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*** Corona Virus (COVID-19) Update ***
** September 20, 2020 **
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** NOTICE **
Effective September 20, 2020
The Church of Haile Selassie I in Brooklyn, NY. is
scheduling Grand re-opening on November 2, 2020.
(any updates will be updated here)
Due to the ongoing worldwide impacts of the Coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic and to be in full compliance with the
law:
All locations of
The Church of Haile Selassie I (CHSI)
will adhere to local laws.
CHSI Worship service Zoom broadcasts can be
viewed/listen to as noted above:
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We would like you to join us in making a difference. The Church of Haile Selassie I is raising money to
benefit The Church of Haile Selassie I Inc., Volunteer Prison Ministry to Rastafarian inmates in Prison.
The Church of Haile Selassie I is a Rastafarian Church that preaches the divinity of Emperor Haile Selassie
I, the 225th grandson of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
The Priests and Levites of the Church are the volunteers.
Any donation will help make an impact to our expenses.
Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to the inmates, the Church and
the Prison.
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Deuteronomy 6 v4-7
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, Emperor Haile Selassie I,
is one LORD:
5 And thou shalt love the LORD, Emperor Haile Selassie I, thy
God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
might.
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in
thine heart:
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and
shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when
thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when
thou risest up.
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Psalm 18 v28, 30
28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God, Emperor
Haile Selassie I, will enlighten my darkness.
30 As for God, his way is perfect: the world of the LORD,
Emperor Haile Selassie I, is tried: he is a buckler to all those
that trust in him.
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Mark 9 v42
42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that
believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone where hanged
about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
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Joshua 24 v15
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, Emperor
Haile Selassie I, choose you this day whom ye shall serve;
whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the
other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose
land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we serve the LORD,
Emperor Haile Selassie I.
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Isaiah 28 v2, 12
2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a
tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty
waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause
the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not
hear.
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Ecclesiastes 8 v2, 5
2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in
regard of the oath of God.
5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing:
and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
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1 Samuel 12 v12
12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of
Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall
reign over us: when the LORD your God, Emperor Haile Selassie
I, was your king, Negus Tafari.
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Matthew 11 v29
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and
lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
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October 7th 1928 (7 Maskaram) - Divine Kingship of Ras Tafari
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This day represents a Holy Day. This is when Ras Tafari was acclaimed ‘Negus’, King of Ethiopia,
fulfilling Isaiah 43v15, “I am the Lord Ras Tafari your Holy One Creator of Israel, your King.”.
The Church of Haile Selassie I celebrates with short Prayer and Service starting at 11am.
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The Church of Haile Selassie I will be having service on October 7, 2020 at 11am and will
have a celebration around 4pm - 6pm ET (*updated time*)
(See Zoom details below)
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Negus Day
On this day October 7, 1928
Crown Prince Ras Tafari Makonnen was anointed and elevated to
Negus Tafari Makonnen
"The Anointed One, Messiah, Christ, and King"
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Isaiah 43 v3,15
3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy
Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
15 I am the LORD, Negus Tafari, your Holy One, the creator of
Israel, your King.
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Psalm 47 v1-9
1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the
voice of triumph.
2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all
the earth.
3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under
our feet.
4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of
Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a
trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises unto our King, Negus
Tafari, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises with
understanding.
8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne
of his holiness.
9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the
people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth
belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
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Amos 9 v11
11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is
fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his
ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
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Zechariah 12 v7-8
7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the
glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of
Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall
be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the
angel of the LORD before them.
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Isaiah 60 v12, 14
12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall
perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending
unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves
down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of
the LORD, Emperor Haile Selassie I, The Zion of the Holy One of
Israel.
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Psalm 56 v10-12
10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD, Emperor Haile
Selassie I, will I praise his word.
11 In God, Emperor Haile Selassie I, have I put my trust: I will
not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God, Emperor Haile Selassie I: I
will render praises unto thee.
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Zechariah 14 v16-17
16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of al the
nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from
year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, Emperor
Haile Selassie I, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the
families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the
LORD of hosts, Emperor Haile Selassie I, even upon them be no
rain.
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Malachi 3 v17-18
17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, Emperor
Haile Selassie I, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I
will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous
and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that
serveth him not.
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On this day... September 27, 1916
Dejazmatch Tafari Makonnen elevated to
Crown Prince Ras Tafari and Regent Plenipotentiary
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On the 27th September 1916 (17th Mäskäräm
1909) Archbishop Abuna Mattewos, Etchäge Waldä
Giyorgis with the priests and the nobles with the
army appointed Dejazmatch Tafari Makonnen; Ras
Crown Prince and Regent Plenipotentiary of the
Imperial Ethiopian Empire.
Source: The Church of Haile Selassie Inc.
Ourselves, by virtue of Our descent from the Queen of
Sheba and King Solomon, ever since We accepted in
trust, in 1909 (1916), first the regency of the
Ethiopian realm and later the Imperial dignity, right
up to the present, We have set out to the best of Our
ability to improve, gradually, internal administration
by introducing into the country western modes of
civilization through which Our people may attain a
higher level; hence Our conscience does not rebuke
Us. The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Sellassie I
(volume 1)
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Isaiah 51 v4 & 7
4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my
nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my
judgement to rest for a light of the people.
7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in
whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither
be ye afraid of their revilings.
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Psalm 37 v23, 25, 37, 39-40
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he
delighteth in his way.
25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of
that man is peace.
39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD, Emperor
Haile Selassie I: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
40 And the LORD, Emperor Haile Selassie I, shall help them,
and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and
save them, because they trust in him.
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Malachi 3 v 6 & 16
6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob
are not consumed.
16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another:
and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of
remembrance was written before him for them that feared the
LORD, and that thought upon his name, Emperor Haile Selassie
I.
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Lamentation 3 v21-22, 26
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed,
because his compassions fail not.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for
the salvation of the LORD, Emperor Haile Selassie I.
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1 John 4 v6 & 13-14
6 We are of God, Emperor Haile Selassie I: he that knoweth God
heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know
we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because
he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son
to the Saviour of the world.
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Proverbs 22 v17, 19, 21
17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and
apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, Emperor Haile Selassie
I, I have made know to thee this day, even to thee.
21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of
truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them
that send unto thee?
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1 Peter 3 v15
15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready
always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason
of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
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3 John 1v3-5, 11
3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified
of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in
truth.
5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the
brethren, and to strangers;
11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is
good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doesth evil
hath not seen God.
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Isaiah 60 v1 & 22
1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory off the LORD,
Emperor Haile Selassie I, is risen upon thee.
22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a
strong nation: I the LORD, Emperor Haile Selassie I, hasten it in
his time.
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Job 5 v7-8
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 I would seek unto God, Emperor Haile Selassie I, and unto
God, Emperor Haile Selassie I, would I commit my cause:
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Jeremiah 31 v33-34
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the
house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, Emperor Haile
Selassie I, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in
their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and
every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD, Emperor Haile
Selassie I: for they shall all know me, from the least of them
unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD, Emperor Haile
Selassie I, for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember
their sin no more.
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Ezekiel 11 v19-20
19 And I, Emperor Haile Selassie I, will give them one heart,
and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony
heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine
ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I,
Emperor Haile Selassie I, will be their God.
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Melkam Addis Amet
September 11, 2013
(Ethiopian Calendar)
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Happy Ethiopian New Year
September 11, 2020
(Gregorian Calendar)
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Deuteronomy 29 v10-12
10 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God;
Emperor Haile Selassie I, your captains of your tribes, your
elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy
camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawers of thy
water:
12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy
God, Emperor Haile Selassie I, and into his oath, which the
LORD thy God, Emperor Haile Selassie I, maketh with thee this
day:
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Psalm 92 v13
13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall
flourish in the courts of our God, Emperor Haile Selassie I.
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Isaiah 66 v22-23
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will
make, shall remain before me, Emperor Haile Selassie I, saith
the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to
another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come
to worship before me, Emperor Haile Selassie I, saith the LORD.
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Joel 2 v15-17
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn
assembly:
16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the
elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let
the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of
her closet.
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, Emperor Haile
Selassie I, weep between the porch and the alter, and let them
say, Spare thy people, O LORD, Emperor Haile Selassie I, and
give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should
rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people,
Where is their God?
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Hosea 14 v1-2
1 O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; Emperor Haile
Selassie I, for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: Emperor Haile
Selassie I, Take away all inquity, and receive us graciously: so
will we render the calves of our lips.
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Psalm 17 v1-2, 6
1 Hear the right, O LORD, Emperor Haile Selassie I, attend
unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer.
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes
behold the thing that are equal.
6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God,
Emperor Haile Selassie I: incline thine ear unto me, and
hear my speech.
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Jude 1 v 20, 22, 24-25
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy
faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to
present your faultless before the presence of his glory with
exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, Emperor Haile
Selassie I, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both
now and for ever. Amen.
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John 15 v3-5
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken
unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of
itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye
abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me,
and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me
ye can do nothing.
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Joshua 3 v7
7 And the LORD, said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to
magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that,
as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
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Psalm 24 v1
The earth is the LORD's and the fulness thereof; the world, and
they that dwell therein.
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Hosea 1 v10
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand
of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it
shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them,
Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the
sons of the living God.
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Micah 4 v1
1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain
of the house of the LORD, Emperor Haile Selassie I, shall be
established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted
above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
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Isaiah 11 v2
2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the
spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel
and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the
LORD;
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Psalm 87 v 1-4
1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.
2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the
dwellings of Jacob.
3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that
know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this
man, Emperor Haile Selassie I, was born there.
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2 Chronicles 7 v10
10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh
month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and
merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had
showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his
people.
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Isaiah 9 v6
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and
the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name
shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, The Mighty God,
The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
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People of my country and especially my faithful soldiers!
No human lips can express the thankfulness which I feel to the merciful God who has enabled me
to stand in your midst on this day of which the angels in heaven and the creation on earth could
neither have thought of nor known. Before everything else I want to tell you and to make you
understand that this day is a day on which a fresh chapter of the history of the New Ethiopia
begins. In this new era a new work is commencing which it is the duty of all of us to perform. ....
His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I (click here for full text)
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Isaiah 43 v11 & 14
11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no
saviour.
14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of
Israel; for your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have
brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose
cry is in the ships.
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Psalm 48 v1-3
1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city
of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is
mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great
King.
3 God is known in her places for a refuge.
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Revelation 12 v7-10
7 And there was a war in heaven: Michael and his angels
fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his
angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any
more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent,
called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole
world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were
cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is
come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God,
His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I, and the
power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast
down, which accused them before our God day and night.
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Revelation 17 v14
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, His Imperial
Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I, and the Lamb shall
overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings:
and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and
faithful.
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** Battle of Adwa ~ March 1, 1896 **
Remembrance / Victory Celebration
March 1, 2020 (124th anniversary)
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4) And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I,
call upon his name, Haile Selassie I, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his
name, Haile Selassie I, is exalted.
5) Sing unto the LORD, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I, for he hath done excellent
things: this is known in all the earth.
6) Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
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Video messages from
Abuna Foxe, Abbots, Priests, Levites, and members of
The Church of Haile Selassie I
Abuna Foxe is
International President of
Imperial Ethiopian World Federation, Inc. (I.E.W.F.) and Abuna of
The Church of Haile Selassie I
Please share these video messages with all people who "Love Justice" and hate aggression, especially with our
Ethiopian Brothers and Sisters in the Omoro region of Ethiopia and throughout Ethiopia, who are being denied
access to these messages of support!
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** NEW **
Imperial Ethiopian World
Federation, Inc. (I.E.W.F.)
I.E.W.F. Mass Movement
United States
recorded:
updated:
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** NEW **
Imperial Ethiopian World
Federation, Inc. (I.E.W.F.)
I.E.W.F. Mass Movement
Jamaica
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updated:
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Past Videos will appear in this
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Past Videos will appear in this
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** Previously Featured Item **
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Message to Rastafarians, Ethiopians, and all who
Love Justice and hate aggression!
(added: October 2018)
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"There is no Repatriation"
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The time has come when we as Rastafarians, Haile Selassie I-ites should be asking the question of our passionate
desire for repatriation and our survival as a people.
From 1930 to the present moment in time, our cry for repatriation has become domicile with respect. In 1974-75,
the abolition of the Monarchy of Emperor Haile Selassie I’s rule by a proclamation by the Stalinist government, has
destroyed the hope and aspiration of millions of people. Today Rastafarians are at a crossroads. The question of
where we are coming from, where we are today and where we are going. Ethiopia has had a long line of Kings and
monarchies stretching back over three thousand years.
There is no Ethiopia today because the Monarchy is absent. What will we tell our loved ones and families. Are we
going to tell them that we made a mistake and fail as how the Christ Jesus movement failed the people who are
looking to return to heaven and up to now has not found heaven. Buddah, Ramah and other great seer movements
failed, yet their membership still have faith in their leaders. The Rastafarian movement is different because it is not
eccliastically organized with a leadership of spirituality.
For the first ime in history there is a Rastafarian doctrine or theology called Rastalogy with a spiritual leadership
from the Abuna, compatible to an Overseer (Ezekiel 2: 5 – “And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will
forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them”; yet be able to
give the respect spoken of by Emperor Haile Selassie I’s speech on leadership and what the leader expects from the
membership. The lack of acknowledgement of this leadership has caused a stagnation and a negative development
that today the abolition of the monarchy and no repatriation in our lifetime, leaves Rastafarians naked and socially
and economically displaced.
This is why we are calling this International Conference to discuss where we are coming from, where we are and
where we are going. The question of no repatriation in our lifetime with the abolition of the Solomonic dynasty
cannot be accepted.
The Ethiopia of today that we are seeing with the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), the All People Amhara
Organization (AAPO) and the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) etc create a problem of over two million
displaced people which cannot be solved without the presence of the Monarchy. If there is no Emperor Haile Selassie
I dynasty and only the Stalinist/Marxist government under the disguise of democracy being pushed by the present
Prime Minister, who wants to become King with the blessing of his mother, then there is no repatriation.
With the setting up of his kingdom with his own generals that he pardoned and returned from exile, including
Mengistu, the question of Rastafarians in Ethiopia who is not identified as a part of any ethnic groups in Ethiopia,
who will represent them? Only Emperor Haile Selassie I. The statement made by Emperor Haile Selassie I in the
Parliament of Jamaica in 1966 that Jamaicans and Ethiopians are ‘blood brothers’ is not supported by the present
government. So repatriation in the eyes of the present government is nonexistent.
Today, the Church of Haile Selassie I and the Imperial Ethiopian World Federation Inc., are the only legal entities in
the world that represent Rastafarians whether they accept it or not.
Please come to the conference with any opposition to the above statements or questions dealing with repatriation
in our lifetime and seeing where we are going in the future with our loved ones and families.
Abuna Ammanuel Foxe
International President
Imperial Ethiopian World Federation, Inc. (I.E.W.F.)
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The present political upheaval in Ethiopia and the overthrowal of Emperor Haile Selassie I and the abolition of
Constitutional Monarchy, have resulted in policies in Ethiopia that abbreviate repatriation in Rasta lifetime.
In the face of this Rastafarians have to acknowledge that their Jamaican nationality, their Ethiopian sovereignty and
the ability to survive economically, cannot exist without the presence of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile
Selassie I and an effective Crown Council. There is no representation for Rastafarians dealing with repatriation,
either in the west or in Ethiopia.
This makes the Imperial Ethiopian World Federation Inc., (I.E.W.F. Inc.,) have to utilize the broadcast of King Ahma
Selassie I as the preamble of the I.E.W.F. Inc., Political Programme Policy for the directive of our future personal and
Rastafarian objectives. For our future Rastafarian objectives we should interpret the speeches of His Imperial
Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I as the criteria to call all Rastafarians together to consolidate something meaningful
such that the world will see a meaningful effort from the Rastafarians worldwide after over a decade of spiritual and
passionate dream of the Rastafarian during his lifetime.
Rastafarian beliefs were born out of politics from 1916 to today we have to unite and that can only come about
through the 1993 Broadcast of King Ahma Selassie I to Rastafarians those that love justice and hate aggression. We
have to create an effective organized policy Programme through farming to consolidate our economic viability,
spiritual change through ‘tradition and customs must be modified to ensure the continuity of Rastaism.
The Rastafarianism is older than the two political parties in Jamaica. We have to go back to the blackboard and
accept that repatriation became our passionate desire and made us forget ourselves as the economic man and the
question of our political responsibility and not only our spiritual life today after the advent of 1974-75. We are
frustrated because we still are preaching repatriation and there is none as there is no political mechanism set up
outside of the I.E.W.F. Inc., with opposition from other Rasta organizations who are living in the past.
How can we survive in the twenty-first century with just sentiments? We will have to call a conference and accept
the leadership of the Imperial Ethiopian World Federation Inc., and the Political Programme. The I.E.W.F. Inc.,
contested three (3) general elections in Jamaica, we have an elementary school, a medical center and Temple
Worship Oneness. We also have a Farming Project ongoing with over ten (10) acres of land to plant reap and become
economically viable.
We believe that if we have a conference it will result in finding people who want to contribute something
meaningful. Jamaica is a democracy in Jamaica then we must put it on trial. We have to participate in politics to
ensure our political, economic and spiritual survival.
We must create our own perestroika to the current economic system. We have to go back to the drawing board and
question where we are coming from, where we are today and where we are going in the future. We must believe that
repatriation is abbreviated and think more along the lines of creating economic viability, low cost houses, schools,
clinic and Temple worship and try to bring back law and order with training centers for the youth.
His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I speech on leadership must be the criteria to approach our political
quest for Rasta representation in Parliament and our Policy Programme for the development of Rasta in the future
through involvement in the politics of Jamaica as Rastafarians.
Man is a political animal. Politics is the food that you eat, the clothes you wear and where you live. We cannot focus
on the past, the former things of old identified in Isaiah 43: 18-19. We have to move politically in Jamaica as Jamaica
Nationals and Ethiopian Sovereigns and try to change the politics of Ethiopia and Jamaica from neocolonialism,
nepotism and corruption.
This writing is introducing a Policy Programme that is open to debate and discussion in the interest of getting a
broad consensus on our future as a people. We need people who are in search and believe they have a contribution
to the question of a Policy Programme for Rasta Political future.
Abuna Ammanuel Foxe
International President
Imperial Ethiopian World Federation, Inc. (I.E.W.F.)
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01/07/2018: Update: ...Apologies for delay in getting last weeks (12/31/17) Worship Service Scriptures posted. Expect
to have posted in the next day or so. Please check back soon! Bless!
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The Church Store is open!
** (only Books at this time) **
Limited supply so shop early!
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The Church of Haile Selassie I Wellness Centre
in cooperation with the Amha Selassie I Basic School is
offering free Blood Pressure and Health Checks for Community residents
who send their children to the Amha Selassie I Basic school. Program
started in November 2016 and move forward into 2017 and beyond...
(added: 12/02/2016; updated: 01/02/2017)
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Seeking support for Rastafarian Senator in Jamaica Parliament
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I.E.W.F. presents...
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...the Jamaican Democratic Socialism and opposition in Jamaica is not prepared to give the Rastafarian movement
representation in the Parliament as a minority within the political Democracy of Jamaica.
...15% of the Jamaican populous is Rastafarian and the Rastafarian community is older than the two Political Parties;
yet there is no voice of an independent Senator for the Rastafarian.
The Rastafarian communities need help in the areas of basic schools; clinics and social welfare
assistance in the rural areas. Without a "Voice" of Representation in the Jamaican Parliament for the Rastafarian,
Our communities will not benefit from the Government in the near future. It is important
that Our Rastafarian communities in Jamaica and worldwide agitate for a Rastafarian representative in
the Political systems of Jamaica to address these concerns and donate financing when possible.
Give Thanks!
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