Abba Garima Explained

Honorific Prefix:Saint
Garima
Titles:Abba
Birth Date:5th century
Residence:Ethiopia
Death Date:6th century
Death Place:Ethiopia
Venerated In:Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Feast Day:June 24
Attributes:Craftsman

Abba Gärima (also known as Abba Yeshaq; late 400s and early 500s A.D.), was one of the Nine Saints of Ethiopia. A hagiography about him was written in a late 15th-century gädl (Acts) by Endä Gärima.[1]

Abba Garima is known for founding the Abba Garima Monastery, and was also known as a craftsman.[2]

Life

His father was Mäsfeyanos, King of Rum (Byzantium).[1]

After his father's death, he became a king for 7 years, after which Abba Päntäléwon summoned him to be a monk with him for 5 years.[1]

Afterwards, Abba Gärima established a monastery at Mädära, where he stayed for about 20 years. At Mädära, he was a wonderworker who exorcised demons and performed miracles for the sick.[1]

Gärima died on 17 Säné (24 June).[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Irvine . A. K. . Seifu . Metaferia . Garima . Dictionary of African Christian Biography . 2023 . 2024-02-01.
  2. Web site: The Nine Saints of Ethiopia: Pioneers of Christianity . Aleteia . 2024-01-21 . 2024-02-01.