{"id":41577,"date":"2016-05-09T19:41:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T00:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=41577"},"modified":"2016-05-12T06:49:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T11:49:44","slug":"ethiopians-celebrate-fasika-easter-in-chicago-following-55-day-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/ethiopians-celebrate-fasika-easter-in-chicago-following-55-day-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopians celebrate Fasika (Easter) in Chicago following 55-day fast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> By <a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s=hannah+gebresilassie\">Hannah Gebresilassie<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Hundreds of Ethiopians came together at Debre Tsion Medhanealem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church in Chicago to celebrate Fasika, or Easter, on May 1.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-hour service includes individual and community prayers led by Father Michael\u00a0during worship. From Good Friday to Easter Sunday, priests and some church members don\u2019t eat anything to show their commitment to God.<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 165960002 w=474]<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">This video recaps the 6-hour Ethiopian Orthodox Easter service held at Debre Tsion Medhanealem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church in Chicago in two minutes. (Hannah Gebresilassie\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n<p>Leading up to Fasika, most members at church commit to the Ethiopian Orthodox Lent fast. The strict 55-day fast involves\u00a0no eating animal or dairy products and extended periods of worship and prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Incense, or etan, is used as one of the sacrifices the church offers to God. This compliments one of the most important offerings of the ceremony, holy communion.<\/p>\n<p>Candles are lit to show faith in the resurrection of Jesus Christ and glorify God, according to the Eastern Orthodox faith. Women cover their hair and everyone removes their shoes when entering the sanctuary to show respect to holy traditions.<\/p>\n<p>Toward the end of the service, drums come alive as the choir, or the mezemran, sings and rejoices while praising God. They also sing while walking in a circle to symbolize God exists all over the universe and the word of God is evangelized all over the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Candles are lit during the\u00a02016 Fasika (Easter) at Debre Tsion Medhanealem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church on May 1st. (Hannah Gebresilassie\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Hannah Gebresilassie Hundreds of Ethiopians came together at Debre Tsion Medhanealem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church in Chicago to celebrate Fasika, or Easter, on May 1. The 6-hour service includes individual and community prayers led by Father Michael\u00a0during worship. From Good Friday to Easter Sunday, priests and some church members don\u2019t eat anything to show [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":41579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2582],"tags":[2744,61,728,2746,1646,2373,2655,2748,2653,2654,2745,2747],"class_list":["post-41577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spring-2016","tag-african","tag-chicago","tag-church","tag-easter","tag-ethiopia","tag-ethiopian","tag-ethiopians-in-chicago","tag-fasika","tag-habesha","tag-habeshan","tag-orthodox","tag-orthodox-easter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ethiopians celebrate Fasika (Easter) in Chicago following 55-day fast - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/ethiopians-celebrate-fasika-easter-in-chicago-following-55-day-fast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ethiopians celebrate Fasika (Easter) in Chicago following 55-day fast - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Hannah Gebresilassie Hundreds of Ethiopians came together at Debre Tsion Medhanealem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church in Chicago to celebrate Fasika, or Easter, on May 1. 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