Kristos Samra
15th century Ethiopian saint / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kristos Samra (Ge'ez: ክርስቶስ ሠምራ, romanized: Kristos Šemra, c. 15th century) was an Ethiopian female saint who founded an eponym monastery in Lake Tana.[1][2]
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Kristos Samra | |
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Born | 15th century Bulga, Shewa, Ethiopian Empire |
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Feast | 30 August (nehasə 24 in Ethiopian calendar) |
Attributes | Woman with two-sided wings |
Patronage | Ethiopians |
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She is one of Ethiopians over two-hundred indigenous saints[3] and the earliest of about fourteen Ethiopian female saints.[4] After Virgin Mary, she is considered one of female saints by Ethiopians who was totally sinless.[1]
She is venerated by both the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, with her feast day on 30 August.[2]