 by LION OF JUDAHSOCIETY PUBLISHERS & IYOBELYU [JUBILEE]PRINTING PRESS The original intent of HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, HAILE SELLASSIE FIRST, whose utterances are contained elsewhere, according to the first publication’s foreword note, We also herein affirm likewise, namely that: “Any portion of this Book could be reproduced by any process without permission.” We are a CHURCH OF RASTAFARI, and therefore a noncommercial interest that may reproduces portions of books or entire volumes for the Education and Fine-Arts development of Our people, the ETHIOPIAN-HEBREWS at home and abroad. 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Published by THE LION OF JUDAH SOCIETY, www.lojsociety.org Our mission is to bring good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that saith to Zion, Thy God reigneth. – Isaiah 52:7 Printed in the United States of America. vi SELECTEDUTTERANCE OF HISIMPERIAL MAJESTY HAILE SELASSIE THE FIRST The Bible Speech “WE IN ETHIOPIA have one of the oldest versions of the Bible, but however old the version may be, in whatever language it might be written, the Word remains the same, It transcends all boundaries of empires and all conceptions of race. It is eternal. “No doubt you all remember reading in the Acts of the Apostles how Philip baptized the Ethiopian official. He is the first Ethiopian on record to have vii followed Christ, and from that day onwards the Word of God has continued to grow in the hearts of Ethiopians. And I might say for myself that from early childhood I was taught to appreciate the Bible, and my love for it increases with the passage of time....... “Because of this personal experience in the goodness of the Bible, I was resolved that all my countrymen should also share its great blessing, and that by reading the Bible they should find truth for themselves. Therefore I caused a new translation to be made form our ancient language into the language which the old and the young understood and spoke. “Today man sees all his hopes and aspirations crumbling before him. He is perplexed and knows not whither he is drifting. But he must realize that the Bible is his refuge and the rallying point for all humanity. In it man will find the solution to his present difficulties and guidance for this future action, and unless he accepts with clear conscience the Bible and its great message, he cannot hope for salvation. For my part I glory in the Bible.” THELION OF JUDAHSOCIETY, Ministry of Education & Fine-Arts viii E E (cid:459)(cid:465)(cid:243)(cid:376)(cid:280)(cid:3)(cid:270) (cid:464)(cid:3)(cid:256) (cid:270)(cid:560)(cid:3)(cid:24)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:520)(cid:272) (cid:24) A A E «(cid:395)(cid:288)(cid:254)(cid:496)(cid:239)(cid:433)(cid:348)(cid:256)(cid:3) (cid:376)(cid:468)(cid:581)(cid:3) (cid:342)(cid:240)(cid:296)(cid:280)(cid:583)(cid:3) (cid:371)(cid:233)(cid:584)(cid:3)(cid:395)(cid:464)(cid:228)(cid:470)(cid:3)(cid:371)(cid:491)(cid:472)(cid:3) A E (cid:459)(cid:233)(cid:371)(cid:432)(cid:3) (cid:376)(cid:323)(cid:278)(cid:3) (cid:272)(cid:276)(cid:256)(cid:3)(cid:459)(cid:470)(cid:429)(cid:344)(cid:3)(cid:264)(cid:272)(cid:3)(cid:251)(cid:544)(cid:243)(cid:556)(cid:376)(cid:3)(cid:464)(cid:443)(cid:267)(cid:494)(cid:3)(cid:443)(cid:376)(cid:472)(cid:3) A A (cid:275)(cid:326)(cid:340)(cid:376)(cid:256)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:360)(cid:339)(cid:256)(cid:3)(cid:464)(cid:555)(cid:342)(cid:3)(cid:443)(cid:376)(cid:472)(cid:3)(cid:472)(cid:240)(cid:3)(cid:371)(cid:264)(cid:345) (cid:240)(cid:3) (cid:235)(cid:384)(cid:581) » REVELATION CHAPTER 5, VERSE 5 “And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.” ix x