Monday, January 19, 2015

Interfaith Days: January 19, Timkat

from: https://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/timkat--
christianity-s-ancient-heartbeat-in-ethiopia.html?page=all
Today is Timkat (or Timket), the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian version of Epiphany, commemorating Jesus' baptism in the Jordan River. The most important festival in Ethiopia, Timkat (which means "baptism") also a festival of the Ark of the Covenant, which is never mentioned in the Bible after the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem. It is a happy festival involving processions, renewal of one's baptism, and colorful clothes. http://www.peace-on-earth.org/Ethiopia/1st.pdf and https://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/timkat--christianity-s-ancient-heartbeat-in-ethiopia.html?page=all

(From the 2015 Interfaith Calendar of the Diversity Awareness Partnership of St. Louis---see dapstl.org for more information---and various online sources.)


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