Christianity, the Fast of Nineveh (Classical Syriac: ܒܥܘܬܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܝ̈ܐ Bā'ūṯā ḏ-Ninwāyē, literally "Petition of the Ninevites") is a three-day fast starting the...

you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script. Nineveh (/ˈnɪnɪvə/ NIN-iv-ə; Akkadian: 𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀, URUNI.NU.A, Ninua; Biblical...

The Fast of Nineveh, commemorating the preaching of Jonah. It comes on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the third week before Lent. The Fast of Wednesdays...

the feast of Gena and the 29th of Tahsas and 28th if the year is preceded by leap year. The Fast of Nineveh, commemorating the preaching of Jonah. It...

considered a separate fast rather than part of the fast of Advent. It commemorates the three days that the people of Nineveh fasted in repentance after...

Fast (variable length) Dormition Fast (two weeks) Fast of Nineveh (three days) called Saint Sargis the General's fast in the Armenian Apostolic Church...

dismissal of the AlleluiaPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Fast of Nineveh – Three-day fast in Assyrian Christianity Fasting § Christianity...

" After Jonah has walked across Nineveh, the people begin to believe his word and proclaim a fast. The king of Nineveh puts on sackcloth and sits in ashes...

settlement of the Christological issue of the divine nature of God the Son and his relationship to God the Father, the construction of the first part of the...

Nicene Christian tradition. Oriental Orthodoxy is one of the oldest branches in Christianity. As some of the oldest religious institutions in the world, the...

Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon is a version of the Christian Bible used in the two Oriental Orthodox Churches of the Ethiopian and Eritrean traditions: the...

based on Cyril of Alexandria's formula μία φύσις τοῦ θεοῦ λόγου σεσαρκωμένη, meaning "one physis of the Word of God made flesh" (or "... of God the Word...

claims of Ezana: I, Ezana, King of the Kingdom of Aksum and Himyarites and of Reeidan and of the Ethiopians and of the Sabaites and of Sileel (?) and of Hasa...

century. Often credited with being the forerunner of traditional music of Ethiopia, he developed the music of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Eritrean Orthodox...

religion of Armenia, making the Armenian kingdom the first state to officially embrace Christianity. The name Tiridates is the Greek variant of the Parthian...

Province of Central Africa Church of the Province of Myanmar Church of the Province of South East Asia Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean Church of the...

Mother of God, Coptic Christians fast 15 days; fasting is also done before the feast of Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, starting from the day of Pentecost...

group of missionaries who were important in the initial growth of Christianity in what is now Ethiopia during the late 5th century. The names of the Nine...

the national church of Armenia. Part of Oriental Orthodoxy, it is one of the most ancient Christian institutions. The Kingdom of Armenia was the first...

Church of Jules Ferrette. Metropolitan Seraphim of Glastonbury has served as the metropolitan of the Metropolis of Glastonbury and Patriarch of the Orthodox...

influential in many of the early theological controversies of the Christian church. It was one of the two major centers of the study of biblical exegesis...

a disservice to the original Greek meaning of metanoia. In Christianity, the Greek philosophical concept of metanoia has become linked with Christian prayer...

Peshitta (Classical Syriac: ܦܫܺܝܛܬܳܐ or ܦܫܝܼܛܬܵܐ pšīṭta) is the standard version of the Bible for churches in the Syriac tradition, including the Maronite Church...

Orthodox Church observes three extra days of fasting before the beginning of the Nativity Fast. Many more details of the story are found on a Coptic website...

Addai of Edessa (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ, Mar Addai or Mor Aday sometimes Latinized Addeus) or Thaddeus of Edessa was one of the seventy disciples of Jesus....

to poets telling the story of creation. Sauma d-Ba'utha ܒܥܘܬܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܝܐ‎, the Nineveh fast, is a three-day period of fasting and prayer. Somikka, All Saints...

Oriental Orthodox theology refers to the study of God and Christian teachings within the context of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. The Oriental Orthodox...

e., the Israelites). It tells the story of two Israelite families, that of the blind Tobit in Nineveh and of the abandoned Sarah in Ecbatana. Tobit's...

of August) The Fast of the Ninevites commemorates the repentance of Nineveh at the preaching of Jonah, and is carefully kept. Those of Mar Zaya and the...

symbols instead of Ethiopic characters. Frumentius (Ge'ez: ፍሬምናጦስ; died c. 383) was a Phoenician Christian missionary and the first bishop of Axum who brought...