Absadi Explained

Absadi
Titles:Saint and Martyr
Death Date:1381
Death Place:Eritrea
Feast Day:September 28
Venerated In:Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Abba Absadi (died 1381) is a saint of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches. He was a disciple of Ewostatewos, and his best-known disciple is Abba Filipos. He founded the monastery of Debre Mariam in 1374, which is located in modern-day Eritrea. He was captured by the soldiers and tortured on the wheel, then he was thrown on the stove. He endured all the tortures patiently and then was beheaded.[1]

Absadi's feast day is September 28 (Meskerem 18 in the Ethiopian Ecclesiastical calendar).

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  1. Book: 1976 . the book of the saints of the Ethiopian church, Vol 3. 418. CUP Archive.