In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit One God, Amen.

To the faithful Orthodox Christians:

It is no secret that calamities of biblical proportions have befallen on Eritreans in the Sinai Desert, the Sudan and other countries. The atrocities include murder, extortion, organ harvesting, slavery/human trafficking, rape, et cetera. Although we supplicate God unceasingly, especially during this Great Fast, we have decided to designate a specific day to cry out to our God that He may grant peace to our country and restore His justice to his people. [ብትግርኛ ንምንባብ ኣብዚ ጠውቕ].

As the Holy Bible teaches us: “The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the olive oil fails. Despair, you farmers, wail, you vine growers; grieve for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field is destroyed. The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree— all the trees of the field—are dried up. Surely the people’s joy is withered away. Put on sackcloth, you priests, and mourn; wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the Lord your God and cry out to the Lord.” Joel 1:10-14.

So, Sunday, April 21, 2013 has been declared to be a day of prayer and we kindly remind the faithful to observe the day as such. Below is a list of Churches that are under the auspices of H.G. Bishop Makarios and under the blessings of His Holiness Antonios, Patriarch of the Eritrean Tewahdo Orthodox Church.

Therefore, we ask you all to observe this day and raise your prayers together by going to one of the Churches listed below: 

North America 

1.     Holy Savior Eritrean Orthodox Church - Washington, D.C. 

2.     Holy Savior Eritrean Orthodox Church - Atlanta, Georgia 

3.     St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church - Oakland, California

4.     Archangel Gabriel Eritrean Orthodox Church - New York

5.     Holy Trinity Eritrean Orthodox Church - Seattle, Washington

6.     Holy Savior Eritrean Orthodox Church - Rochester, New York

7.     Holy Trinity Eritrean Orthodox Church - Cincinnati, Ohio

8.     Holy Trinity Eritrean Orthodox Church - Los Angeles, California 

9.     St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church - Portland, Oregon 

10.  St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church - Albani, New York

11.  Archangel Michael Eritrean Orthodox Church - Charlotte, North Carolina 

12.  Holy Trinity Eritrean Orthodox Church - Edmonton, Canada

13.  St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church - Montreal, Canada

Europe 

1.     Holy Savior Eritrean Orthodox Church - Manchester, U.K. 

2.     St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church - London, U.K. 

3.     St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church - Sheffield, U.K. 

4.     St. George Eritrean Orthodox Church - Birmingham, U.K.

5.     Holy Savior Eritrean Orthodox Church - Zurich, Switzerland

6.     St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church - Geneva, Switzerland. 

7.     St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church - Bael, Switzerland. 

8.     St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church - Luzern, Switzerland. 

9.     Archangel Michael Eritrean Orthodox Church - Schaffhausen, North

10.  St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church - Glarus, Switzerland. 

11.  Archangel Uriel Eritrean Orthodox Church - St. Gallen, Switzerland. 

12.  St. Teklehaimanot Eritrean Orthodox Church - Switzerland. 

13.  St. Abune Aregawi Eritrean Orthodox Church - Fribourg, Switzerland.

14.  St. George Eritrean Orthodox Church - Berne, Switzerland.

15.  St. George Eritrean Orthodox Church - Birmingham, German.

16.  St. George Eritrean Orthodox Church - Birmingham, Sweden.

Middle East 

1.     St. Mary Eritrean Orthodox Church - Tel Aviv, Israel.

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14.

May God accept our prayers and supplications. 

Eritrean Orthodox Church Diocese of North America, Europe, and the Middle East.