About Us

Mahibere Kidusan literally means “Association in the Name of Saints,” was established to honor the Saints who renounced worldly pleasures and sacrificed their lives for the Orthodox faith—the very faith prophesied by the prophets and preached by the apostles.
Mahibere Kidusan Coordinating Center in North America is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 84-1600968) established exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, cultural and social purpose of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in united state as well as in Ethiopia.

Our Vision

Envisioning the Church fulfilling its universal leadership role.

Our Mission

To cultivate a well-rounded , faithful, and articulate generation that diligently works to fulfill the mission of the Church- defending her traditions, enriching her service, and exemplifying a life rooted in Orthodox values.

WHAT WE DO

Humanitarian outreach and charitable service

Professional and public engagement for Orthodox graduates

Institutional capacity building and church management

Promotion of Orthodox family and community life

Research and apologetic to defend the faith

Mission and evangelism effort

Theological training through Esdros Seminary

Support for student and campus fellowship

Sunday School and Youth Ministry

Spiritual education and leadership formation

HISTORY

1984 G.C.

The Movement

A small group of visionary university students inspired their peers to join Sunday School and immerse themselves in the teachings of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

Their mission gained deeper roots through students trained at the Zeway Hamere Berehan St. Gabriel Clergy Training Monastery.

1990 G.C.

A Call to Unity

When university students across the nation were summoned for military service, a moment of hardship turned into one of divine purpose.

The youth grew stronger in fellowship across Ethiopia.

1992 G.C.

Formal Establishment

With the blessing of the Holy Synod, the movement was officially organized as “Mahibere Kidusan.”

It continues to flourish in spiritual service throughout Ethiopia and the diaspora.

ORGANIZATIONAL ASSETS

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 heavenly life.

Servanthood

Members of the association serve with the indication of their Christian life, in a good will, seeking heavenly honor and grace.

Leadership of Thoughts

The association works in collaboration with leader of church concern with the sustainability of the Church’s service.

Accountability

Service of the association goal is embracing heavenly virtue.

Cooperation

The association believes church service is the activity of all members.

Respecting professional opinion

It gives proper respect and priority for skillful thoughts.

Rational Orator

The association works for the challenge and resolution of church’s internal and external obstacles.

OBJECTIVES

Empower the Church’s Institutional management, operating system and perception for a strong and time redeemer services, through support of technology and various methods.

Expand gospel and apostolic mission multifaceted all over the world by organized and accessible centralized method.

Fructify and procure servile who are redeemer of the time, whole and orthodox, serving in the constitution of the Church as well as active participants in the social, economic, political and national management affairs through constructible curriculum, enabling students of Higher School Institutions attain full personhood.

Preserving the Church through 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.

Enhance the role of empowerment of children and youngsters by consolidating the Sunday School’s capacity to empower the successor generation’s source.

Executing organized and discerning services by constructing a family expressing orthodox spirituality endeavors and orthodox community maintaining its unity.

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).

Enhance the economic, social and political participation of orthodox through the principle of International Public Relation and Cooperatives Services.

MEMBERSHIP

Mahibere Kidusan members are devoted believers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church who join the association to serve the Church in unity, guided by the direction of the Holy Synod.

Members are expected to:

Regularly attend services at their local parish church.

Be active participants in either a Sunday School or the Church’s Sebeka Gubae (board).

Contribute a monthly financial donation to support the organization’s goals.

STRUCTURE

Mahibere Kidusan is set under the Sunday School department of the Ethiopian Tewahedo Orthodox Church (EOTC). MKUS is one of Mahibere Kidusan’s centers and provides spiritual services by its Regional coordinating centers and Subcenters and Coordinating centers in the EOTC dioceses all over US and in the Diaspora. MKUS consists of 14 main sections, along with Audit and Board bodies, with day-to-day operations led by the MKUS Office. To learn more, please visit our Organizational Structure page.