Abba Teklemaryam Semharay (1871 – 1942) an Eritrean Catholic priest who fought against Latinization of Eritrean Catholic Church. Abba Teklemaryam Semharay was among the first Catholic priest to be ordained in the year of 1893 in the then established Catholic Cathedral St. Michael in Keren, Eritrea by the French missionaries.

Abba Teklemaryam Semharay was born in Keren. His original village was in Shieb-Seleba, a small Village near the famous and historical monastery Debre-Sina in Senhit Region. Abba Teklemaryam Semharay objected the latinisation of the Eritrean Catholic Church. But, the biggest challenge was the materials needed for the Liturgical services.

He took the responsibility to prepare Ge’ez version of the Catholic Liturgy. He cooperated with the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia to develop it from scratch. The colonizers were not happy with his motion. They sent him to Jerusalem to serve there as a representative of Eritrean/Abyssinian Catholic Church and assist in pilgrimage.

It is from Jerusalem that Abba Teklemaryam Semharay worked so hard to develop the Ge’ez rite. He worked with Ethiopian monks day and night to develop the Ge’ez rite.

Abba Teklemaryam formed a committee with other Catholic priests. Although the Italians were not happy with his works, they did not want to mess too. Therefore, they gave him limited support to work.

From Jerusalem, he went to Rome, then to Paris and back to Rome. In Rome, he was a professor of Ge’ez language. During all these days, he never stopped working for the development of Ge’ez literature and liturgy. He published dozens of articles related to Ge’ez language and materials.

After years of hard work to develop Ge’ez and his service to people, he passed away in 1942. His remains are now in the Vatican. Abba Teklemaryam Semharay Selim is remembered for his great intellect and courage to preserve Eritrean identity. He stood firm against latinisation of Eritrea while he stood high for the mission he was ordained for.

To know more about his works please read this 

http://www.eparchyofkeren.com/topics/Abba.Teklemariam.Semharay.pdf 

ስድራ-ቤት Aberra Hagos ተራ ስድራ-ቤት ኣይኮነትን። ካብ መወዳኣእታ 19 ክ/ዘ ኣትሒዛ እዛ ስድራ-ቤታ ስድራ-ቤት ኣብ ሂወት ኤርትራውያን ብዙሕ ጽልዋ ዘለዋ እያ። ንምሉእ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብዚ ሕጂ ዘለናዮ እንተ ብጽቡቕ እንተ ብሕማቕ ዓቢ ግደ ዘበርከተት እያ። ከም ሓደ ተራ ስድራ-ቤት ኤርትራ ኣይኮነትን። ኣብ ክብረቶም ኣይመጻእኩን። እኳ ደኣ ኣድናቖት ኣለኒ።

ከም ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ዕጫ ስደትን መከራን ዘጋጠማ እያ። ደቃ ኣብ ቃልሲ ዘሰለፈትን መስዋእቲ ዝከፈለትን እያ። ከም ኩሎም ኤርትራውያን ድማ ብዝተፈላለየ መንገዲ ካብ ኤርትራ ወጺኣ። ንኤርትራውያን ዘጋጠሞ ውን ኣጋጢምዋ። ኣብዚ ግዜዚ ልዕሊ 450(2011) ዝኣኽሉ ደቂ ስድራ-ቤት ኣበራ ኣለዉ። ካብዞም 450 ኩሎም ኣብ ፖለቲካ ይነጥፉ ማለት ኣይኮነን።

ብሓፈሻ ክርአ እንከሎ ኣብ ፖለቲካ ኤርትራ ዝዋስኡ ሓያላት ደቂ ዘፍረየት እያ። ኣብ’ዚ ደንበ -ተቓውሞ’ውን ብዙሕ ዘበርክቱ ኣለዉ። ብሓፈሻ ክርእዮ ከለኹ ድማ እቲ ብኣብሓግኦም ዝጀመረ ምንቅስቓስ ሃይማኖታውን ፖለቲካውን ዝሓዋወሰ ኮይኑ ረኺበዮ።

ኣበራ ሓጎስ – ወኪል ናይ ወኪላት -Khuluf – al-Khalifa(Main Representative) ናይ Khatmiyyah brotherhood ኣብ ከበሳ ኤርትራ እዩ ኔሩ።

እዚ brotherhood እዚ ብዓረባዊ(ኣቦ) ሱዳናዊት(ኣደ) መበቆል ዘለዎ ሃይማኖታዊ ሰባኺ Mohammud Uthman al-Mirghani ዝተመስረተ ስርዓተ ኣምልኾ Sufi ኮይኑ ካብ 1830ታት ኣትሒዙ መሳርሒ መግዛእቲ ግብጻውያንን ኢጣልያውያንን ዝኾነ እዩ።

ኣብራ ሓጎስ ኣባል ናይዚ brotherhood ብምዃን ድማ ኣብ ከበሳ ኤርትራ ዓቢ ግደ ኣበርኪቱ እዩ።

ኣበራ ሓጎስ ኣብ ግዜ ጣልያን ኣብ ከረን ትምህርቲ technical ትምህርቲ ተማሂሩ ምስ ጣልያን ኣብ ምትሕብባር ብዙሕ ተዋሲኡን ብቑጠባ’ውን ደልዲሉ። ኣብ ግዜ ጣልያን ጽቡቕ ምንቅስቓስ ስለዝነበሮ ኣብ ግዜ እንግሊዝ ምስቶም ኣብ ፖለቲካ ክዋሳእ ዝሓሸ ዕድል ኔርዎ።

ከም’ዚ ናይ Aberra Hagos ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ኔሮም እዮም። ንኣብነት ብእንዳ-በክሪ ዝፍለጡ ስድራ-ቤታዊ ምትእስሳር ምስ እንዳ al-Mirghani ዘለዎም ኣብ ከረን ዝመደበሮም መራሕቲ ሃይማኖት ኣለዉ። እዛ ስድራ-ቤት እዚኣን ግና ንጥፈታታ ዝያዳ ኣብ ሃይማኖት ጥራሕ ኮይኑ እዩ ተሪፉ። ፍሉጣት ስለዝነበሩ ድማ ንሶም ውን ኣብ ፖለቲካ ከምቲ ዝድለ ሓይሎም ክንቀሳቐሱ ኣይክኣሉን። ከም ዓበይቲ መራሕቲ ሃይማኖት ግና ብዙሕ ምኽርታት ይልግሱን ብውሽጢ ውሽጢ ድማ ይተሓባበሩን ኔሮም። ንኣብነት President ናይ Eritrean Muslim League ካብ ስድራ-ቤት al-Murghani እዩ ኔሩ። ዝያዳ ግና Symbolic እዩ ኔሩ።

Aberra Hagos ከም ተራ ኣባል ኮይኑ ኣብ ፖለቲካ ኤርትራ ብዝሓየለ መልክዑ ይንቀሳቐስ ኔሩ። ኣባል ናይቲ Khatmiyyah bortherhood ስለዝነበረ ድማ ዝሓየለ ምንቅስቓስ ኔርዎ። እዚ ናይ Khatmiyyah brotherhood ምንቅስቓስ ገና ክሳብ ሕጂ ይቕጽል ኣሎ። ካብ Khatmiyyah ናብ Jebertiyyah ከሰጋግርዎ ድማ ይሰርሑ ኣለዉ። እዚ ድማ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ Confusion ፈጢሩ ይርከብ። ስለምንታይ ሃይማኖታዊ ማሕበር ናብ መንነታዊ መግለጺ ክቕየር እንከሎ ኣዝዩ ዝተሓላለኸ እዩ ዝኸውን። ብመሰረቱ ሃይማኖታዊ ስለዝኾነ ድማ ሕልኽላኽ ይፈጥር።

ኣብ’ዚ Jebertiyyah brotherhood ድማ ደቂ Aberra Hagos ክሳብ ሕጂ ይዋስኡ ስለዘለዉ ህዝቢ ክዘራረበሉ ግቡእ እዩ። ውልቃዊ ጉዳይ ኣይኮነን። እዚ ናይ ሃገርን ፖለቲካን ጉዳይ እዩ።

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ኣብዛ ስእሊ ሓደ ካብ ኣባላት ስድራቤት Aberra Hagos ብJelal Yassin ABERRA ዝፍለጥ ኣሎ። እዚ ውልቀ-ሰብ እዚ ኣብ ፖለቲካ ኤርትራ ኣዝዩ ንጡፍ ኮይኑ ኣባል ህዝባዊ ግንባር ሓርነት ኤርትራ ዝነበረን ኣብ 1983 ካብ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ወጺኡ ድማ ናብ ስደት ብምምራሕ ኣብዚ ግዜዚ ኣብ ኖርወይ ዝቕመጥ ዘሎ እዩ። ንፖለቲካ ዕላማ ዘለዎ ድማ ገንዘባዊ ወፍርታት የካይድ። ንኣብነት ተስፋይ ተምነዎ ተጠቃሚ ናይ ገንዘባዊ ሓገዝ እዩ።