kidane mehret

Our church hosts a large number of congregations, and services are often taking place simultaneously in different spaces. There is an Ethiopian Orthodox congregation, and today they were celebrating a special feast that I found out later was Kidane Mehret, Covenant of Mercy, which honours Mary. I wish I had had a camera to take pictures of the women (the vast majority were women) after the service; some of them were dressed in beautiful white outfits with gold trim, and I was told that they were the choir. Nearly all of the congregation were wrapped in white over their normal clothes.

I could find any photos of Kidane Mehret celebrations in my brief online search, but I did find this lovely slideshow on YouTube, not of the feast but of the Kidane Mehret Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Shawnee, Kansas.