Selam and Greetings Brothers and Sister of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo faith, Friends and Family of the Church, in the Diaspora and around the world, 

 

It is with great honor and joy to inform you of the establishment of Kidane Mehret Kidane Selam (Covenant of Mercy Covenant of Peace) Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Hermitage and Monastery.

 

By the blessing of His Eminence Bitsue Abuna Zakarias, Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Archdiocese of New York, North East and North Central United States, a Hermitage and Monastery is being formed within the archdiocese, in the Catskill Mountains of New York State.

 

KMKS EOTC H/M will be a cloistered hermitical and communal community of women monastics who are members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, whose Patriarchy is His Holiness Abuna Mathias Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Echegue of the See of Saint Tekle Haimanot and Archbishop of Axum. KMKS EOTC H/M is also a in full communion with the Oriental Orthodox Churche which comprises six churches: Coptic, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Syriac, Malankara Syrian (Indian Orthodox Church) and Armenian Apostolic churches and a member of the World Council of Churches. 

 

Women are called to live a life of purity, being in communion with God by fully focusing their lives on the Incarnated Word of God, our Lord Eyesus Kristos, and on His teachings as reveled through the Holy Gospels and teachings of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, to pray for the church and faithful peoples and dedicate their whole life to spiritual works of fasting and prayer, contemplation, and labor. All of which, is for the salvation of their souls.  In addition, KMKS EOTC H/M will also be a bible reading and interpenetration teaching and learning religious school, known in the Holy Land of Ethiopia as “Andemta”.

 

The hermitage and monastery will be placed on 16 acres of undeveloped land in the Catskill Mountains of New York and will be a GREEN and EARTHERN NATURAL building erected using the Cob, Straw Bale and other natural building technique operated on solar energy and other natural and green technology.

 

At this time we are seeking volunteers who can assist in this building project of the hermitage and monastery where two churches will be erected. The main church dedicated to our Lordess, The Blessed Holy Virgin Mariyam, The Mother of God, the Mother of Mercy and a smaller church dedicated to Saint Kristos Semra, The Evangelist of the Devil, The Mother of Peace. Both will be in the traditional Ethiopian Orthodox architectural design. To learn more on how you can help, please vist our " Get Involved" page. 

 

May the Covenant of Mercy and the Covenant of Peace be with you all. Amen 

 

Ema Menet Emahoy Woletta Sellassie - Black

Mother of Monastery - Abbess

Kidane Mehret Kidane Selam

EOTC Hermitage and Monastery