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Meskel

Meskel (Ge'ez: መስቀል, romanized: Mesk’el) is an Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church holiday that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman Empress Saint Helena of Constantinople in the fourth century. Meskel is celebrated by Oriental Orthodox members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo…

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2025 date
27 September
Celebrations
People gather and burn a torch natively called chibo in every locales · Fireworks fulmination · Party
Date
27 September · 28 September (leap year)
Frequency
Annual
Observed by
Oriental Orthodoxy - Orthodox Tewahedo Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church · Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church · Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church · Roman Catholicism - Eastern Catholicism Ethiopian Catholic Church Eritrean Catholic Church · Ethiopian Catholic Church
Significance
Commemorates the Feast of the Cross and the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman Empress Saint Helena of Constantinople in the fourth century.

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Meskel

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples44
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
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related to overview · 19
Meskel → According, After, Ash Wednesday, Charcoal, Cross, Demera, Demera-procession, Edward Ullendorff, Exod, Israel, Jerusalem, Lord, Queen Eleni, She, So, Tabernacle, The, The Meskel, True Cross
Observed by · 9
Meskel → Eritrean Catholic Church, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Ethiopian Catholic Church, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Oriental Orthodoxy - Orthodox Tewahedo Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, P'ent'ay - Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelical Churches Pentecostal, Lutheran, Baptist, Mennonite, and other Evangelical churches, Pentecostal, Lutheran, Baptist, Mennonite, and other Evangelical churches, Protestantism - Eastern Protestant Christianity P'ent'ay - Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelical Churches Pentecostal, Lutheran, Baptist, Mennonite, and other Evangelical churches, Roman Catholicism - Eastern Catholicism Ethiopian Catholic Church Eritrean Catholic Church
related to External links · 8
Meskel → Embassy, Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic, Festival, Holidays, The Finding, True Cross, United Kingdom
Celebrations · 3
Meskel → Fireworks fulmination, Party, People gather and burn a torch natively called chibo in every locales
Date · 2
Meskel → 27 September, 28 September (leap year)
2025 date · 1
Meskel → 27 September
Frequency · 1
Meskel → Annual
Significance · 1
Meskel → Commemorates the Feast of the Cross and the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman Empress Saint Helena of Constantinople in the fourth century.

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cross ethiopian true roman church feast orthodox festival celebration eritrean tewahedo saint helena constantinople ge'ez discovery century september pentecostal lutheran

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Meskel2025 date27 September1.00infobox
MeskelCelebrationsPeople gather and burn a torch natively called chibo in every locales1.00infobox
MeskelCelebrationsFireworks fulmination1.00infobox
MeskelCelebrationsParty1.00infobox
MeskelDate27 September1.00infobox
MeskelDate28 September (leap year)1.00infobox
MeskelFrequencyAnnual1.00infobox
MeskelObserved byOriental Orthodoxy - Orthodox Tewahedo Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church1.00infobox
MeskelObserved byEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church1.00infobox
MeskelObserved byEritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church1.00infobox
MeskelObserved byRoman Catholicism - Eastern Catholicism Ethiopian Catholic Church Eritrean Catholic Church1.00infobox
MeskelObserved byEthiopian Catholic Church1.00infobox
MeskelObserved byEritrean Catholic Church1.00infobox
MeskelObserved byProtestantism - Eastern Protestant Christianity P'ent'ay - Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelical Churches Pentecostal, Lutheran, Baptist, Mennonite, and other Evangelical churches1.00infobox
MeskelObserved byP'ent'ay - Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelical Churches Pentecostal, Lutheran, Baptist, Mennonite, and other Evangelical churches1.00infobox
MeskelObserved byPentecostal, Lutheran, Baptist, Mennonite, and other Evangelical churches1.00infobox
MeskelSignificanceCommemorates the Feast of the Cross and the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman Empress Saint Helena of Constantinople in the fourth century.1.00infobox

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