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former Museum was in the down stairs chambers of the cathedral which
was not convenient for visitors. The eccliastical articles are now
transferred to the newly built standard Museum denoted by Ato Kebede
Tekalign a devoted follower of the Ethiopian Orthodox church.
Inaugurated by his holiness Abune paulos, patriarch of the Ethiopian
orthodox, Archbishop of Axum, Echege of the see of Teklehaimanot,
President of the council of churches and Honorary president of world
reliogions for peace. The Museum houses a lot of historical and
eccliastical heritages which are priceless.
The relics are the contributions of Emperors, Empresses, individual,
sister churches and Church fathers. The heritages have kept their
origin for many years against the wears and tears of time. The elements
from which the relics made are from Gold, Silver Brace and so on.
There are also others which are Gold and Silver plated. Apart from this
there are many religious Books written on different tipics on
parchments by different scribes and church scholars. Most of the Books
are written in Geez language and some of them are in Amharic. Amongst
the Books, one can see the amazing Books of Yared about church song
compositions. They were composed in the 5th century. This church songs
are so complex to sing sometimes they may take one a life time to sing
them. Furthermore, Ethiopia is the sole owner of its own Alphabet,
Numerical figures and calendar.
The Main Objective of the Museum
To create conducive situation to exhibit the religious and historical heritages for both public and foreign visitors,
Painstakingly keep these historical antiquities and pass it on to next generation.
The tourist attractions are religious and historical relies are categorized as follows.
Historical
Thrones
Crowns
Battle Dresses and so on
Religious
Crosses
Chalise
Patern
Embroidered Cermenial Robs and Umberlias
Minorah
Books Written on parchemenst
List of Doners
ArchBishops and Church Fathers
Emperor Menilek II
Empress Taytu
Emperor Haileselassie
Empress Menen
Royal princes
Former Officials
Oriental churches
These historical and religious heritages require the attention of the Government and people to protect them from looting.
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