West Coast Retreat 2024

July 4 through 7 2024 marked a West Coast youth retreat of the Eritrean Orthodox Church at the University of Oregon in Portland. The event commenced with morning prayers led by our church priests and all attendees.

With 400 youth in attendance, this retreat nurtures healthy life, youth empowerment, and spiritual growth. Besides, the event fosters renewed connections among all participants.

"Where there is youth, there is hope within the Church."

May God abundantly bless our youth and the Church.

Taste of Eritrea 2024

Church members and visitors eagerly wait for the annual “The Taste of Eritrea” event. It is an event where non-Eritreans are invited to come and enjoy a delicious, authentic, and all-organic food. Coffee is served while smelling the aroma of the roasted coffee. In the event, other art works is displayed reflecting the artistic tools, dresses, food preparations and the like reflecting the life style of Eritreans.

This year “The Taste of Eritrea” was conducted on September 14, 2024 attracting many non-Eritrean guests. Many of the visitors are now annual customers to the event. Many of new visitors were asking several questions about the food and the objectives of the event. From the feedback, it was apparent that the event was edutaining, and fulfilling.

I hope to see everyone in “The Taste of Eritrea” happening next year as well.

Tigrigna Class – 2023/2024 – wrap up

A wrap up event was conducted on May 18, 2024, Tigrigna class for the academic year 2023-2024. During the event, more than 100 students participated. The event featured competitions and the winners were awarded. Besides, academic awards were provided for students who stood 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each of the four levels. Finally, students enjoyed food  and other fun activities.

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Seattle Spring Local Youth Retreat

This year Spring local retreat was conducted on May 11, 2024 at the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Trinity Church in Seattle. The retreat focused on the wellbeing of the youth – both spiritual and educational. It was fully lead by youth themselves. The Spring local youth retreat aims at complimenting the West Coast Annual Youth Retreat. Some of the activities during the day of retreat are featured in the photos provided below.
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https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle-relief-fund-covid/281-18e34d85-0e6a-4772-8e32-2609c79fc046
A few additional information
Those eligible for these one-time direct cash payments must be at least 18 years old and have an income under 50% of Seattle’s median income as well as be or be living with someone who is one of these:
Living within Seattle
Enrolled in the Seattle Promise Program
Enrolled in Seattle Public Schools
An artist or cultural worker who has owned or rented a space within Seattle at any time since March 2020.
In order to make 50% of Seattle’s median income, an individual must make less than $40,500 a year, and a family of four must make less than $57,850.
Taste of Eritrea

Event: Taste of Eritrea

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Church members and visitors eagerly wait for the annual “The Taste of Eritrea” event. It is an event where non-Eritreans are invited to come and enjoy a delicious, authentic, and all-organic food. Coffee is served while smelling the aroma of the roasted coffee. In the event, other art works is displayed reflecting the artistic tools, dresses, food preparations and the like reflecting the life style of Eritreans.

In a similar way, this year “The Taste of Eritrea” was conducted attracting many non-Eritreans without deterrence of COVID 19. The organizers were very cautious that the COVID 19 rules and guidelines were adhered. The visitors were asking several questions about the food and the objectives of the event. From the feedback, it was apparent that the event was edutaining, and fulfilling.

I hope to see everyone in “The Taste of Eritrea” happening next year as well.

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ሓበሬታ ብዛዕባ ኮቪድ-19 ካብ ዶ/ ኣስቴር ኣለምሰገድ
ናይዚ ሰሙን መወዳእታ ናብ ሓምለ 4( July 4) ኣብ እነምርሓሉ ዘለና ከምኡውን ኮቪድ -19 ኣብ መላእ ኣመሪካ ብፍጥነት  ኣብ ዝላባዓሉ ዘሎ እዋን፤ ኣነን ከማይ ዝኣመሰሉን ኣብ ናይ ህዝቢ ኣገልግሎት ጥዕና ዝተዋፈርና ክሳብ ሕጂ ብዛዕባ ዝርግሐ ኮቪድ-19 ብዘሎ ኣፍልጦ ኣብዝመጽእ ሒደት ሰሙናት እንታይ ከምዝመጽእ ኣዝዩ ኢዩ ዘተሓሳስበና።
ድሕሪ “ኣብ ገዛኩም ጽንሑ ዝብል” ትእዛዝ እቲ ለበዳ ጎዲሉ ነይሩ። ሕጂ ድማ ቁጽሪ ዝተለኽፉ እንዳዓበየ ይኸይድ ኣሎ። እዚውን ኣብ ሕብረተሰብ ብሕልፊ እቶም ነቲ ሕማም ዝተቓልዑ ሞት ከስዕብ ይኽእል’ዩ።
ኮቪድ-19 ንምክልኻል መሸፈኒ ኣፍ ወይ ማስክ ምግባር ኣዝዩ ኣገዳሲ ኢዩ። ምኽንያቱ፣
-       ንስኻ እትገብሮ ማስክ ንኻልኦሎት ይከላኸለሎም ንሳቶም ዝገብርዎ ማስክ ድማ ንዓኻ ይከላኸለልካ፡
-       ማስክ ምግባር ካብ ኣፍን ኣፍንጫን ዝወጽእ ነጠብጣብ ናብ ኣየር ከይብተን’ሞ ብኻልኦት ብትንፋስ ከይሰሓብ ይከላኸል፡
መጽናዕቲታት ከምዝሕብርዎ ክታበት ኮቪድ-19 ክሳብ ዝርከብ መሸፈኒ ገጽ ምግባር ኣዝዩ ውጽኢታውን ቀሊልንን መከላከሊ ዝርግሐ ኮቪድ-19 ኢዩ።
ናይ ሓደ ስድራ ኣባላት እንተዘይኰንኩም ኩሉግዜ ርሕቀትኩም ሓልዉ።
ንስኻትኩምን ኣነን ዘይክንሓምም ወይ ድማ ብቐሊሉ ክንሓልፎ ንኽእል ንኸውን፤ ነገርግን ናብ ዓበይቲ፡ ዝተቓልዑ ህጻናት ብቐሊሉ ከነመሓላልፎ ከም እንኽእል ምስትውዓል የድሊ።
እንቋዕ ናብ ሓምለ 4 ኣብጽሓና!
ሰላም ቅነ!
ዶ/ር ኣስቴር ኣ.
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