Celebrations and Songs

In Ethiopia, St. Mark is celebrated with drums and dances, showing love for their apostolic hero, linked through Alexandria’s Church, per The Churches of Ethiopia. On Miyazia 30 or festival days like Timket (Epiphany), chapels in Addis Ababa and Axum buzz with Ge'ez chants, some say like “Markos Ze-Kidan”, per Ethiopian Synaxarion. Priests in bright robes clap sistra, symbolizing angelic praise, while kids stomp to the beat.

Some say in Gondar, a man was healed during the hymn “Qeddus Markos” (Holy Mark), through Mark’s prayers to Christ. With fewer Mark churches, his songs shine, telling of his Gospel and martyrdom, per liturgical studies. For kids, taught through icons, it’s a joyful party where Mark’s lion spirit, through Christ, leaps in the music, tying Ethiopia to his great story of faith.