Ethiopian Church Ark Of The Covenant, The Sanctuary Chapel For Ark Of The Covenant Ethiopia Tour May 2017 News Orthodoxy Cognate Page

Ark of the covenant for the tabernacle replica at byu in this photo from october 16 2017.

Batman arkham knight scarecrow gif. Apart from the ethiopian government the countrys largest religious denomination the ethiopian orthodox tewahedo church understands the kebra negast to be legitimate christian history. The chapel of the tablet is managed by a single guardian monk who is the only person allowed to view the arkonce someone becomes the guardian monk he remains so for life and may not leave the grounds of the chapel. The ethiopian orthodox tewahedo church claims to possess the ark of the covenant or tabot in axum.

The gigantic aksum cathedral. Next it was taken to ethiopia to the island of tana kirkos in lake tana where it remained for over 800 years. According to ethiopian lore the ark of the covenant is hidden in a church in aksuma small city in the northern highlandsand guarded by a single monk.

It is now kept at the chapel of the tablet at the church of our lady mary of zion. Replicas of the axum tabot are kept in every ethiopian orthodox tewahedo church each with its own dedication to a particular saint. According to church leaders the ark of the covenant has for centuries been closely guarded in aksum at the church of st.

Timkat is the ethiopian orthodox celebration of epiphanythe chapel of the tablet in axum allegedly houses the original ark of the covenant or tabottabot is. A small church in aksum ethiopia claims to have the ark of the covenant. The stone building on the right is part of the church of our lady mary of zion the most important ethiopian orthodox church.

Mary of zion also called the chapel of the ark in the sacred ethiopian city of aksum are forbidden from stepping outside the gate that encircles. When the axumite kingdom converted to christianity after 331 ad the ark of the covenant was co opted by the christian hierarchy and brought from tana kirkos to the newly constructed church of st. The object is currently kept under guard in a treasury near the church of our lady mary of zion.

Wikimedia commons the search for the ark of the covenant has led to renewed speculation that the biblical artifact may be hidden inside a church in ethiopia but historians have pushed back against the theory. It is written in ethiopias ancient book of kings that the son of king solomon and the queen of sheba menelik conceived during a royal one night stand brought the ark from israel. Mary of zion in axum.