‘meskel celebration’ at ‘Meskel Square’ (/ ‘Addis Ababa’)
(2016)
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(ge’ez: መስቀል)
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*”meskel” is an ‘annual religious holiday’ in the ‘ethiopian orthodox’ + ‘eritrean orthodox’ churches commemorating the discovery of the ‘true cross’ by the roman empress ‘helena’ (‘saint helena’) in the ‘300s’*
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(‘meskel’ occurs on the ’17 meskerem’ in the ‘ethiopian calendar’)
(gregorian calendar date ‘september 27’)
(or ‘september 28’ for ‘leap years’)
(‘mom’s birthday!’)
(“meskel” (or “meskal” or “mesqel”, there are various ways to transliterate from ‘ge’ez to Latin script) is Ge’ez for “cross”)
The festival is known as Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in other Orthodox, Catholic or Protestant churches.
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(the churches that follow the ‘gregorian calendar’ celebrate the feast yearly on ‘september 14th’)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈☜*“CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥