Aba Qewstos, who is an agent of Aba Gebremedhin (formerly Aba Paulos), the fake patriarch of Ethiopia, has been busy in the Washington DC area for the past several months turning priests against priests and worshipers and against each other.
Concerned Ethiopians in the Washington DC Metro Area have written this message to Aba Qewsots urging him to stop diving Ethiopian Orthodox worshipers, and the community, in general >> Click here to read [Amharic]
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ELEAS,Thankyou & GOD Bless you!
This statment is true, Abba Kostos you must therefore stop dividing the church &” bring back Abune Petross Cross” from “Zebene Lema” Which is the symbal of Freedom & an Ethiopian treasure.
Bravoo-Eleas.
take care of asemsayi ye kebero abbawoch. Ethiopia’s orthodox tewahedo church is under attack from inner banda and hodams abbawoches and kesochise. keep fighting all hodam the horse of devile. we should not give our church to those bloody hodams like zeneb and kosto. our church is a symbole of our freedom and civilazation. keep fighting and protect it from inner bandas. God will punish them one by one
Do you mean Ato Gebremedhin!
Don’t call him “Abatachin” (our father); call him “Gedayachin” (our killer).
Aba Kewstos has come with a hidden agenda from Aba Paulos to collect money for the building of houses, of course not churches or church schools, for Aba Paulos so that Aba Paulos could rent those houses and collect money for his own personal benefits.
We can learn from history unforgettable lesson that four-hundred and ninety-years ago, Pope Leo X devised a plan how to get money so that he could finish building St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. One of his plans was to sell salvation in the name of Indulgence to any person who gives money to the Roman Catholic Church, which means any person who buys the Indulgence will be saved from his/her sin. To this deceptive task he appointed the best and talented person in advertising and marketing business of salvation by the name of Johannen Tetzel, and Tetzel succeeded in collecting thousands of money by selling salvation to the people through buying the Indulgence. As he continued promoting salvation through buying the Indulgence, his idea finally came to an end when a learned, young theologian, Martin Luther wrote his Ninety-Five Theses, opposing or protesting against Johannen Tetzel’ purchase and sale of salvation.
Leo X was building a Church and he had a reason why he was collecting money from the people, but what is the reason why Abune Paulos is sending Aba Kewstos to America to collect money, unless it is to build houses for rent and use the money for his personal benefits? However, Aba Paulos is not Leo X, and neither Aba Kewstos is Johannen Tetzel; Leo X and Johannen Tetzel were Catholics while the other two are Ethiopian Orthodox Church members; however, the motives of all of them are the same: to collect money by cheating the innocent church members.
So, Aba Kewstos has come to America to deceive the Church in the diaspora, and don’t be deceived by one of the agents of Aba Paulos; You worked hard day and night, built your churches, hired priests to serve in the churches, paid rents for your churches buildings , and worshipped God in your own churches. Here comes Aba Kewstos, the messenger of Aba Paulos to spy on your freedom, security, peace, and prosperity.
He is uncomfortable by what he sees, because your Church in the diaspora is prospering, growing, and expanding its mission; he wants your Church to be subservient to the Church under Aba Paulos in Ethiopia, and, at the same time, in the name of unity between the two Churches, he wants to collect some money from you and give your money to Aba Paulos to build extra houses, not churches or church schools, in Addis Ababa and rent those houses for his own personal benefits.
In short, Aba Kewstos has come to America to collect some kind of taxes from you; if I were you, I would do to him what the detached Israelites from the House of David did to Adoniram who went to collect some money from those Israelites, but they stoned him to death (1 Kings 12:16-18). Or do to him what the tenants did to the land lord’s servants and even to his son when he sent them to get “some of the fruit of the vineyard.” They beat up all of his servants and, finally, they killed the son of the land owner (Luke 20:9-15). Of course, you are not going to do such evil acts because you do not believe in killing even your enemy, and I support you.
You should know though that Aba Kewstos’ main purpose why he is here is not only to collect money but also to weaken your Church and finally kill it, if it is possible, so that there will be no rivalry between the two Churches: one in diaspora and the other in Ethiopia.
He has come here to create divisions and confusions among the members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Churches in the diaspora. He has no right for him to say that this Church is better than other because that Church is following the doctrine, the liturgical services, and the administrations of the Eucharist according to the order of Aba Paulos. Aba Kewstos should know that the Ethiopian Orthodox Churches in the diaspora perform their Church services according to the needs and demands of their Church members, not according to the command of the illegitimate Patriarch, Aba Paulos, and head of the Ethiopian Orthodox at home.
It may not be Aba Kewstos alone who has been sent to spy on the Ethiopian Orthodox Churches in the diaspora; there may be other monks, deacons, priests, and lay people sent by Aba Paulos to disrupt the peace, the freedom, and the sincere worship of God in the Ethiopian Orthodox Churches in the diaspora, so you must watch out for such vicious dogs before they bite you, wound you, or kill you. If Meles’ spies are as many as the heavenly stars, so also the Aba Paulos spiritual spies are as much as the sand of the California beaches or the Sahara Deseret’s sand.
Do not do any business with Aba Kewstos; after all “what has light to do with darkness?” Let him mind his own business, and his business is to go to one of those Ethiopian monasteries and join the other monks in prayer, fasting, penance, and do his monastic duties in such a fashion. He should not be seen here in cities after cities in the name of Aba Paulos, deceiving the Ethiopian Christians in the diaspora, begging money, and spending it (who knows) with some Las Vegas prostitutes.
Since Aba Paulos has come to power by deception, all his agents are well-trained deceivers and cheaters or swindlers of their Church members. Most of these cheaters are uneducated and self-proclaimed Abas who have never married, and, in fact, no one knows their backgrounds, and no one is bothered to ask them a document that explains their ordinations or with which church they are affiliated.
It is possible for someone to make his own black hat, put it on his head, and proclaim he is a well-known monk, a celibate or pious or man of God; he may say that he has lived in one of those famous Ethiopian monasteries for a number of years, and he has come here to collect some money to help those monks at home or in Jerusalem. Don’t ever believe him because there are so many false prophets, false monks, false evangelists, and false priests, for we are living in the last days, and every one will be responsible for his/her own action: Aba Kewstos for his deception; Aba Paulos for his corruption; Meles Zenawi for his injustices and cruelties; Azeb Mesfin for her killing her first husband; and Al Amoudi for robbing the Ethiopian gold. In those last days, Aba Kewstos, Aba Paulos, Meles Zenawi, Azeb Mesfin, Al Amoudi, and many other criminals will not say any more: “The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”
Aba Kewstos, will not be able to say that it was Aba Paulos who ordered me to deceive or create division among the Ethiopian Orthodox Churches in diaspora; Aba Paulos will not be able to say it was God who told me to build many apartments and rent them for the public and use the money for my personal needs; Meles Zenawi will not be able to say it was George W. Bush who asked me to kill and maim my own people in Ogaden and the people in Somalia; Azeb Mesfin will not be able to say that I was in love with my second husband and that was why I killed my first husband; and Al Amoudi will not be able to say on that last day that it was pure greed that I amassed all these wealth taken from the Ethiopian people and put it in the banks all over the world.
According to the Prophet Jeremiah, “…every one will die for his own sin; whoever eats sour grapes-his own teeth will be set on edge” (31:29-21).
The blood of Bahetawi Fekade Selassie who was guned down by Aba Gebremedhin security forces is on the hand of Aba Gebremedhin. Aba Gebremedhin is illegitimate. He is a cadre of Meles Zenawi. He is top official of the TPLF terrorist organization. Aba Kewstose is indeed an agent for Aba Gebremedhin a.K.a. Aba Paulos. He has committed a number of other crimes aginst the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in particular and the Ethiopian people is general. It is a matter of time, the almighty GOD will judge him with his collaborators and ‘Hodamoch’ like Aba Kewstose.
God Job for exposing aba Gebremedhin agent. Watch for the orgnaized agent who called themselves mahbere kidusan. They are now re-organize themselves with another bishop from newyork his aba abrham he is working daniel kebret and berhan gobena. Their evil work aginast the diaspora will come to light soon.
Aba kewstos is not working alone. Mahbere Kidusan is an unbrella organization for Aba Gebremedhine (Aba Paulos) working with Aba Abreham (NY) and Daniel Kebret and others who hope to benefit from Aba Gebremedhine. They should be known who they work for. Their main work is to attack the legitmate Patriarch of Ethiopia, Abune Merkoriose. We, the memebers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Chucrch know very well the cadres of Aba kewstos (agent of Aba Gebremedhine). Aba kewstos please stop your sinster actions and ask for GOD’s forgivness and go to one of the Monastries in Ethiopia and pray for yourself.
I have a different appinion on this issue, thus Betsu Abune Kostos is a holy man, he is not like you think he is a messanger of Weyane Aba gebremedihen. All I know him is builing a monastry on the name of Abune Petros, back home we have a differnt monasryies on the name of different kidusan abatoch, however Abune Petros who was gun down by fassist Italy not recognized as one of our own holi father. That is the message of Abune Kostos has couried to ask our sopport. It’s an individual opinion whether to sopport him or not. I have seen what he build for the last couple of years. So please do not distract some one’s vision no one has come up with such a nice idea so far when he comes up with his trully blessed ideas let’s not demoraized ones vision. This is not fair for our holiy father to get critsism for nothing. The problem which is rissen both in Debre Gent is one trying to rull the hole thing I do not like to mention a name which is not fair, however let us answer this question for all of Ethiopians who love the counry to death. If you are all truly love your country for sure answer me this question. here is the quesions
1. Debre Genet Medahnialem church regested as personal propery of …. do you all think when this group of people pass at some point who will inheart this propery??? it’s not belongs to Ethiopia as we think. When this people pass at some point it will probabley goest to some charity or govenment propery.
2. Why this churchs are not regersterd as Ethiopian Orthodox Church by law?
3. When problem arise b/n dicons and Kesis/Kess/ who will solve the issue? board members? what if they do not solv it? the people??? that is not right. if we all know in Ethiopian church there is aprocidgre to follow
-Patriaric
-Like Papas
-Komos
-Monockse
-Like Deckon
-Deckon
-Memenan memenat/people/
like I said, if the problem not solved by board members it should not go back to people. That is totaly wrong.
I can give you an example about Rusuan Orthodox church in diaspora.
Rusuan orthodox have about 2022 Church in the continental USA regested as Rusuan Orthodox. The past four years they are busy selling them most, among the 2022 church property 1093 were sold for the past three years. Do you know the reason? They do not have any one will take over from them. Thier sons and daughters not ready at all. They hare all mixed up with western cultures and hipop musics, not even few individuals ready to take over.
Our church will will have same fate as Rusuan Orthodox even worst because it’s regesterd as private property of some group of people
Let us wake and do some thing forget about Abune Paulos/gebremedehin/ God has it’s time to take him to the end if we do not do some thing about it. We will be in trouble then.
Wake up and do some thing.
Please if any one who was at ESFNA who saw what was going on with Zebene’s outrage let us know.
Dear Tazabi,
Your testimony about the holiness and sincerity of Aba Kewstos may be true; however, collecting money from the diaspora people to build a monastery for the dead person while millions of Ethiopian children are hungry and sick is unethical.
After all, Abune Petros has a statue erected in his name in Addis Ababa (Abune Petros Hault) if I remember correctly, and what is the most important thing for someone is to have his name written in the Book of Life in heaven rather than to have a perishing statue or a monastery in one’s own name on this evanescent world.
Famous kings, queens, army generals may need statues built in their names but not spiritual fathers and mothers like Abune Petros, and Mother Theresa respectively. For example, Moses, Abraham, Elijah, and many other spiritual fathers did not have statues in their names on this earth. Their good names are their statues, their banners, and their lasting prides.
Therefore, Aba Kewstos’ vision is a misguided vision – a vision that deals with the dead rather than with the living that wants to become like Abune Petros or Mother Theresa but could not achieve those dreams because of a dictatorial government in their country – a government that knowingly subjects them to diseases and famine.
If Aba Kewstos is collecting money to build a monument or a monastery for Aba Petros, why doesn’t he also collect money to build a monastery for Patriarch Theophelos, who was gunned down by Mengistu Haile Mariam?
As far as the Debre Genet Medhanialem Church property is concerned, Aba Kewstos has no right to be involved in someone’s personal property. For instance, when Jesus was preaching the crowd as usual, “someone in the crowd said to him, ‘Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.’ Jesus replied, ‘Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?’ Then he said to them, ‘Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed….’” (Luke 12:13-15)
So, who are you, Aba Kewstos, to be involved in the Debre Genet Medhanialem Church property unless you have some personal interest in someone’s land or Church building? Let the members of the Genet Medhanialem Church handle their own belongings. Please, the Genet Medhanialem Church members “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed.”
I agree with Girma! Aba kewstos is carrying out his distracting and divisve mission with mahbere kidusan on the dispora church with ppl like daniel kebre, berhanu gobena, zemarit fantu and the rookie bishop from NY(aba abraham). They have targetted a church who called thmeslves “neutrual” such as dc st mary, dallas st mchael, atlanta bisrate gabriel, dc medhane alem and houston medhanealem. People and the board of dirctor in this church should be on gaurd of those devil advocators.
elias keep up the good work
God and time will reval the truth. Aba Kewstos is real messanger of God. He is not an agent of Weyane or Aboune paulose, Please do not tarnish him. He came to America for medical reason and to collect money for the new church, Which he is building out of Addis Ababa.
This person is one of the few holy fathers what Ethiopian Orthodox Church have, He is preaching the the word of God. Plus he is saying about the objective reality of the Church.
What he had said was ” …I agree America is a blessed country. It became a home of so many nationality people. But still America could not be Ethiopia. Ethiopia is Ethiopia. Ethiopia could not be America either. Both countries has its own people, culture, religion…During Judit Guidet The Ethiopian orthodox church suffers 40 years and 15 years at Gragn Mohamed at home. The church never and ever run away from Ethiopia.” Which is true. ESKI AMLAKE LEBONA YESTEN!
Does anybody know what is happening at the St. Michael Church in Dallas Texas. We hear a lot of rumors about, the church taken by Mahibere Kidusan & Woyane. The Board has delivered the church to the two mafia group. The church several years ago had more than a million dollars in the Bank, has all the money been stolen by hodamoch? how about Abune kostos and Abune Gebremedin, when are they going to take over the church. We hear a few people are sacrficing their work and family to stop these robers, is this true. All Orthodox Christians need to pray for this church so God will spare it from the evil ones. We also need to do whatever we can to help the christians there to rescue God’s house from the devil and his followers.
Anyone please give us any information. Dallas St. Michael Church is one of the oldest diaspora church. God bless those that stand for their faith and God damn those that stand against the Church and christians.
What is happening to the minds of many Ethiopians? Who gave us the right to speak or talk about our fathers like this? Is the money we making made us respectless monsters? what happen to the respect we have to our elders? not to mention to our holy church fathers? Who are we to point a finger on each other? Please let us stop being judges. all of us including the holy fathers will be asked for our sins by one Judge when the time comes. Until then let us do what is expected of us which is to respect our fathers and each other.Also please let us stop whining about the money we gave to church. Once we gave to church that money is not ours, if some one steal it or do what ever with it he/she will be asked for it by the owner which is GOD.
I am a follower of the Ethiopian Orthodox church and I know one truth, no matter who is on the trone(Patriaric) the Holy Synod is one! which is the one in Ethiopia. I am ashamed of what Abune paulos is doing but because of one persons sin I have no right to hate and judge all the priests and Bishops who mention his name. And I also belive all the churchs in the diaspora should be under the one Holy synod! Please let us pray for our church unity. Those of you who write against church fathers should stop those kinds of aligations and try your best for unity. Don’t forget that people who read your posts or comments are not all Orthodox followers. If we don’t respect each other then who will? What kind of message are we sending? Our church problem should be kept in the church, not on the internet for Muslims and Protestans?
Serawit and Tazabi please don’t make me sad. Serawit my money is given to the church not to weyane hodams ok? i’m not going to see it stolen i will go to the FBI and to the police if any illigal thing happen. As Mr/Miss. Tazabi you have no place to tell the members of DGM church to give up what belongs to them. DGM was built to worship God not for weyane and its stujes take over, don’t even deream to tell us “that church was sold” and “this church will not be Ethiopians…” just go out and biuld one of your own. STAY AWAY FROM DGM.
Mesfin, Actually the current board doing great job by taking the church back for Mahbere Kidusan. It is now belongs to the public. I thought Daniel kebret and mabere kidusan are divorced due to the money that daniel took about 500,000.00 et birr. Mabere kidusan are now trying to play out the diaspora church with the new face called Berhanu gobena and abune abraham.
Peace
The Mafios so called MahebereKidusan are agents of the Woyanes.They want to divide the church under the pretext of there is only one Synod the head is Aba Paulos. They have been spotted doing their dirty jobs in many Sunday Schools
indisguise. You see them just purge them out. Do not mess with your peace. Watch out Dallas, Houston and Atlanta.
Everone should know the following chain of command to distroy the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church:
Meles Zenawi
‘Aba’Gebremedhne, a.k.a. Abune Paulos
‘Aba’Kewstose
‘Aba’Abrehame
‘Aba’ Gebreal
Mahabere ‘kidusan’
Daniel Kibret
I heard that Daniel Kibret was arrested and convicted in Ethiopia and also served jail time. I don’t know how he got out of the contry (may be sent by Meles Zenawi) and now serve Aba Gebremedhen by telling lies about the legitimate Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s Synod. I need more info anbout this cadre please.
Woyanes will do anything to rob our churches in America. Aba Gebremedhin knows how to manuplate people, therefore we have to be vigilant. It is no doubt so called Mhibre Kidusan are agents of Aba Gebremedhin. Yes Dallas have some problems becuse of this group. Soon they have to do something before it is overtaken by Aba Gebremedhin. Houston Keep eye on your Sunday School. Rumor indicates you have problem too.
Dibaba add Zebene to your list he is a RING leader.
My dear ledya (#15),
You wrote: “Our Church problem should be kept in the Church….”
Our main problem is Abune Paulos,and we will not keep him in the Church, for he is a sinner for taking the legitimate appointment from Abune Merkorios, Patriarch of the entire Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
I told Abune Paulos to give up the holy office he is illegitimately occupying to Abune Paulos but refused to do so. Then, other people told him the same thing, to give up his patriarchate to Abune Merkorios, and he remained adamant and refused to listen to some of these Church members. In return, these groups of people went forward and told the Church in the diaspora, and the Church in humility reminded Abune Paulos that he should give up his sovereignty over the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Ethiopia to the legitimate Patriarch Abune Merkorios; however, he refused to listen to me; he refused to listen to the group of people; and finally, he became defiant to listen even to the Church in diaspora.
Therefore, most of us in the diaspora are not going to respect him; according to the word of God, we are going to treat him as “a heathen” or as “a tax collector” (Matthew 18:13-17), and, in fact, that is what he is doing now – collecting taxes and building his own houses and entertaining himself with the Holy Wood celebrities.
When there is something wrong in our Ethiopian Orthodox Church, we have to speak out and correct the error without hurting the person who erred. We must remember that Martin Luther was a Catholic monk, but when he saw corruption in the Catholic Church, he protested against that Church and formed his own church – the Protestant Church. There are no doctrinal differences in our Ethiopian Orthodox Church; fortunately, those differences have been settled long time ago by our Church Fathers. What we have now is a power-hungry Patriarch, and we have to say no to him; he cannot be a patriarch according to our Ethiopian Orthodox Church rule as long as the other patriarch is well and alive.
Menbere,
If you are worried about the money being stolen, then don’t give it to the church but once you agree to give it, is not “your” money. After all, 10% of your income belongs to God and you should not claim it as yours. Yemeset Bedesta Yesit.
Assta B. Gettu says:
“collecting money from the diaspora people to build a monastery for the dead person while millions of Ethiopian children are hungry and sick is unethical”.
How can you say this? Abune Kewstos is not building a hotel or a gym or any other luxury suit, he is trying to preserve history and build a place of prayer and worship. Don’t tell me that we need to stop building houses of God because of the problem we are facing at this time?. Actually we need more of this. All the monasteries and churches found in our country were built during problems like this. How can you call If you call Abune Petros just a dead person, what do you call Abune Tekle Haimanot and other saints?. At least Abune Kewstos is doing what he is supposed to do. Are you doing any thing to change the lives of those children you mentioned above? If not then sit and think about it.
As far as I know Mahibere Kidusan is belongs or stands to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. I know the motto and the motive of this young people, it is 100% acceptable for the real Ethiopian Orthodox followers. It is hard to swallow the facts of MAHIBERE KIDUSAN for MENAFEKAN. You do not believe it how many people they kept away /save souls/ from MENAFIKAN. I have seen in Ethiopia rural areas, how much Mahibere Kidusan Fight Menafekan. They came right time right place.
It is easy to know who wrote Abaout Mahibere Kidusan those bad stuff. MENAFEKAN!!! LEBONA YESTEN! few Menfikan orthodox church they already made the prayer and fasting shorter and the song is with Piano and Gaithar. I am sure recently they will allow Starbucks coffe and cigaretts during KEDAS time. EGZIOOOOOOOOOOOO. ENDBEDELACHEN ATFREDBEN.
Aba Qwestos is a holly man. Those of you who are bad mouthing this servant of God, really needs to come back to your senses and repent your sin. I mean it Guys.”Joro Yalew Yisma” A brotherly advice for those of you who are blindly running towards the cliff.
I have no word how Aba Qwestos is a holly man. Guys what’s worng with us? Take your time and ask yourself(who am I?) Who are you to open your big mouth to this holly man. Ebakachehu benanete sebebe lejochachen endayregemu enantese ande teregemachwale. Do you know what your big problem is? Your mind is already full of trush poletics stuff. Please poleticain leave our holly church alone. We don’t need you and if you are concerned about the church try to use good words to convince others. I already know you what kind of person you are.
I read all the comments above I’m so sorry for our people specialy one person who comment about Dallas St. Michael church sham on you Mr. You are a big lier let me asking you one question? What was your feeling when you write those untrue words? Egziabhare lebona yesetehe lela emelewe yelegneme.
Serawit (#25),
We have enough Church buildings in Ethiopia for those who need to worship God in the Church; to tell you the truth, God can be worshipped anywhere, either in the Church, in a private house, in an open place, in a cave or in one’s own heart. Remember what Jesus said to that Samaritan woman: “Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem” (John 4:21). Instead of putting stones upon stones, we should build the hearts of the people by bringing into their hearts the word of the living God.
Time has changed, and we should not collect money in the names of dead people. We do not even know whether they are saints or sinners like you and me. It is only in the last days, when Jesus comes, that we will be able to know who is a saint and who is a sinner. You mentioned Abune Tekle-Haimanot. You know there is a saying in Amharic language: ” Yayith misikura dinbith.” Abune Tekile-Haimanot has nothing to do with the cheater Aba Kewstos, the servant of Abune Paulos.
Abune Petros and Abune Tekle- Haimanot are dead people, and they had never left a will or a nuzazie that we should build churches in their names; it is people like you who made them gods or saints for their own benefits: to collect money in their names for their own personal interests.
You wanted to know whether I’m doing something to help the hungry children; what I do is my own business, and after all, didn’t the Master say: “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men”? (Matthew 6:2)
Serawit, I think you are in the same wagon with Aba Kewstos and Abune Paulos, the illegitimate Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church at home.