Meskel(Finding Of The Cross) Festival

Meskel, one of the real Ethiopian Orthodox celebrations is commended for two days starting September 26th. Legend has it that in the year 326, Queen Helena (Empress Helen) the Mother of Constantine the Great, found the cross whereupon Christ was executed. Not able to locate the Holy Sepulcher, she petitioned God for help and was coordinated by the smoke from a blazing flame as to where the cross was covered. Subsequent to uncovering the Holy Cross, Queen Helena lit lights proclaiming her prosperity. In the Middle Ages, the Patriarch of Alexandria gave the Ethiopian Emperor Dawit half of the True Cross as a byproduct of security stood to the Coptic Christians. A section of the True Cross is supposedly held at the Gishen Mariam, around 70 kilometers northwest of Dessie. Ethiopians have been commending this day for thousand years. 

There are two events on Meskel. The first is Demera (September 26), in which campfires are constructed beaten by a cross to which blooms are tied. The blossoms are Meskel Daisies. The Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church organizes the helping service. After the campfires are honored they are lit and moving and singing starts around them. Clerics in full stylized dress sing around the blaze. While the Demera is determined to flame there is an internal sentiment brilliance for each one of the individuals who are around it. Little Demera are additionally worked at individual houses or towns. After some time, chips from the packs of smoldering wood crumple. Which directionthey fall is exceptionally huge: north, south, east or west Interpretations are soon guessed with respect to whether the fields of grain will be copious or not, or there is peace throughout the entire year, and so on. At the end of the Demera, a rain shower is relied upon to tumble to put the fire out. On the off chance that the rain falls and the fire is smothered, there is a conviction that the year will be prosperous. 

The day after the Demera is Meskel. This day is seen with a lot of nourishment and drink as adherents go to the spot of the Demera and, utilizing powder from the fire, stamp their heads with the indication of the cross. The celebration harmonizes with the mass blossoming of the brilliant yellow Meskel daisies. The best place to see the Meskel Festival is in the capital Addis Ababa at the renowned Meskel Square. However, up and down the Historic course (Bahir Dar, Gonder, Axum, and Lalibela) and in other significant towns, Meskel is beautifully celebrated.