In The Name of The Father, The Son;
& The Holy Spirit One God Amen!!
The word Meskel has two meanings.
One literal meaning is the Holy Cross. The other meaning is the Feast of the
Holy Cross; an event which is annually celebrated in Ethiopia in commemoration
of the finding of the Holy Cross. The Holy Cross is very significant in the
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church (EOTC). The founding father of EOTC hymn, St.
Yared, says in his composition hymn book ‘MERAF’ that the Holy Cross is above
everything else in the Church. He says ‘It saves us from our enemy; the devil.
It is true that the Holy Cross has saved the entire world.’
