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Help Repair and Construct KidaneMihret Church

"Therefore, devote your hearts and souls to seeking the LORD your God. Proceed to build the sanctuary of the LORD God, that the ark of the covenant of the LORD and God’s sacred vessels may be brought into the house built for the name of the LORD." (1 Chronicles 19:22)

"አቲ ታቦት ኪዳን እግዚኣብሔርን እቲ ቅዱስ ኣቕሑ ኣምላኽን ናብታ ንስም እግዚኣብሔር እትስራሕ ቤት ክኣቱስ ተንስኡ እሞ ነቲ መቕደስ እግዚኣብሔር ኣምላክ ስርሕዎ።" (1 ዜና 22:19)
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ገንዘብ ከተወፍዩ ከለኹም ቅድሚ continue ምጥዋቕኩም Enter Custom Tip ጠዊቕኩም Tip Amount  $0% ግበርዎ፡ 12.5% ካብ ወፈያኹም መታን ከይውሰድ።
Help needed for repair and construction (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) Church of Degra Mereto. 

The Kidane – Mehret (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) Church of Degra Mereto was built in the year 1925 in the country of Eritrea. Eritrea is situated in the horn of Africa, a relatively ‘young’ Nation- State which gained its independence in 1991 after long years of war and conflict with its neighboring country, Ethiopia.  The Church has very few members due to the rampant migration out of Eritrea in recent years due to various social and political factors in the country. Sadly, Our Lady of Perpetual Help has been damaged during the past Ethiopian-Eritrean conflicts; heavy shelling has made cracks on the wall and the roofing is totally dilapidated and during raining season the leakage continues to damage the church building. This water damage has required parishioners to cover the sacred tabernacle and altar at times to avoid further damage to this Holy place, also presenting a health hazard to all those wishing to worship as these issues have resulted in moisture damage and the presence of mold. The members of the parish community are agrarians with limited resources for living, but they have the will to make sure that their Church is upkept to a standard worthy of God and continue to work their best to ensure the doors are kept open and make it a holy and sacred place of worship. The overall goal of this fundraiser is to:

1) Conduct a major amount of repair work to establish the Church as both a functional place of worship and community center. 
2) Restore the dilapidating state of the Church to a functional temple, free of water damage and signs of past Eritrean Ethiopian conflict. 
3) To assist the community in solidarity with their struggle to see their Church restored to a place of worship and communion in order to express their faith and heritage. 

May the Lord grant us the grace to persevere and have the faith in continuing to collaborate in the building of His Kingdom as we become truly His temple ourselves and also leave the trace of our faith for the coming generation as did our ancestors.  Presenting such project in our time of COVID-19 is not a simple matter.  But we believe that the Kingdom of God continuous to live and hence we too must continue to be and do what is in our capacity.  

God bless all our efforts for His glory.  

Thank you in advance for all that you will be able to do.

Beneficiary  information (Name and address of non profit organization)፦
St Michael Cathedral Catholic Diocese of Segheneity Inc. Religion and Spirituality
Powell, OH
EIN: 464866872


ሓገዝ ንምጽጋን ቤተክርስትያን ኪዳነ ምህረት ደግራ መሬቶ ( ሰበኻ ሰገነይቲ)

ንኩሉኹም ህዝበ እግዚኣብሔር፡ምእመናን፡ መፍቀርቲ ኣዴና ኪዳነ ምህረትን ገበርቲ ሰናይን፡ ሰላምን በረኸትን ኣምላኽ ወትሩ ኣብ ዙርያኹም ይኹን እንዳበልና ነዚ ኣብ ቲሕቲ ኣምላኽ ንዓኻትኩም ኣሚና እንገብሮ ምንቅስቓስ ንምጽጋን ቤተክርስትያን ኪዳነ ምህረት ደግራ ምሬቶ ንትገብሩልና ደገፍ ኣምላኽ ዓጸፌታ ጌሩ ክኽሕሰኩም ወትሩ ኣብ ጸሎትና ኪንዝክረኩም ኣምላኽ ሓይሊ ክህበና ንልምን።

ቤተህርስትያን ኪዳነምህረት ደግራ መሬቶ ኣብ 1925 ዓ/ም ፈረንጂ ዝተመስረተት ኮይና፡ ቅድሚ 60 ዓመታት ኣቢሉ ይኸውን  እታ ዝነበረት ንእሽቶ ቤት ጸሎት በዛ ሕጂ ዘላ  ተተኪኣ ኢያ። እዛ ሕጂ ዘላ ካብዚ ግዜዚ ጀሚራ ኣብ ኣገልግሎት እካ እንተላ ፡ ኣብ ግዜ ኩነታት ይወርዳ ብዚነበረ ናይ ተተኮስቲ ነጣሪ ዚንጎታታ ማይ ኪዓግት ኣብዝይክእለሉ፡ ፍኒስትራታታ ተሰባቢሩ ንፋስ ኣብዘይኪልክለሉ፡መናድቓ ነቒዑ ማይ ብሚዝዓጉ ጠስጢሱ ሰበባን ዓለባ ሳሬትን ብምሓዝ ሎሚዶ ጽባሕ ይወድቕ ኣስጋኢ ኣብዝኾነሉ፡ ኣብ ጥዕና ምእመናንን ኣገልገልትን ጸገም ዝፈጥረሉ፡ ካብ ዝነጥብ ማይ ንምድሓን መንበረታቦትን መንበረ ቅዱስ ቁርባንን ብፕላስቲክ አንዳሸፈንካ ትከላኸለሉ፡ ኣብ ግዜ ጸሎት ይኹን ቅዳሴ ማይ አንዳ ነጠበካ ትግልገለሉ ኩነታት ስለ ዝበጽሐት፡ ከምቲ ኢራብ ትጸምኦ ዓይኒ ማያት ጌርና ንጸምኦ ኣገልግሎት እግዚኣብሔር ኣምላኽ ዑቕባ መታን ክትኮነና ኣብ ህጹጽ ናይ ምጽጋን ኩነታት ትርከብ ኣላ።

ኣብ ደግራ መሬቶ ንርከብ ምእመናን ብቑጽሪ ኣዚና ውሑዳት ብምኻና መጠን ዓቕምና ኣዝዩ ድሩት ስለዝኾነ ዓዲዓዲ እንዳዘርና ምስዚ ዘሎ እዋናዊ ናህሪ ዋጋታት ብምዝማድ ካብ ባሕሪ ብጭልፋ ኣብ ምጥርቓም ንርከብ። ቤተክርስትያን ሓይላ ህዝባ ስለዝኾነ ብክርስቶስን ወላዲቱ ድንግል ማርያምን ድማ ኩልና ሓደ ኣካል ስለዝኾናን ጸገምና ጸገምኩም ምካኑ ኣሚና  ንኩሉኹም ኣብ ደገ ትቕመጡ ምእመናን፡ ኣሓት፡ እሕዋት ከምኡ ውን ገበርቲ ሰናይ ማሕበራትን ዓዓቕምኹም ከተበርኩትልና ኩልና ምእመናን ደቂ ደግራ መሬቶ ብስም ኣዴና ኪዳነ ምህረትን ብትሕትና ንልምነኩም።

ኩሉ እተበርክትዎ ዘበለ ገንዘብ ናብ ኣብ ታሕቲ ተጠቒሱ ዘሎ  መኽሰብ ዘይቅበል ማሕበር (Non profit organization) ብቐጥታ ኣታዊ ይኸውን።

ስምን ኣድራሻን ናይ መኽሰብ ዘይቅበል ማሕበር (Name of non profit organization)፦
St Michael Cathedral Catholic Diocese of Segheneity Inc. Religion and Spirituality
Powell, OH
EIN: 464866872




 

 

Donations 

  • Mihreteab Tsegai Kidane
    • $100
    • 2 yrs
  • Dawit Eman
    • $50
    • 3 yrs
  • Lieliti Solomon Temelso
    • $100
    • 3 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $200
    • 3 yrs
  • Mihretab Ghebremedhin
    • $100
    • 3 yrs

Co-organizers (3)

Mihreteab Tsegai Kidane
Organizer
Fairfield, IA
St Michael Cathedral Catholic Diocese of Segheneity Inc
Beneficiary
Teclebrhan Hagos
Co-organizer
BISRAT KIDANE
Co-organizer

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