. b) Reading lessons from religious books The more advanced students serve as monitors to instruct the beginners. The Qene lessons usually start in the afternoon or in some places early in the evening. = [ ]. Modern education, of recent origin, is provided mainly in schools operated by the Government. . (..). Today the standardized table Aa, Bu, Gi, Da is much used, however, so that the pupil may learn even this by heart and only comes to distinguish the individual characters well after much practice. The story or legend of the saint whose feast is to be celebrated on the next day is then narrated; this comprises the theme of the Qene composition by the students, using the vocabulary and grammar already discussed at the session. = , 22 - . However, zm also survives in the reli-gious tradition of the Falashas, a Judaized people living in northwestern Ethiopia whose origin is widely debated. The instruction in the Nebab bet is given in three different stages: A Qedasse teacher normally teaches only the hymns which a deacon or a priest has to use in the liturgy of the Church. In the Qne bet the students focus on the theory and practice of the composition of qne. He repeats this for months. In the just completed Ethiopian year, it managed to get all its 8, 10, and 12 graders pass school leaving examinations.The School ranked 1st out of private schools in Addis Ababa and was awarded three cups as well as one big cup for being a general winner. = [ .. ], 3. ( ) = , 13. The wandering student expects a high position in the church hierarchy. The web value rate of . Theoretically, both boys and girls and members of all ethnic groups and classes are eligible to enroll in church schools. The following illustration may make this clear. 81 2 . Ancient chanted liturgy with congregation participating with clapping, ululation and rhythmic movements has been retained from that era. The student learns Qene with more interest and motivation than the other disciplines, such as Zema. He then learns Zeamlakiye (3 verses), Wazema (5 verses). () = , 2. . Since the pupils do not understand the texts, the memorization drills are very exacting in energy and time. A graduate of the Metsehaf Bet enjoys high prestige as a scholar and can take a high post in the Church hierarchy, such as head of a monastery (Gedam) or a large church (Debre). In the Christian highlands of Ethiopia, the Church constituted the main guardian of traditional culture and provided the only schools in the land for many centuries. display: none !important; 2003-Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church -, 11 - , 6 - , 9 - ( ), 10 - ( ), 12 - , 13 - , 34 - , 35 - , 17 - , 19 . = , 15. ( ) 1 - () = : 19 = The few handwritten manuscripts on parchments were, and still are, very expensive. Usually the child learns the whole set of letters in sequence by heart, so that in reality he may not be able to distinguish on letter from the other. B TIMKETKA (): https://youtu.be/5xfT3aTCWOY4. We find the Nebab Bet in practically all churches and monasteries, in a number of villages and in the compounds of well-to-do landlords. = [ ], 3 - ( ) = , 4 - = , 5 - = , 7 - = , 8 - = , 9 - . Besides this, the student is attracted by the adventurous and romantic life of a begging and wondering student, about whom much is spoken and fabulous stories are told. There are ofcourse reasons for their diligence. The way to the Qne bet is long and difficult. He must also profoundly study traditional cultural, social, intellectual and educational values (Alemayyehu Moges 1973: 92). In all these schools the students must learn the material by heart. selected epistles of St. Paul, St. James, and St. Peter; the Gospels, usually the Gospel of St. John is used as a text for exercise; Arganon: praises of St. Tamara Mariam: the miracles and wonder of St. Mary; Paulos: the epistles of St. Paul; Tamara Iyasus: the miracles of Jesus; the Acts of the Apostles, etc. () = = [ This step is important, so the pupil spends more time on it. = , 3. Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC). = , 5. [11] Ethiopian Church music remains tightly bounded within the communities and rarely attracts attention by outsiders. Roles of Orthodox teachings. Saint John Chrysostom, Qerlos and others. [ ], 1. : 1: - - - The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church had been administratively part of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria from the first half of the 4th century until 1959, when it was granted autocephaly with its own patriarch by Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church. = ( ) - ., 3. After leaving the teacher each group moves apart and tries to comment on the text just as the teacher did, as much as possible word for word. This memorization of the commentary of the books exacts many years of exercise and labour, which the adult student is ready to accept. He has the opportunity to discuss the theme given, which challenges his intellect. In these specialized branches the students learns the traditions of the Church, theology, Church history and laws, through the interpretation of the various individual writings. These are the only members of the clergy who are allowed to celebrate the mass and administer sacraments. Now the child practices read learns to take much care over words that must be read to together, the accents, the pauses and the soft or hard pronunciations of the syllables. The commentaries of these teachings do not proceed under systematic theological or historical categories, but when each sentence or phrase of a text is interpreted, depending on the content, theological, moral and historical questions are raised, discussed, and developed. . After the great wars, particularly after the 17th century, cultural activities declined. = , 4. [ ], 7 - = - ., 8 - = , 3 - = - ., 5 - ( ) = ( ), 6 - () = ( ), 19. The training challenges the memory of the child rather than leading him to think. Privacy-Statement . A teacher specialized in Qedasse or the Mass is to be found in practically all the main churches. The place of instruction is usually a communal hut near the teachers dwelling known as the Mahber Bet, or simply in the open or under a tree. The prime function of the Nebab bet is to teach children to read religious books, practically all of which are in Geez. [12], Liturgical chant used by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Saint Yared's Hymn for the Feast of Saint Stephen, "Ethiopian chant | vocal music | Britannica", "Ethiopian Christian Liturgical Chant & Historical Context", "Choeur Saint Yared: Chants de L'glise thiopienne", "Oral and Written Transmission in Ethiopian Christian Chant", Norwegian University of Science and Technology, "St. Yared: The Great Ethiopian Composer", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_chant&oldid=1124513207, Articles with dead external links from December 2019, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. A student is considered ready when he has mastered the complicated genre of qen. This is considered one of the most important events in the life of the pupil. In other words, the church is successfully bridging the transition from strictly traditional scholarship to a new, dynamic era where traditional learning and modern education will blend together to ensure the continuity of Ethiopias Christian heritage in the setting of modern world. After some time the group goes again to the teacher and reads the same text and again comments on it. 3) higher schools, namely Students come to the teacher in a group of three or four, all studying the same text. Its graduates become cantors of Ethiopian Orthodox (Twado) Church. With the expansion of the Kingdom and Christianity to the south and southwest, churches and monasteries were founded, which became for centuries important centers of learning. Such schools may perhaps play a wider role within the context of the national campaign for literacy and provide more instruction for adults as well as young pupils. [ . ], 4. We shall not discuss here the historical development, but rather the educational activities of the schools, as we know them today in the country. Wandering students usually come from farming and clerical families very few are from the higher classes. , . However, Ethiopian Churches in smaller communities face challenges in maintaining the liturgical cycle and musical tradition. There are Qene forms or models that the student has to master in order to be able to compose the Qene poems which are sung in different sections of the liturgy of the church or used to celebrate church and state ceremonials. Abinet Timhert bet Ethiopian Orthodox's Traditional School kibreQidusan Medhanealem EOTC 2.12K subscribers Subscribe 9 Share 634 views 2 years ago Show more Show. . = ( ) = .. It should be noted that the Church is fully aware of the necessity to train its own future leaders in such a way that they will fulfill their role in modern society. = , 18. The office of a priest is particularly attractive to tenants or landless peasants, because a priest in his area enjoys privileges, and his office entitles him to possession of the land known as Semon land. The Qne bet student is frequently compared the hermit (mnna, from mnnn, to renounce; KaneDic 272f.) The main interest and purpose of the school is, however, not to develop poetic and other aesthetic interests in the child or youth, but to enable him to carry out the Church rituals. = , 22. Last updated 14 Jan. 2023 video The teacher either accepts the verses or the offers critical comments and sends the student back for further meditation, students come at intervals to the teacher to recite in the manner. This is the general term for the School of Commentaries composed of four branches. In the afternoon the session or Gubae takes place again. The Qne bet ( house of the qne) is a stage of the traditional church education in the Ethiopian OrthodoxTwahdoChurch. When he is convinced that the pupil has reached the level of knowledge traditionally required at this stage of learning, he indicated that the time has come when he may leave the Nebab Bet. 2) Qedasse Bet (Liturgy school) On such tables the number of the letters and the forms in the seven orders remain the same, but the place of the characters is changed or mixed up, so that the child cannot depend only on his memory and the sequence in which he has memorized the characters. When he has composed his Qene verse after the model assigned to him by the teacher, he then approaches the teacher, who sits for the most part of the day at a place known to all. The pupil now learns to read the psalms, the most important devotional book of Ethiopian Christians. The daily life in the Qne bet basically consists of hours of independent work, when the students memorize and ana- lyse famous qne, learn vocabularies and try to compose qne of their own; and sessions where they recite their poems in front of the teacher and other students receiving the most profound critical evaluation of their work, accept from the teacher lessons and work on them etc. Prominent Zema bet are at Dbr Abbay (Tgray), Sllkula (Wllo) and Gon Tewodros (Goam). = , 11 - = , 12 - = , 13 - = , 14 - = , 15 - . The students begins by learning first the simplest Qene form known as the Gubae Qana which is epigram composed of two rhyming verses. What is the process of learning the letters? Nsebho LeEgziabher Sibuha Zetesebha 1 Yaredawi . The tradition began after the sixth century and is traditionally identified with Saint Yared.Through history, the Ethiopian liturgical chants have undergone an evolution similar to that of European liturgical chants. . He can be permitted to teach the beginners; he can improvise qne, continue a Qne bet started by another, lecture qne but always standing, until his graduation day as qne master, and he is able to interrupt an author composing qne (KaneDic 803b). Deggwa, Ethiopian antiphons, in particular are of much later origin, dating from the second half of the 16th century. = , 23 - . () - ., 10. = . 2003-Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - About-us . Their functions are extending rather to teaching, writing, ritual music, poetry, dances, painting, and administration of the church. = [ . . . At this stage memorization is not felt as a burden by the student, because ever since his early days in the Nebab Bet he has developed his powers of memorization. Normally children start school between the ages of 5 and 7, when they are traditionally considered ready to learn. Source Some students try to attend more than one master in more than one school, in order to reach a higher level of mastering qne. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has crucial role to disseminate traditional ancient educational system of Ethiopia to read Old and New Testaments in Ge'ez since Axumite period in 330 AD. 13 - ( ) = . In the evening the pupils come to the house of the teacher, which is also at the same time the school itself All stand around the teacher while the lesson is given. [ . ], 3. .hide-if-no-js { . b) Quene Bet and (Poetry school) = , 6. Generally, the first epistle of St. John is used for the purpose. A reader of the psalms enjoys certain privileges as one of the elite in his village. }, Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress. ( ) = , 2. If he is not satisfied, he can leave the school and look for another one. The methods of practicing the reading are those described under the Fidel Hawaria, namely, Qutir, Geez, Wurdnebab, and Nebab. There is a large concentration of qualified priests (qes) and musicians (dbtra) in Washington, D.C. Every evening he has to memorize the daily prayers. [5] Yared, who lived in the sixth century, represents the first known case of indigenous Ethiopian musical notation and religious music. a) Fidel Instruction However, he follows the progress of his student daily, so no special tests are needed. . We have seen that the Qedasse bet trains mainly the altar priests, who are known as the semonegna (those who serve weekly). [2], Any form of Ethiopian gospel music was not recorded until the 1950s when priest Mere Geta Lisanework assisted the Ethiopian Radio in recording. Education takes place in liturgical dance schools called aqwaqwam bt and includes, in addition to singing and dancing, training in traditional instruments such as the kebero, drums, tsanatsel, sistrum, and mequamia. 2003-Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church -, 1. [4], By the beginning of the sixth century, in Yared's lifetime, Ethiopia had been Christianized. . Qedasse Bet The training of the altar priest . In the course of the centuries the school system has grown and changed in many ways. All depends on the availability of books. The main courses of study are in church music, church poetry, and religious literature, each divided according to content of instruction. The child uses four methods to practice reading this text known as Fidel Hawaria or the first Epistle of St. john, first he pronounces every letter of the word pointing at each letter with a straw (Qutir-method). () = , 21. Here the student attempts to put the letters together in a chanting form and read them as a word. Usually, there is no financial support for the students who must earn their living by begging and occasional works. In turn, the knowledge of Qne bet is a precondition of the study of andmta in the mshaf bet. = [ . . 2, 117). He should not, however, contradict or be critical of religious and other accepted values. To be able to carry out this further service one has to attend a higher school of the church, which should be considered an extension of the Nebab and Qedasse Bet. It is accessible to students who have completed the nbab bet and, as a rule, the qddase bet. A new comer must ask him for permission to attend his classes. The teacher of the Qne bet is called mggabe miir, the teacher/administrator of mystery/secret/sacrament). ADE EYESUS ( ) : https://youtu.be/Kg9KflxOW5M8. Furthermore, since the instruction is considered sacred, just as prayer is, the student takes his assignment seriously. BEALTI XELOT ( ) : https://youtu.be/yyz8lAfwMFY6. The leading teachers and scholars of the church, who are known as Debtera, are trained in the higher school. / eathebook ! Rather, it is as a mnemonic. = , 16 - = , 9. = . He may be called upon to read and write letters. Online Status. Here the child practices reading at a very lively pace, but without mistakes. The higher schools of the church () = , 3. The second branch is the Haddis, a specialized school on the commentaries of the 35 Books of the Ethiopian New Testament. This hope is perhaps one of the motives that encourages the student to spend more that half of his life at such a school. Ethiopian liturgical chants were developed only after that. () : = , 9. = [ ], 8. In the Zema bet, the following major discipline blocks are taught: (1) the Dggwa, (2) the Zmmare/Mwat, (3) Mzgb qddase/ Satat (not required for those who want to be ordained deacon and priest) and (4) Aqqwaqwam. Gradually the pupil masters the art of good reading. Zema-Bet education in the three selected Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido churches found in Bahir Dar cit y. The first subject of study for the child is the set of Geez letters, known as the Fidel. Parallels are quoted from the history of the country while interpreting the passages on the Holy Land. . = , 13 [ ], 11 - () = ( ) - .. . The exercise of reading can be quite difficult for the beginner, particularly because the text is in Geez, a language no longer spoken and therefore far from the experience of the child. Zema means a pleasing sound, a song or a melody in Ge'ez,[1][3] the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. = , 00. ], 7. ' , 1. . The four steps are repeatedly drilled on the same text, Fidel Hawaria. In urban centres and roadside towns the Nebab bet has a new function today. When he is able to distinguish the letters he passes to the next drill known as Geez, i.e. ( ) :: . The majority of the Debtera are laymen, and as such they are not allowed to serve in the mass and the administration of sacraments. The rest, including the teaching the traditions and service of the Church, is learned through daily experience in the parish itself. = , 14. 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