‘Coptic Customs -

' Ethiopiaris a land which”

~ has been Christian for some .
1600 years. The Ethiopian
» Orthodox - Coptic’ Church, .
Which has much in common.

“other Eastern Rité—

. Shuvehee such as the Greek °
e Russian, is the es-"

and
tablished church of the na-: oo

“rele, and. pagan traditions
‘there . are’ many. unusual
ites’ and ceremonies, cen-
erin, the important
festivals of ‘Christ

‘Epiphany, =

“Jn Ethiopia, cus- -

ms ‘of the Western cele,

atl of tonntistmas are.

to find popular-’

set: up-and ‘decorated, and
“gifts are: belng: exchanged. -
All -this- is
according: ‘to. the dates of. :
“the old ‘Jullan’. calendar,
which is-the one: glenda
in: Ethiopia, so that they
co a On -

connection, .Jt is.

mereottS inate know that the.
year in Ethiopia consists.of
3 months, starting on Sep-°
tember 11, when spring be-
months .

‘month of 5 days, known.as:
Fa men.:'This-comes just -
‘ore-the New, Year. ”. °

"However. westernized the.
Ethiopian’ -Christmas may .
become, the people are not |

ikely to change their ob- .

servance of important reli-
glous festivals. In the month
of January, nown as Tirr,”
the Coptic Church observes |
4 festivals. — the first.being |:

ut even more

the sprinkling of.-.
-iton the assembled. taith-
. ful — a Te-enactment : of

jal carpeted tent, where - .

: it remains overnight- ee
time ‘for the € priests to brin
forth for the ceremony,
The “Tabot!’ is .the i

ast.”
- sacred object in the church,’

It represents the Ark of. the:

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‘the ery still echoes, -*-.
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word for Christmas, many an- «
“other author - “has written, of,

this. religious festival ant
metry feast.
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be scenes. ‘from
Louisa May Alentt’s
blished 1863, may
seem old

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that opens -the: book, - when,”

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come to life for their readers,
and “hever more: so. than ‘in.

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“the non-fiction novel,:

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is as a television drama in 1966...

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_ author of ‘tRebecca of Sunny.
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“brief but tou
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short | life” exemplified : the:

principles of Christmas. .
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