Jesus’ crucifixion which led to his death on a Friday, according to Orthodox thought was for the purpose of fulfilling the word of God, and led to the conquest of death and Jesus’ resurrection from the tomb after three days, the third day being the Sunday when Ethiopian Easter is celebrated.įasika is a climactic celebration. Fastingbecomes more intense over the 55-day period of Lent for Orthodox Christians, Catholics and optionally for some Protestant denominations, when no meat or animal products of any kind, including milk and butter, are eaten. ![]() Fasika is a much more important festival than Christmas, since the Death and Resurrection of Jesus is more significant in Orthodox and Ethiopian Evangelical theology than his birth. ![]() Ethiopian (Ethio-Eritrean, Eastern) Easter, or Fasika, however, takes place in all the Christian Churches throughout the country weather it be Orthodox, Catholic, or Protestant, and follows the eastern method of calculating Easter, thus tending to fall after Easterin the Western calendar (some years both fall on the same date). In Ethiopia and Eritrea, the most prominent and longstanding religion has been the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church(then including the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church) since the times of Frumentius. Fasika ( Ge’ez: ፋሲካ, sometimes transcribed as word for Easter, also called Tensae (Ge’ez: ትንሣኤ, “to rise”).
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