Thank you author and thank you all the commentators. This is the kind of discussion we need to have. I believe the last resort for Eritrean’s moral, values and the last resort for our human decency depends on some genuine religious leaders who can stand for the truth and say Yes to all “good” and “no” to evil. Even though PFDJ has been busy imprisoning and eliminating those who are a threat to their evil systems, we know that most of the people are not being fooled and truth will eventually reign in Eritrea. Those of you who are in religious leadership (Christians or Moslems) I urge you to teach your followers the truth boldly just like the four Catholic bishops did this month. Passiveness is like a vote to support the current system.
Dear ERITREAN UNCLE I thank you for being honest in saying you don’t have any knowlege, but for your knowlege a religious leader should not fear persecution, because 11 (ELEVEN) of the Twelve apostles were killed, because of their strong believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. So since the Bishops in the so called Synod in Asmara are the Shepherds of their people they have to learn from the Apostles and take action to save their people.
You cannot ask the dead or the terminally sick person to rise up and do your dirty job that you are not willing to do it yourself. It is morally wrong. You have left Eritrea to live in a safe heaven leaving the old and the weak behind to the prey of the PFDJ mafia. Amazingly, you are now asking the defenseless adherents of the Tewahdo Church to denounce a ruthless tyranny that you did not have the courage to do it while you were under the same PFDJ’s tyranny.
Let me tell you this. The Tewahdo Church (most of its adherents being the poor Eritrean peasants) was ruthlessly weakened by the all-alien-loving ghedli and by the useful idiots. The little thing that was left standing after thirty years of destruction was finally raised to the ground by the PFDJ mafia.
The above article is written by a person who does not know about the agony of the Tewahdo Church and by a person who is not willing to do the dirty job himself. There is no Tewahdo Church; there is only the ghost of its glorious past. The headless people like you had killed and buried it during a long time ago.
It is not the first time PFDJ tried to sow discord among the Catholic hierarchy. In 1995 there was a terrible division orchestrated by PFDJ, among the Akeleguzay Catholics and the (Metahit) Keren Catholics. The division created was up to separating the seminaries and there was a visible enmity among the higher up Catholic clergy. There was even a clear misunderstanding among two bishops at the time. Most catholic schools were seized by PFDJ including the University of Asmara. These are only few examples that the Eritrean Catholic church was not immune to PFDJ interference. In spite of these divisions Catholics got united again after discovering the evil hand of PFDJ.
If PFDJ wants to incarcerate the 4 bishops, it can and I assure you the Vatican does not have power to protect them. There are many hundreds of Catholic Clergy in prisons all over the world for political/moral reasons.
The only reason PFJD is reluctant to take action against them would the banking connection of PFDJ in Italy. Hagos Kisha and Isayas keep the millions of “government” money in Italy and the two are the only ones authorized to deal with it. Now they do no want to take risk with that; no one else wants to keep this money except the Italians. You may ask why would this money be tied to the circumstances of the 4 Bishops? Italian public opinion would be much more serious to PFDJ than the Vatican.
The 4 Bishops would not be saved by anyone else except their conviction, and God’s guidance .The ONE who inspires them and to whom they gave their life to , will protect them. If not they will face any consequences .
To those writers who are urging other religious leaders to follow the 4 Bishops, please stop it . Don’t compare religions. Every religious leader has his vocation and his own timing. The Catholic Bishops are no better and they do their job with humility and obedience to the ONE WHOM they chose to serve.
Zeray June 30, 2014
Thank you author and thank you all the commentators. This is the kind of discussion we need to have. I believe the last resort for Eritrean’s moral, values and the last resort for our human decency depends on some genuine religious leaders who can stand for the truth and say Yes to all “good” and “no” to evil. Even though PFDJ has been busy imprisoning and eliminating those who are a threat to their evil systems, we know that most of the people are not being fooled and truth will eventually reign in Eritrea. Those of you who are in religious leadership (Christians or Moslems) I urge you to teach your followers the truth boldly just like the four Catholic bishops did this month. Passiveness is like a vote to support the current system.
giorgis July 1, 2014
ህግድፋዉያን ካን ናይ ኣቦታቶም ኣደታቶም ዘምልክዎ ብጹዕ ሰመያዊ ኣምላክ ሓዲጎም ነዚ እኩይ ርጉም ምምላክ ጀሚሮም ዘገርም እዩ፡፡ ነዞም ካቶሊካዊት ጳጳሳት ኣብ ምጽላም ተዋፊሮም ኣብ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ዝርከባ ካቶሊካዉያን ቤተክርስትያናት ሕንፍሽፍሽ ከእትዉ ጀሚሮም ኣለዉ ኣዉራጃዊ ሕማም ኣብ መብዛሕትኦም ካቶሊካዉያን ፀንዓ ደግለን ከረንን፡፡ ህግደፍ ሃይማኖት ዘይብሉ ኣረምን ጭፍራ እዩ ካብ ራዕዲ ተንሲኡ ነዚ እከይ ተግባራት ጀሚሩ ኣሎ ነቶም ተረርቲ ልቢ ቅድም ብምስላፍ ከፈራርሑ ጀሚሮም ኣለዉ ብዘይ ዉዓል ሕደር እብ ፍርዲ ኣክበርቲ ጸታን ከነቃልዖም ኣሎና፡፡
Almaz Gual Asmera July 1, 2014
ዝኸበርካ ገርግስ ብመጀመርያ ሰላምታይ ተቐበል። ቀጺለ እዚ ዝበልካዮ ቅኑዕ ሓበሬታ እንተኾይኑ (???…ሕንፍሽፍሽ ንምእታው ውዲት ናይ ሕጊ-ግደፍ’ውን ኪኸውን ስለዝኽእል)…ኣብ ቃልዕ ወጺእካ ኣይኮነን ቃልሲ። ካብ ተሞክሮ ተዋሕዶ ሰሜን ኣመሪካን ኢውሮጳን ብኸመይ ንውዲት ሕጊ-ግደፍ ከምዘምከንዎ …ወስ ከብለልካ። ኣብ ውሽጢ ቤት ጸሎት ምእመናንካ እንዳረደኣካ እዩ። ልዕሊ ጳጳሳት ካቶሊክ ኮይኑ ጸሓይ ንዝወቕዖ ሓቂ ኪጥምዝዝ ዝደልን ነቦታቱ ዝነጽግን እንተሎ እቶም ዝበዝሑ ምእመናን ባዕሎም ዓገብ ኪብልዎ እዮም…እታ ቤተክርስትያን ብሕጋዊ መገዲ ከተደቅሶውን ትኽእል እያ።
Selamawi' July 1, 2014
ጉጀለ ጸየቕቲ ህግደዝፍ ንሕዝቢ ኤርትራ ብብዙሕ መገድታት ክጎጃጅሉዎ ዝተፈላለየ ብልሃት እንድዮም ዝጥቀሙ፥ ኣርዓዶም ከኣ ክኢለዮ ኢልካ ዲኻ ንጸሓፋይ ካቶሊካዊ ኢኻ ቢልካ ትኸሶ ዘለኻ፧
ካድረታት ግዝያዊ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኣብ ዓዲ ይኹን ኣብ ወጻኢ፥ ነቲ ኻቶሊካውያን ጳጳሳት ኤርትራ ዝጸሓፉዎ መንፈሳዊን ማሕበራዊን መዳያት ዘጠቓለለ ምርኡይ ጽሑፍ፥ ብጽሞና ሰሚዖም ኣብ ክንዲ ዝጥቀሙሉ፥ እቲ ነውራም ዝኾነ ናይ ጸለመ ስራሖም ይቕጽሉ ኣለዉ። ጽሑፍካ ከኣ ካብ ክእርም ክዝልፍ፥ ካብ ከፋቐር ኬባእስ ዝደለየ ይመስል እሞ፥ ብስም ልዑል ፈጣሪ ክልምነካ ግደፍ። ክርስትያን እንተዄንካ ወንጌል ተፋቐሩ ደኣምበር ተበኣሱ ኣይብለን ኢዩ ከምዝበሉዎ ሓደ ካብቶም ዓበይቲ ጳጳሳት (ኣቶ ኢሳያስ ኣብ መንደፈራ ኣኪቦም ንካቶሊካውያን ኔው በሉዎም ምስበሉዎም ዝመለሱዋ ቃል ኢዩ)። ክስታናይ እንተ ዘይኮንካ ግን በጃኻ በቦኻን በደኻን ካብ መገዲ ባእሲ ምርሓቕ ይሓይሽ ክብል እፈቱ። ኤርትራዊ እንተዝይኮንካ ድማ፥ በጃኻ ሕማቕ ዘርኢ ኣይፅራእ መርገም ከይኮነካ።
ጸሓፋይ ግን ዝደንዘዘ መንፈስ ሕግደፍን ካድረታቶምን ሰለይቶምን ዝብል ኃይለ ቃል እንተዝሓሪ ምሓሾ ነይሩ እመስለኒ።
ኽ ኣብ ሕጊ ኣይትሕለፍ ካብ ጥዑም ኣይትትረፍ!!
ERITREAN UNCLE July 1, 2014
ኣነ እኳ ዝፈልጦ ነገር እንተዘይብለይ፣እቶም ናይ ኦርቶዶክስ ዓበይቲ መራሕቲ ሱቕ ኢሎም ዘለዉ__ከይንእሰር ጸግዒ ዝኾነና VATICAN ዓይነት ስለ ዘይብልና ኢሎም ዶ ይኾኑ ፧
Selamawi' July 2, 2014
ከም ሎሚ ከይኮነስ ኣብ ዘይትፈልጦ ጦብሎቕሎቕ ምባል ናይ ድንዙዛትን ናይ ዘይቅጹዓትን ኢዩ ኔሩ። ኣብ ዘመን ዘረግቲ ግን ገስረጥ መልእኽቲ ምድርባይ መንፍዓት ኮይኑሎ ይመስለኒ።
ቅድሚ ኩሉ ንሕና ነንሓድሕድና እምበር ምስ ዝጽይቑ ኣኮታትና ክንዛረብ ኣ ይምደለናን። ኣያኒ ካብ በልካ ግን፥ ዘይትፈልጥ እተኾንካ ትም በል። ኩላትና ክንርድኦ ዘለና እቲ ጳጳሳት ካቶሊኽ ዝጸሓፉዎ መልእኽቲ ብቕንዕና እንተ ኣንቢብካዮ፥ ዝሓንጽ እምበር ዝጎድእ የብሉን። እሞ ንምንታይ ደኣክሎም ሕግደፍ ገበን ከምዝገበሩ ኣምሲሎም ኣስማቶም ንምብላልን፥ ንካቶሊካውያን ካብ ኦርቶዶሳውያን ከርሕቑዎም ዝዕሩ ዘለዉ።
እንታይ ዘእሰር ነገር ፈጺሞም ደኣሎም፥ ቫቲካን ኣሚኖም ዘበለካ ከይእሰሩ ምፈርሑ ዘበለካ፧ እቲ ግዝያዊ መንግስቲ ሕግደፍስ ካን ነቶም ዓለም ዝመነኑ ካህናትን ጳጳሳትን ብስም እግዚኣብሔር እንተ ተዛሪብኩም ክኣስረኩምየ ኢዩ ዝብል፧
ሰብ እንተ ዘይፈራሕካስ ፈጣሪኸ ኣይፍራሕንዶ፧
መዋእል ህግደፍ ኣሕጺሩ፥ ምሕረት የውርደልና ፈጣሪ። ኣሜን ንበል
meharenazghi July 2, 2014
Dear ERITREAN UNCLE I thank you for being honest in saying you don’t have any knowlege, but for your knowlege a religious leader should not fear persecution, because 11 (ELEVEN) of the Twelve apostles were killed, because of their strong believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. So since the Bishops in the so called Synod in Asmara are the Shepherds of their people they have to learn from the Apostles and take action to save their people.
giorgis July 2, 2014
ንህግድፋዉያን ተፍርሖም ሕጊ ጥራይ እያ እቶም ኣብ ዑር ንቕድሚት የህንደዱ እቶም ተንኮለኛታት ካድረ ብድሕሪት ይድፍእዎም ኣዉራጃዊ ሎምስ ወረዳዊ ምክፍፋል እናተጠቅሙ ሕጊ ሕጊ ጥራይ እያ ኩርማጅ ሕጒግደፍ
ሊንጎ July 2, 2014
ኣሕዋተየ፡ ጽቡቕ ርኢይቶታት
ኢዩ፡ ነገር ግን ብዛአባ መራሕቲ ሃይማኖት ክንዛረብ አንተድኣ ኮይናስ
በቶም ኣይብዳህን አሎም ተሓይሮም ዘለዉ መራሒ ኦርቶዶክስ
በተክርስትያን ከም መበገሲ አንተገበርናዮ ምሓሽ ይብል፡
Tsehaye July 2, 2014
You cannot ask the dead or the terminally sick person to rise up and do your dirty job that you are not willing to do it yourself. It is morally wrong. You have left Eritrea to live in a safe heaven leaving the old and the weak behind to the prey of the PFDJ mafia. Amazingly, you are now asking the defenseless adherents of the Tewahdo Church to denounce a ruthless tyranny that you did not have the courage to do it while you were under the same PFDJ’s tyranny.
Let me tell you this. The Tewahdo Church (most of its adherents being the poor Eritrean peasants) was ruthlessly weakened by the all-alien-loving ghedli and by the useful idiots. The little thing that was left standing after thirty years of destruction was finally raised to the ground by the PFDJ mafia.
The above article is written by a person who does not know about the agony of the Tewahdo Church and by a person who is not willing to do the dirty job himself. There is no Tewahdo Church; there is only the ghost of its glorious past. The headless people like you had killed and buried it during a long time ago.
Ertrawian meguhaiti!
Fessahaye July 2, 2014
It is not the first time PFDJ tried to sow discord among the Catholic hierarchy. In 1995 there was a terrible division orchestrated by PFDJ, among the Akeleguzay Catholics and the (Metahit) Keren Catholics. The division created was up to separating the seminaries and there was a visible enmity among the higher up Catholic clergy. There was even a clear misunderstanding among two bishops at the time. Most catholic schools were seized by PFDJ including the University of Asmara. These are only few examples that the Eritrean Catholic church was not immune to PFDJ interference. In spite of these divisions Catholics got united again after discovering the evil hand of PFDJ.
If PFDJ wants to incarcerate the 4 bishops, it can and I assure you the Vatican does not have power to protect them. There are many hundreds of Catholic Clergy in prisons all over the world for political/moral reasons.
The only reason PFJD is reluctant to take action against them would the banking connection of PFDJ in Italy. Hagos Kisha and Isayas keep the millions of “government” money in Italy and the two are the only ones authorized to deal with it. Now they do no want to take risk with that; no one else wants to keep this money except the Italians. You may ask why would this money be tied to the circumstances of the 4 Bishops? Italian public opinion would be much more serious to PFDJ than the Vatican.
The 4 Bishops would not be saved by anyone else except their conviction, and God’s guidance .The ONE who inspires them and to whom they gave their life to , will protect them. If not they will face any consequences .
To those writers who are urging other religious leaders to follow the 4 Bishops, please stop it . Don’t compare religions. Every religious leader has his vocation and his own timing. The Catholic Bishops are no better and they do their job with humility and obedience to the ONE WHOM they chose to serve.
giorgis July 3, 2014
ንሕና ደቂ ኣቦና ፓትሪያርክ ኣብ ሃይማኖትና ደው ህግድፋዉያን እንታይ ዘይፈተኑ መን ፈሺሉ ኣምለኵቲ ጣኦት ህሒጊግደፍ