HELSINKI JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES (HJSSH)
TRADITION ON SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST IN THE ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
E-ISSN: 7764-9221
P-ISSN: 3442-3567
DOI: https://iigdpublishers.com/article/832
The purpose of this study is to describe the tradition of Saint Mark the Evangelist. Mark is regarded as one of the Four Evangelists, and the Seventy or Seventy-Two Disciples of Jesus Christ in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church tradition. Regarding the administrative hierarchy, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church’s ecclesiastical tradition was strongly connected to the See of St Mark the Evangelist for a long time. St Mark, whose sir name is John, is the author to whom the second Gospel is traditionally ascribed, and several Churches are dedicated to him in the country. In the iconographic tradition of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, he is painted as an author seated before a desk and engaged in composing his book, accompanied by a winged lion.
Andualem Ermias Gebremariam PhD
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