Monasteries of Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church

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Monasteries of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church are religious communities where monks live a communal ascetic life centered on prayer, worship, and the preservation of Eritrea’s ancient Oriental Orthodox Christian traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monastic institution collection
religious community
associatedWith Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo patriarchate NERFINISHED
Eritrean dioceses
country Eritrea NERFINISHED
engagesIn agricultural work
manuscript copying and restoration
religious education of laity
followsChristology Miaphysite Christology NERFINISHED
followsRule Eritrean Orthodox monastic rule NERFINISHED
governedBy abbots
monastic councils
heritageSharedWith Coptic Orthodox Church monasticism
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church monasteries
other Oriental Orthodox monasteries
locatedIn Horn of Africa NERFINISHED
mainActivities ascetic practice
liturgical worship
prayer
preservation of religious manuscripts
scriptural study
spiritual formation of monks
membership monks
novices
practices canonical hours
daily Divine Liturgy
fasting
vows of chastity
vows of obedience
vows of poverty
preserves Geʽez liturgical chant
Oriental Orthodox liturgical heritage
ancient Eritrean Christian traditions
hagiographical literature
iconographic traditions
primaryLanguageUsed Geʽez
Tigrinya
religiousAffiliation Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church NERFINISHED
religiousOrderType Orthodox Christian monasticism
religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
roleInSociety centers of theological learning
guardians of sacred sites
pilgrimage destinations
spiritual centers
supports missionary and pastoral work of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
training of clergy
wayOfLife asceticism
communal monasticism

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Eritrean Orthodox liturgy performedIn Monasteries of Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church