Church Information
Holy Trinity Parish / Headquarters
26 princess street worthmanville St.Phillip Parish St.Mary's Parish
Georgetown Guyana Coffee Grove One Mile Wismar
Tel: 592 -226 -2968/ 616-0944 Essequibo Linden
Email: eotcgeneralcouncil@gmail.com
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St.Mary's Parish St.Gabriel's Parish
36 Stanleytown Downer st.
New Amsterdam East Bank , Grove
Berbice Demerara
Tel:592- 333- 2147
Email: askalemareyame@gmail.com
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SERVICE TIME
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Thanksgiving Services : 8 : 00 a.m - 10 : 00 a.m
Holy Communion Services : 7 : 30 a.m - 10:30 a.m
Classes
Bible Classes -Wednesdays : 5:00 p.m - 7:00
Church Doctrine - Friday : 5: 00 p.m - 6:30 p.m
Baptism class - Saturday 4:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m
Liturgy class - 5:00 p.m - 6:30 p.m
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A short history of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdeo Church in Guyana
Guyana
The work of Arthur Mar Lukas and Garnet Springerin 1951 gained hundreds of followers, which resulted in the setting up of churches in Guyana as was done in Trinidad and Tobago. Soon there was a need for official establishment of these churches by the mother church in Ethiopia. The two Ethiopian church officials Fr. G. E. Meshesha and Ato Abera Jembere went to Guyana, and the church was officially established. The first church consecrated was St. Mary's where Baptism and Holy Communion were administered. Later the rites and rituals of the Ethiopian church were introduced, accepted, and gradually practiced.
There are nine churches in Guyana, with thousands of baptized members. Many native-born priests and several deacons have been ordained. The headquarters is Holy Trinity Church, in Georgetown. Other churches have been established in Agricola, Grove, One Mile Wizmar, Vree -den-Hoop, New Amsterdam, Stanley Town-(two churches); Corentyne and Essequibo. Later, Abuna Samuel, then Abba Gebre Egziabher Degou, joined Father Meshesha, and together they established 13 more churches.
Abba Degou was succeeded by Abba Gebre Hiwot, who went to Guyana in January 1960, accompanied by Deacon Alem Sagad. Abba Gebre Hiwot died there and was succeeded by Abba Haddis Geday and later Fr. Mengistu Abebe.
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But persently there are two functioning parishes