Name

The association was named Mahibre Kidusan (an association in the name of Saints). Saints are venerated and commemorated because they abandoned the secular world and sacrificed their lives in the Orthodox faith, whose foundation is the teaching of the prophets and the apostles.

History

In 1977 EC (Ethiopian Calendar) some higher education students inspired the youth on college campuses to become members of Sunday school and learn the teachings of the Church. This effort was later strengthened by students trained in  Ziway Hamere Berehan St. Gabriel Clergy Training Monastery by the then Archbishop of Shewa, Abune Gorgorious II.

The movement continued in Bilatie military camp which brought together students of different higher education institutions 1983 EC. A year later, with the blessing of the Church fathers, the association was formed under the name “Mahibere Kidusan” under the Sunday School Department of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Since then the association has been providing spiritual services in various ways. 

Vision

To see the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church strengthened in its spiritual service and economic capacity, the gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ spread throughout the world, and the faithful multiplied throughout the world with a strong and firm faith. 

Mission

Using various science and technological innovations for the teaching of the faith, strengthen campus conference students and the faithful in general to preserve the teaching of the Gospel, the Church’s Canons and Traditions; work to strengthen the administrative structure and capacity of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and strengthen the Church’s apostolic service cognizant of the ever-changing religious, social, economic and political challenges.

OBJECTIVES

1. Empower the Church’s Institutional management, operating system, and perception through technology and various means to strengthen its service redeeming the time.  
2. Teaching students of higher education institutions with a curriculum to build the full potential of their humanity, prepare and commission servants that redeem the time, embrace orthodoxy, serve in the hierarchy of the church, and actively participate in the social,  economic, and political affairs and governance of the country.
3. Enhance the role of empowerment of children and the youth by strengthening the capacity of Sunday Schools that are a source of the succeeding generation.
4. Building Orthodox families that exhibit Orthodox spirituality and preserve its unity to execute an organized and cohesive service. 
5. Expand the gospel and apostolic mission in an organized manner throughout the world through multifaceted means, with a focused and targeted end. 
6. Preserving the Church thru firm apologetics based on the study and research about the blazon rumor on Church, spurious tales and trials of the Church activities by challenging and correcting the mistakes.
7. For the association to create an institutional working system redeeming the time, enabling the fulfillment of its mission. (in Management, Human Resource, Spirituality, Relation, Knowledge, Development, Finance and Technology)
8. Enhance the economic, social and political participation of orthodox through the principle of International Public Relation and Cooperatives Services.

Institutional Values:

Spirituality: It is the incarnation of the True Orthodox Religion, inveterate faith, good endeavors and spiritual knowledge; diligence God’s embodiment and cherishes the return to the Lord through the apostolic fight and a heavenly life; Thus, members are made by conversing and working in Christians endeavors at any state, period and condition. Trailing the path of patristic fathers, they serve humbly, faithfully with the trepidation of God.

Servanthood: Members of the association serve with the indication of their Christian life, in a good will, seeking heavenly honor and grace, detesting worldly honor and praise vanity, sincerely, faithfully and with Christian love.

Leadership of Thoughts:  The association works in collaboration with leader of church concerned with the sustainability of the Church’s service necessary for the emit of orthodox ideas, with the timely thoughts and leadership

Cooperation – The association believes church’s service is the activity of all members of the church. Therefore, it works in accordance with the issue, properly with shareholders and partners with affinity, discussion and sincerity for the unison of the mission, venerating sundry grace in incarnation.

Veneration of Professions:  It gives proper veneration and priority for skillful thoughts that do not contrast with orthodoxy education and are based with real information within any of its activities done by servile utilizing their various skill and knowledge of the association’s members, as they are congregated in serving the church. It also works for the endowment of proper veneration of the spiritual and carnal profession and professionals.

Rational Orator:  The association works for the challenge and resolution of the church’s internal and external obstacles, activities, habitual and histories based on the right data, clear and spiritual firm and truth.

Accountability: – Service of the association goal is embracing heavenly virtue. It therefore makes it accountable before God and the pupil as well, if it does not fulfill its responsibility properly. The manager or member in any of its ladder, is liable for the responsibility given within the work of the association.

Stand

The association shall not interfere in administrative affairs of the church and it is free from and political affiliation.

Membership

Disciples who trained in various training institution of the church and providing ministerial activity.

Higher institution students attending Sunday in their respective parishes.

Member of Sunday school or/and parish that provides spiritual service after graduating from higher institution.

The laity who supports the objective of the association with their knowledge, money and labor.

Structure

Mahiber Kidusan is set under the Sunday School department of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. It provides spiritual services by its sub centers in the dioceses all over the country and in the Diaspora.