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Ethiopian Lion of Judah (Rev 5:5)

The Lion of Judah was the symbol of the Israelite tribe of Judah in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament).

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· 1 Lion of Judah and Judaism

· 2 Lion of Judah in Christianity

· 3 Lion of Judah in Ethiopia

· 4 Lion of Judah in Rastafari

· 5 Reflist

· 6 External links

Lion of Judah and Judaism

The lion of Judah on the coat of arms of Jerusalem

Within Judaism, the Biblical Judah (in Hebrew: Yehuda) is the original name of the Tribe of Judah - traditionally symbolized by a lion. In Genesis, the patriarch Jacob ("Israel") refers to his son Judah as a Gur Aryeh גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה , a "Young Lion" (Genesis 49:9) when blessing him.^[1] In Jewishnaming tradition the Hebrew name and the substitute name are often combined as a pair, as in this case.

Lion of Judah in Christianity

In Christian tradition, the Lion of Judah represents Jesus. Many Christian organizations and ministries use the lion of Judah as their emblem or even their name.

The phrase appears in the New Testament Book of Revelation 5:5; "And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof."

The use in C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia of a lion named Aslan as a messianic figure may be a reference to this verse of Revelation.

Lion of Judah in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Lion of Judah flag

Ethiopia's traditions, recorded and elaborated in a 13th century treatise, the "Kebre Negest", assert descent from a retinue of Israelites who returned with the Queen of Sheba from her visit to King Solomon in Jerusalem, by whom she had conceived the Solomonic dynasty's founder,Menelik I.

Both Christian and Jewish Ethiopian tradition has it that these immigrants were mostly of the Tribes of Dan and Judah; hence the Ge'ez motto Mo`a 'Anbessa Ze'imnegede Yihuda ("The Lion of the Tribe of Judah has conquered"), included among the titles of the Emperor (King of Kings) throughout the Solomonic Dynasty.

It is unknown whether John of Patmos was directly aware of this hereditary title when he penned it into the text of the prophecy. The Lion of Judah motif figured prominently on the old imperial flag, currency, stamps, etc. and may still be seen gracing the terrace of the capital as a national symbol.

After the collapse of the Communist Derg in 1990 and the increase of Western-style political freedoms, a minor political party bearing the name Mo'a Anbessa made its appearance.

Lion of Judah in Rastafari

In Rastafari, "The Lion of Judah" represents Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, crowned November 2, 1930 with the titles King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Elect of God and Power of the Trinity.

Rastas hold that Selassie is a direct descendant of the Israelite Tribe of Judah through the lineage of King David and Solomon, and that he is also the Lion of Judah mentioned in the Book of Revelation.^{[citation needed]}

The Lion of Judah

Lion of Judah

The Lion of Judah was the symbol of the Israelite tribe of Judah in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament).

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· 1 Lion of Judah and Judaism

· 2 Lion of Judah in Christianity

· 3 Lion of Judah in Ethiopia

· 4 Lion of Judah in Rastafari

· 5 Reflist

· 6 External links

Lion of Judah and Judaism

The lion of Judah on the coat of arms of Jerusalem

Within Judaism, the Biblical Judah (in Hebrew: Yehuda) is the original name of the Tribe of Judah - traditionally symbolized by a lion.

In Genesis, the patriarch Jacob ("Israel") refers to his son Judah as a Gur Aryeh גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה , a "Young Lion" (Genesis 49:9) when blessing him.^[1] In Jewishnaming tradition the Hebrew name and the substitute name are often combined as a pair, as in this case.

Lion of Judah in Christianity

In Christian tradition, the Lion of Judah represents Jesus. Many Christian organizations and ministries use the lion of Judah as their emblem or even their name.

The phrase appears in the New Testament Book of Revelation 5:5; "And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof."

The use in C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia of a lion named Aslan as a messianic figure may be a reference to this verse of Revelation.

Lion of Judah in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Lion of Judah flag

Ethiopia's traditions, recorded and elaborated in a 13th century treatise, the "Kebre Negest", assert descent from a retinue of Israelites who returned with the Queen of Sheba from her visit to King Solomon in Jerusalem, by whom she had conceived the Solomonic dynasty's founder,Menelik I. Both Christian and Jewish Ethiopian tradition has it that these immigrants were mostly of the Tribes of Dan and Judah; hence theGe'ez motto Mo`a 'Anbessa Ze'imnegede Yihuda ("The Lion of the Tribe of Judah has conquered"), included among the titles of the Emperor (King of Kings) throughout the Solomonic Dynasty.

It is unknown whether John of Patmos was directly aware of this hereditary title when he penned it into the text of the prophecy. The Lion of Judah motif figured prominently on the old imperial flag, currency, stamps, etc. and may still be seen gracing the terrace of the capital as a national symbol. After the collapse of the Communist Derg in 1990 and the increase of Western-style political freedoms, a minor political party bearing the name Mo'a Anbessa made its appearance.

Lion of Judah in Rastafari

In Rastafari, "The Lion of Judah" represents Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, crowned November 2, 1930 with the titles King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Elect of God and Power of the Trinity. Rastas hold that Selassie is a direct descendant of the Israelite Tribe of Judah through the lineage of King David and Solomon, and that he is also the Lion of Judah mentioned in the Book of Revelation.^{[citation needed]}

1. ^ Genesis, Chapter 49, Jacob's Blessings, Navigating the Bible II

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Kebra Nagast

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Modern book cover of Kebra Nagast: The Glory of the Kings

The Kebra Nagast (var. Kebra Negast, Ge'ez ,ክብረ ነገሥት, kəbrä nägäst), or the Book of the Glory of Kings, is an account written inGe'ez of the origins of the Solomonic line of the Emperors of Ethiopia.

The text, in its existing form, is at least seven hundred years old, and is considered by many Ethiopian Christians and Rastafarians to be an inspired and a reliable account. Not only does it contain an account of how the Queen of Sheba met Solomon, and about how the Ark of the Covenant came to Ethiopia with Menelik I, but contains an account of the conversion of the Ethiopians from the worship of the sun, moon, and stars to that of the "Lord God of Israel".

As Edward Ullendorff explained in the 1967 Schweich Lectures, "The Kebra Nagast is not merely a literary work, but -- as the Old Testament to the Hebrews or the Qur'an to the Arabs -- it is the repository of Ethiopian national and religious feelings."^[1]

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· 1 Summary of Contents

· 2 Origins

· 3 Early European translations

· 4 Beginnings of modern scholarship of the book

· 5 See also

· 6 Notes

· 7 External links

Summary of Contents

The Kebra Nagast is divided into 117 chapters, and even after a single reading one can see that it is clearly a composite work; Ullendorff describes its narrative "a gigantic conflation of legendary cycles."^[2]

The document is presented in the form of a debate by the 318 "orthodox fathers" of the First Council of Nicaea. These fathers pose the question, "Of what doth the Glory of Kings consist?" One Gregory answers with a speech (chapters 3-17) which ends with the statement that a copy of the Glory of God was made byMoses and kept in the Ark of the Covenant.

After this, the archbishop Domitius^[3] reads from a book he had found in the church of "Sophia" (possibly Hagia Sophia), which introduces what Hubbard calls "the centerpiece" of this work, the story of Makeda (better known as the Queen of Sheba), King Solomon, Menelik I, and how the Ark came to Ethiopia (chapters 19-94).

Although the author of the final redaction identified this Gregory with Gregory Thaumaturgus, who lived in the 3rd century before this Council, the time and the allusion to Gregory's imprisonment for 15 years by the king of Armenia make Gregory the Illuminator a better fit.^[4]

Queen Makeda learns from Tamrin, a merchant based in her kingdom, about the wisdom of King Solomon, and travels to Jerusalem to visit him. She is enthralled by his display of learning and knowledge, and declares "From this moment I will not worship the sun, but will worship the Creator of the sun, the God of Israel." (chapter 28)

The night before she begins her journey home, Solomon tricks her into sleeping with him, and gives her a ring so that their child may identify himself to Solomon. Following her departure, Solomon has a dream in which the sun leaves Israel (chapter 30).

On the journey home, she gives birth to Menelik (chapter 32).^[5]

At the age of 22, Menelik travels to Jerusalem by way of Gaza, seeking Solomon's blessing, and identifies himself to his father with the ring. Overjoyed by this reunion, Solomon tries to convince Menelik to stay and succeed him as king, but Menelik insists on returning to his mother in Ethiopia.

King Solomon then settles for sending home with him a company formed from the first-born sons of the elders of his kingdom. This company of young men, upset over leaving Jerusalem, then smuggle the Ark from the Temple and out of Solomon's kingdom (chapters 45-48) without Menelik's knowledge. He had asked of Solomon only for a single tassel from the covering over the Ark, and Solomon had given him the entire cloth.

During the journey home, Menelik learns the Ark is with him, and Solomon discovers that it is gone from his kingdom. The king attempts to pursue Menelik, but his son is magically flown home before he can leave his kingdom. King Solomon then turns to solace from his wife, the daughter of the Pharaoh of Egypt, and she seduces him into worshiping the idols of her land (chapter 64).

After a question from the 318 bishops of the Council, Domitius continues with a paraphrase of Biblical history (chapters 66-83) then describes Menelik's arrival at Axum, where he is feasted and Makeda abdicates the throne in his favor. Menelik then engages in a series of military campaigns with the Ark, and "no man conquered him, on the contrary, whosoever attacked him was conquered" (chapter 94).

After praising the book Domitius has found, which has established not only Ethiopia's possession of the true Ark of the Covenant, but that the Solomonic dynasty is descended from the first-born son of Solomon (chapter 95).

Gregory then delivers an extended speech with prophetic elements (chapters 95-112), forming what Hubbard calls a "Patristic collection of Prophecies": "There can be little doubt that chapters 102-115 are written as polemic against, if not an evangel to, the Jews.

These chapters seek to prove by OT [Old Testament] allegories and proof-texts the Messianic purpose of Jesus, the validity of the Ethiopian forms of worship, and the spiritual supremacy of Ethiopia over Israel."^[6]Hubbard further speculates that this selection from the Old Testament might be as old as Frumentius, who had converted the Kingdom of Axum to Christianity.^[7]

The Kebra Nagast concludes with a final prophecy that the power of Rome will be eclipsed by the power of Ethiopia, and describes how king Kaleb of Axum, will subdue the Jews living in Najran, and make his younger son Gabra Masqal his heir (chapter 117)

Origins

According to the colophon attached to most of the existing copies, the Kebra Nagast originally was written in Coptic, then translated into Arabic in the Year of Mercy 409 (dated to AD 1225)^[8] by a team of Ethiopian clerics during the office of Abuna Abba Giyorgis, and finally into Ge'ez at the command of the governor of Enderta province Ya'ibika Igzi'. Based on the testimony of this colophon, "Conti Rossini, Littmann, and Cerulli, inter alios, have marked off the period 1314 to 1321-1322 for the composition of the book."^[9]. Marcus, (1994), indicated that the religious epic story was conflated in the fourteenth century by six Tigrayan scribes. Other sources put it as a work of the fourteenth century Nebura’ed Yeshaq of Aksum.

Careful study of the text has revealed traces of Arabic, possibly pointing to an Arabic vorlage, but no clear evidence of a previous Coptic version. Many scholars doubt that a Coptic version ever existed, and that the history of the text goes back no further than the Arabic vorlage.^[10] On the other hand, the numerous quotations in the text from the Bible were not translated from this hypothetical Arabic vorlage, but were copied from the Ethiopian translation of the Bible, either directly or from memory, and in their use and interpretation shows the influence of patristic sources such as Gregory of Nyssa.^[11]

Hubbard details the many sources that the compiler of the Kebra Nagast drew on in creating this work.

They include not only both Testaments of the Bible (although heavier use is made of the Old Testament than the New), but he detects evidence of Rabbinical sources, influence from apocryphal works (especially the Book of Enoch and Book of Jubilees, and such Syriac works as the Book of the Cave of Treasures, and its derivatives the Book of Adam and Eve and the Book of the Bee.^[12]

Marcus thus describes it as "a pasticheof legends ... [that] blended local and regional oral traditions and style and substance derived from the Old and New Testaments, various apocryphal texts, Jewish and Islamic commentaries, and Patristic writings".^[13]

Early European translations

One of the earliest collections of documents of Ethiopia came through the writings of Francisco Álvares, official envoy which king Manuel I of Portugal, sent to Dawit II of Ethiopia, under Ambassador Don Rodrigo De Lima. In the papers concerning this mission, Alvarez included an account of the Emperor of Ethiopia, and a description in Portuguese of the habits of the Ethiopians, titled The Prester John of the Indies, which was printed in 1533.

Additional information on the Kebra Nagast was included by the Jesuit priest Manuel de Almeida in his Historia de Etiopía. Almeida was sent out as a missionary to Ethiopia, and had abundant opportunity to learn about the Kebra Nagast at first hand, owing to his excellent command of the language. His manuscript is a valuable work. His brother, Apollinare, also went out to the country as a missionary and was, along with his two companions, stoned to death in Tigray.

In the first quarter of the 16th century, P.N. Godinho published some traditions about King Solomon and his son Menelek, derived from the Kebra Nagast. Further information about the contents of the Kebra Nagast was supplied by Baltazar Téllez (1595-1675), the author of the Historia General de Etiopía Alta (Coimbra, 1660). The sources of Téllez's work were the histories of Manuel de Almeida, Alfonso Méndez and Jerónimo Lobo.

Beginnings of modern scholarship of the book

It was not until the close of the eighteenth century when James Bruce of Kinnaird, the famous Scottish explorer, published an account of his travels in search of the sources of theNile, that some information as to the contents of the Kebra Nagast came to be generally known amongst European scholars and theologians.

When Bruce was leaving Gondar, Ras Mikael Sehul, the powerful Inderase (regent) of Emperor Tekle Haymanot II, gave him several of the most valuable Ethiopic manuscripts and among them was a copy of the Kebra Nagast. When the third edition of his Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile was published in 1813, a description of the contents of the original manuscript was included. In due course these documents were given to the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.

Although August Dillmann prepared a summary of the contents of the Kebra Nagast, and published its colophon, no substantial portion of the narrative in the original language was available until F. Praetorius published chapters 19 through 32 with a Latin translation.^[14] However 35 years passed before the entire text was published by Carl Bezold, with commentary, in 1905. The first English translation was prepared by E. A. Wallis Budge, which was published in two editions in 1922 and 1932.^[15]

§ Fetha Negest

Notes

1. ^ Edward Ullendorff, Ethiopia and the Bible (Oxford: University Press for the British Academy, 1968), p. 75

2. ^ Ullendorff, Ethiopia and the Bible, p. 141

3. ^ Domitius is identified at the beginning of this section as "Archbishop of Rom" (i.e.Constantinople), and at the end as of Antioch. This person might be identified with Patriarch Domnus II of Antioch, who was deposed at the Second Council of Ephesus. E. A. Wallis-Budge identifies him with Patriarch Timothy III of Alexandria without any explanation.

4. ^ Hubard notes that it is "a tendency common in Near Eastern writings to merge people of the same name." (David Allen Hubbard, "The Literary Sources of the Kebra Nagast" (St. Andrews, 1954), p.253).

5. ^ The Kebra Nagast identifies the country Makeda gives birth to Menelik in as BÂLÂ ZADÎSÂRE(YÂ.

6. ^ Hubbard, "The Literary Sources", p. 39

7. ^ Hubbard, "The Literary Sources", p. 44.

8. ^ Hubbard, "The Literary Sources", p. 358.

9. ^ Hubbard, "The Literary Sources", p. 352.

10. ^ Hubbard, for example, claims to have found only one word which points to a Coptic version. "The Literary Sources", p. 370.

11. ^ One example is that in chapters 106-107 all but three passages quoted also appear in Gregory of Nyssa's Testimonia adversus Judeos. Hubbard, "The Literary Sources", p. 39.

12. ^ This is the stated aim of Hubbard's doctorial thesis, "The Literary Sources".

13. ^ Harold G. Marcus. (1994). A history of Ethiopia. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. pp. 17–18. ISBN 0520224795.

14. ^ Fabula de Regina Sabaea apud Aethiopia. Dissertation. (Halle: 1870).

15. ^ This overview is based on Hubbard, "The Literary Sources", pp. 6-8.

External links

§ An English translation of this book is available at Sacred Texts.

§ Wendy Belcher, "Medieval African and European Texts about the Queen of Sheba"

§ Leeman, Bernard. “The Sabaean Inscriptions at Adi Kaweh”, AFSAAP Conference University of Queensland September 30 - October 2, 2009,

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The Kebra Nagast

by E.A. Wallis Budge

[1932]

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Title Page
PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
CONTENTS.
LIST OF PLATES
INTRODUCTION
1. Concerning the Glory of Kings
2. Concerning the Greatness of Kings
3. Concerning the Kingdom of ADAM
4. Concerning Envy
5. Concerning the Kingdom of SETH
6. Concerning the Sin of CAIN
7. Concerning NOAH
8. Concerning the Flood
9. Concerning the Covenant of NOAH
10. Concerning ZION
11. The Unanimous Declaration of the Three Hundred and Eighteen Orthodox Fathers
12. Concerning CANAAN
13. Concerning ABRAHAM
14. Concerning the Covenant of ABRAHAM
15. Concerning ISAAC and JACOB
16. Concerning RÔBÊL (REUBEN)
17. Concerning the Glory of ZION
18. How the Orthodox Fathers and Bishops Agreed
19. How this Book came to be found
20. Concerning the Division of the Earth
21. Concerning the Queen of the South
22. Concerning TÂMRÎN, the Merchant
23. How the Merchant returned to ETHIOPIA
24. How the Queen made ready to set out on her Journey
25. How the Queen came to SOLOMON the King
26. How the King held converse with the Queen
27. Concerning the Labourer
28. How SOLOMON gave Commandments to the Queen
29. Concerning the Three Hundred and Eighteen [Patriarchs]
30. Concerning how King SOLOMON swore to the Queen
31. Concerning the sign which SOLOMON gave the Queen
32. How the Queen brought forth and came to her own Country
33. How the King of ETHIOPIA travelled
34. How the young man arrived in his mother's country
35. How King SOLOMON sent to his son the commander of his army
36. How King SOLOMON held intercourse with his son
37. How SOLOMON asked His Son Questions
38. How the King planned to send away his son with the children of the nobles
39. How they made the Son of SOLOMON King
40. How ZADOK the priest gave commands to DAVID the King
41. Concerning the blessing of Kings
42. Concerning the Ten Commandments
43. How the men of the Army of ISRAEL received [their] orders
44. How it is not a seemly thing to revile the King
45. How those who were sent away wept and made a plan
46. How they made a plan concerning ZION
47. Concerning the offering of AZÂRYÂS (AZARIAH) and the King
48. How they carried away ZION
49. How his Father blessed his Son
50. How they bade farewell to his Father and how the city mourned
51. How he said unto ZADOK the Priest, ''Go and bring the Covering (or, Clothing) which is upon it (i.e., ZION)''
52. How ZADOK the Priest Departed
53. How the Wagon was given to ETHIOPIA
54. How DAVID [the King of ETHIOPIA] Prophesied and Saluted ZION
55. How the People of ETHIOPIA Rejoiced
56. Of the Return of ZADOK the Priest, and the giving of the Gift
57. Concerning the Fall of ZADOK the Priest
58. How SOLOMON Rose up to Slay them
59. How the King Questioned an Egyptian, the Servant of PHARAOH
60. How SOLOMON Lamented for ZION
61. How SOLOMON Returned to JERUSALEM
62. Concerning the answer which SOLOMON made to them
63. How the Nobles of ISRAEL agreed [with the King]
64. How the Daughter of PHARAOH Seduced SOLOMON
65. Concerning the sin of SOLOMON
66. Concerning the prophecy of CHRIST
67. Concerning the lamentation of SOLOMON
68. Concerning MARY, Our Lady of Salvation
69. Concerning the Question of SOLOMON
70. How REHOBOAM reigned
71. Concerning MARY, the daughter of DAVID
72. Concerning the King of RÔMÊ (CONSTANTINOPLE)
73. Concerning the first judgment of ’ADRÂMÎ, King of RÔMÊ
74. Concerning the King of MEDYÂM
75. Concerning the King of BABYLON
76. Concerning lying witnesses
77. Concerning the King of PERSIA
78. Concerning the King of MOAB
79. Concerning the King of AMALEK
80. Concerning the King of the PHILISTINES
81. How the son of SAMSON slew the son of the King of the PHILISTINES
82. Concerning the going down of ABRAHAM into EGYPT
83. Concerning the King of the ISHMAELITES
84. Concerning the King of ETHIOPIA and how he returned to his country
85. Concerning the rejoicing of Queen MÂKĔDÂ
86. How Queen MÂKĔDÂ made her son King
87. How the nobles (or governors) of ETHIOPIA took the oath
88. How he himself related to his mother how they made him King
89. How the Queen talked to the Children of ISRAEL
90. How AZARIAH praised the Queen and her city
91. This is what ye shall eat: the clean and the unclean
92. How they renewed the kingdom of DAVID
93. How the Men of RÔMÊ destroyed the Faith
94. The first war of the King of ETHIOPIA
95. How the honourable estate of the King of ETHIOPIA was universally accepted
96. Concerning the Prophecy about CHRIST
97. Concerning the Murmuring of ISRAEL
98. Concerning the Rod of MOSES and the Rod of AARON
99. Concerning the Two Servants
100. Concerning the Angels who rebelled
101. Concerning Him that existeth in Everything and Everywhere
102. Concerning the Beginning
103. Concerning the Horns of the Altar
104. More concerning the Ark and the Talk of the Wicked
105. Concerning the belief of ABRAHAM
106. A Prophecy concerning the Coming of CHRIST
107. Concerning His entrance into JERUSALEM in Glory
108. Concerning the wickedness of the iniquitous JEWS
109. Concerning His Crucifixion
110. Concerning His Resurrection
111. Concerning His Ascension and His Second Coming
112. How the Prophets foreshadowed Him in their persons
113. Concerning the Chariot and the Vanquisher of the Enemy
114. Concerning the return of ZION
115. Concerning the Judgement of ISRAEL
116. Concerning the Chariot of ETHIOPIA
117. Concerning the King of RÔMÊ and the King of ETHIOPIA
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XI.
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XIII.
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XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
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XXI.
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Imperial Family of Ethiopia

HIH The Crown Prince of Ethiopia

§ HIH Princess Lideta Zera Yacob

HIH Princess Ijigayehu

§ HIH Prince Samson Fikre Selassie

§ HIH Prince Bekere Fikre Selassie
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The line of succession to the Ethiopian throne is described in the first section of the 1955 Revised Constitution of Ethiopia.

In brief, the title of Emperor may pass only through male descendants of HIM Haile Selassie I, through the oldest male line before the younger. Other qualifications are that they be born in lawful wedlock, be an Orthodox Christian, and not be married to a foreigner or against consent of the Imperial Family.

In the event that there were no qualifying male descendants of Haile Selassie, the nearest male relative who is descended from Sahle Selassie, King of Shewa, would then be heir.

In March 1975, the monarchy was abolished by the Derg, the military junta that had forcibly taken over during a Communist revolution. The Derg by its own authority abolished all royal and noble titles by proclamation at that time. The current Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia makes no provisions for a monarchy.

The Crown Council of Ethiopia considers Crown Prince Zera Yacob Amha Selassie to be Head of the Imperial House. Although the current Ethiopian government regards members of the Imperial family as private citizens, they do recognize their royal and noble titles as a matter of courtesy, effectively rescinding the abolishment of those titles by Derg regime. Foreign royal courts have continued to accorded members of the Ethiopian Imperial family their titles throughout the period following the fall of the Ethiopian monarchy in 1974.

Line of succession

According to the 1955 orders of succession and with the assent of the Imperial Crown Council, the current order of succession among the living male descendants of HIM Haile Selassie I is as follows:

HIH Crown Prince Zera Yacob b. 1953 (son of Amha Selassie I, grandson of Haile Selassie I)

1. HIH Prince Paul Wossen Seged Makonnen, Duke of Harrar b. 1947 (grandson of HIM Haile Selassie I)

2. HIH Prince Mikael Amde Yesus Makonnen b. 1950 (grandson of HIM Haile Selassie I)

3. HIH Prince Yokshan Dawit Makonnen b. 1978 (great-grandson of HIM Haile Selassie I)

4. HIH Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen b. 1982 (great-grandson of HIM Haile Selassie I)

5. HIH Prince Philip Tafari Makonnen b. 1954 (grandson of HIM Haile Selassie I)

6. HIH Prince David Tafari Makonnen b.1992 son of Prince Philip Makonnen (great-grandson of HIM Haile Selassie I)

7. HIH Prince Isaiah Tafari Makonnen b.1998 son of Prince Philip Makonnen (great-grandson of HIM Haile Selassie I)

8. HIH Prince Baeda Maryam Makonnen b. 1957 (grandson of HIM Haile Selassie I)

9. HIH Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie b. 1960 (grandson of HIM Haile Selassie I)

10. HIH Prince Christian Sahle Selassie Ermias b. 1992 (great-grandson of HIM Haile Selassie I)

11. HIH Prince Rufael Fiseha Tsieon Ermias b. 1992 (great-grandson of HIM Haile Selassie I)

See also

§ Solomonic dynasty

§ Rulers and heads of state of Ethiopia

§ Emperor of Ethiopia

§ Girma Yohannis Iyasu - Grandson of Emperor-Designate (uncrowned and deposed) Lij Iyasu

§ Mangasha Seyum - Great grandson of Emperor Yohannes IV

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Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia

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*Zera Yacob Amha Selassie*
*Crown Prince of Ethiopia*
*Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia*
*Time*	*17 February 1997 - Present*
*Predecessor*	*Amha Selassie*
*Heir-Presumptive*	*Prince Wossen Seged, Duke of Harrar*

*Issue*
*Princess Lideta*
*Dynasty*	*Solomonic dynasty*
*Father*	*Amha Selassie of Ethiopia*
*Mother*	*Medferiashwork Abebe*
*Born*	17 August 1953 (age 57) Addis Ababa

Imperial Family of Ethiopia

HIH The Crown Prince of Ethiopia

§ HIH Princess Lideta Zera Yacob

§ HIH Princess Ijigayehu

§ HIH Prince Samson Fikre Selassie

§ HIH Prince Bekere Fikre Selassie
HIH Princess Donna Fikre Selassie

§ HIH Prince Yisehaq Fikre Selassie

§ HIH Princess Rahel Fikre Selassie

§ HIH Princess Aster Fikre Selassie

§ HIH Princess Meheret Fikre Selassie

HIH Princess Maryam Senna
HIH Princess Sehin Azebe
HIH Princess Sifrash Bizu

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Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia (Ge'ez ዘርአ ያዕቆብ አምሃ ሥላሴ; born 17 August 1953) is the grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie and son of Emperor-in-Exile Amha Selassie of Ethiopia. He has been Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia since 17 February 1997 and is currently recognized as such by the Crown Council of Ethiopia. However, there are rival claimants in the form of Girma Yohannis Iyasu, the grandson of Emperor Iyasu V, and of Mangasha Seyum, the great grandson of EmperorJohannes IV and representative of the Tigrean Dynasty.

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Biography

He attended and graduated from Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford University. He was named "Acting Crown Prince" and Heir Presumptive to the Imperial throne of Ethiopia in 1974 by his grandfather, Emperor Haile Selassie, following his father's severe stroke a year earlier.

Following the fall of the Ethiopian monarchy, Prince Zera Yacob completed his studies at Cambridge in the mid-seventies and went on to briefly work as a banker in the United States. He then returned to London to be closer to his parents.

He was married and had a daughter, Princess Lideta Zera Yacob, but was subsequently divorced from his wife. He briefly accompanied his father Emperor Amha Selassie when he moved to Virginia in 1989, but later returned to England and resided for a time in Manchester. He was named Heir Apparent by his father Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen, when the Crown Prince assumed the title of Emperor in exile in April 1989.

Crown Prince Zera Yacob has been regarded as head of the Imperial Family of Ethiopia since the death of his father on 17 February 1997. He is currently living in Addis Ababa.

[edit]Charity

Prince Zera Yacob is the sovereign of the Imperial Ethiopian Order of Saint Mary of Zion and bestows awards to individuals for their outstanding service of assistance to the people of Ethiopia.

External links

§ The Crown Council of Ethiopia

§ Imperial Ethiopian College of Heraldry of the Solomonic Crown

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I. OVERVIEW OF EXPERIENCE Executive Summary: Dr Habte-Jesus is a seasoned strategic Management & Leadership consultant; Public health physician and scientist with extensive local, regional and international experience of health and human services at grass roots, community, public and private corporations. He has special knowledge, skills, expertise and experience in: Executive Leadership. Strategic visioning, corporate governance and leadership. Needs Assessment. Research & Development Pyramid, CORT Analysis, NDSIM (Needs, Demands, Supply Interaction Model) and Optimum Parity: 3As, 3Es & Freedom of Choice. Risk Assessment. Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Assessment & Reorganization for optimal performance. Effective Communication. Effective verbal, written and cyber communication for excellence & success Strategic management and leadership. Strategic plan, Cost effective continuous quality improvement protocol that is transparent, accountable and responsive to all stakeholders. 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Dr Habte-Jesus has a well developed, knowledge and proven leadership skills built on strategic visioning, effective communication skills, business plan development, and efficient implementation strategies and strong team-building efforts (connecting talent, technology, knowledge and resources) to realize a win-win synergistic partnership for success. He has well developed board and executive leadership skills in organization and human resources management, supported with qualitative and quantitative decision science research methodologies and protocol, that include Research Pyramid, CORT Analysis, NDSIM (Need, Demand, Supply Interaction Model); and What If Scenarios with Option and Alternative appraisals for Risk Management and effective decision making process in the immediate, short term and long term development projects. 1.2 Public Health & Strategic Management Consulting. Dr Habte-Jesus is a public health physician/scientist and Strategic Management Consultant with technical expertise in connecting talent, technology, knowledge and resources for success, and risk management, risk assessment, health promotion, and disease/disability/injury, crisis prevention and developing creative rehabilitation strategies, emergency planning, strategic public and private enterprise management, with well developed experience in leadership development, multi-cultural empowerment, health and human services/resources, business development, resource generation, health information systems and creative marketing of ideas, connecting talent, technologies, goods and services across the world B. Quality Promotion Leadership 1.3 Quality Improvement & Client Safety & Wellbeing leadership. As Corporate Director for Professional Services and Quality Improvement for over 12 home health agencies scattered throughout the United States: (California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Dr Habte-Jesus has promoted all aspects of quality improvement and client safety and wellbeing both within Human Touch Group of Health organizations and externally with all public and private partners. As the key person in charge of Professional Services, Quality Improvement and Audit, Dr. Habte-Jesus has initiated, promoted and established all the professional accreditation processes with the Joint Commission and the respective state and District health regulatory authorities. 1.4 Medical, Public Health and Strategic Leadership expertise. 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Well-developed human resource management skills that include recruitment, retention, in-service training and performance evaluation protocol for success. As Chair of the Governing Board of Human Touch and the Professional Advisory Body, Dr Habte-Jesus, has well developed interpersonal skills to interact effectively with organizational leadership, Board members, government officials, clinical and managerial leaders in health care organizations, such as Joint Commission Accreditation, and public and private insurance agency credentialing, and others within and outside the organization and United States. He has excellent written and verbal communication skills necessary to effectively present information and ideas effectively in articles, proposals, position papers, and presentations. 1.6 Strategic Management Enterprises. Dr Habte-Jesus has initiated a group of public and private global enterprises focused on health and human services with a focus on improving connections across disciplines and public and private institutions. He has extensive experience in Strategic Management Enterprises (connecting talent, technology, knowledge & resources) towards multicultural community empowerment, leadership of strategic management enterprises, business development, continuous quality improvement, public health, clinical medicine, epidemiology, and health information systems. He has specialized expertise in risk assessment, business planning, budget forecasting, tracking and controlling costs, expertise in international health and global health and medicine with specialty in preventing, managing and controlling infectious diseases, research; program development, planning, implementation and evaluation. D. Community Empowerment Leadership 1.6 Multicultural Community empowerment. He has well developed expertise in multicultural community empowerment in health and human services as well as the development and promotion of small businesses and nonprofit organizations that empower community leadership. He has competent written and spoken communication skills with extensive experience in results/performance oriented management, qualitative and quantitative research, business development/management, with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills supported with expertise in organizational leadership, clinical and epidemiological research, strategic marketing, business plan development, fund raising, health promotion, teaching and multicultural multimedia hosting & comprehensive health promotion radio and television programming and broadcasting experience. 1.7 Practical leadership and training experience. He has proven track record of leadership supported by highly developed organizational and interpersonal skills and training expertise in the area of sustainable security, good governance, and progressive prosperity for win-win synergistic partnerships, health and human resources/services with policy and program development, epidemiology, evaluation and participatory strategic planning and management expertise in health, education, human resources, youth development, mental health, mental retardation, and tropical medicine and infectious diseases, home health hospice services as well as public health prevention services. E. Visionary Leadership 1.8 Excellent track record of Visionary leadership. He is visionary, highly driven, detail and results oriented, self-motivated, team player (connecting talent, technology, knowledge and resources), and highly inspired to solve problems in the short and long term. He believes in developing win-win synergistic partnership among multicultural communities via business enterprises. He has worked as executive officer, director and senior manager with several health and human service institutions in Africa, Asia, Europe and here in North America. His summary experience and additional areas of expertise include: ♣ Visionary leadership and participatory management, empowering civil societies and multicultural communities. ♣ Sustainable security, Good governance and globalization and empowering civil societies; resource development and management for progressive prosperity. ♣ Health Sector Reform and Research: Private, Public and HMO, Managed Care, home health and hospice care. Development of Cradle to Grave Health security strategies. ♣ Strategic Planning, evaluation and sustainable development, policy development and evaluation, extensive qualitative and quantitative analysis, epidemiological research and publication, epidemiology, women’s health, youth development, pediatrics, mother and child health, public speaking, coaching and publications. ♣ Global Health Promotion and prevention and management of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene and Infectious Diseases Management & Control. ♣ Risk management: Reproductive health, STI/HIV/PTSD and Child development, health, population and nutrition, prevention and early intervention programs, i.e. TB, Malaria, HIV/STD, etc. ♣ Quality assurance & Accreditation. (CQI) evaluation and managing change, Good Practice and Policy and Procedures, Business Plans and Strategies, extensive experience with Joint Commission Accreditation. ♣ Change management. Managing Change, Behavioral research, multicultural holistic and integrated health enterprises. Value, Vision, Mission, Goals, Strategic SMART Objectives (Specific, Measurable, Appropriate, Realistic, Time Sensitive). Calendar and Results driven management, with What if Scenario based Option appraisals towards Best Option, Win-Win Option and Compromise Options. ♣ Empowering women and youth. Behavioral Science, Mother and Child Health, mental health and mental retardation, Services, Regional Minority Health, HIV/AIDS Services ♣ managing a LifeStarts at community empowerment zones at East Capitol Center for Change. ♣ Broadcast Communications: Radio and Television Broadcast. Global Broadcast experience with the BBC, Voice of the Patriots and African Renaissance TB Broadcast Network Communications. Global Connect Communications a multimedia broadcast network of radio, podcasts, internet and mobile phone communications addressing patriotism, good governance, security, sustainable development and investment opportunities. ♣ Management Consulting: Good Governance, Global Green Innovations, Managing Change and Forecasting social and economic challenges & opportunities. Research Pyramid that addresses Root Cause and Effect Analysis, NDS: Need, Demand and Supply Interaction Model for public and private resource utilization, with effective communication towards win-win partnerships for success. ♣ Resource Generation Expertise. Grant Reviewer/Evaluator, Business plan, contract negotiation, strategic multimedia communication, teaching and multicultural community empowerment radio broadcasting, conference planning/chairing and dissemination of evidence based information. 1.9 Visionary Leadership Skills and expertise. His visionary leadership skill is based on character, integrity, commitment, and compassion and with win-win synergistic partnership and team building expertise. He has excellent interpersonal and communication skills with qualitative and quantitative research, health information systems, clinical evaluation, continuous quality improvement and quality assurance expertise, teaching, policy and business development, program management, marketing, strategic planning, visioning, and negotiation skills. 1.10 Multi-Media Computer/Internet Communications. Highly developed written and spoken communication skills with competency in Health Information Systems as well as Apple Mac Systems and Microsoft Vista Ultimate Office 2007, 2003, 2000, Power Point, Excel, Corel WordPerfect 9 Suite, Epi-Info, Mednotes, Medisoft, VisiTrack, www.HomeSolutions.net, CDC Wonder, SAS, SPSSX, Harvard Graphics, Multi-media Internet communication and contract development and negotiation skills. 1.11 Multi-Media Broadcasting- (Cyber, TV and Radio Communications) Expertise. Excellent skills in vision, voice and data presentation using television, radio and print media: program development, marketing and production and broadcasting. He is fluent in English, Amharic, and Oromifa languages with working knowledge of French, Arabic, Hindi and Tigrinya. 1.12 Research Interests. The role of Multi-media in changing individual and group behavior, Corporate Governance; Global Climate Change, Managing Change, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Innovative Enterprise Promotion, Security, Peace and Prosperity; Fair and Free Market System for sustainable development and prosperity; Global Diaspora Engagement in 21st Century Ecological and Economic Crisis. An Idea Who’s Time Has Come. II. EDUCATIONAL/RESEARCH AND ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 2.1 Academic Merit Scholarship: Master of Public Health. Master of Public health for medical doctors (1986); International Merit Scholarship with special commendation for research, University of Leeds, School of Public Health, United Kingdom, Great Britain. Concentration in epidemiology, health services research, management sciences population, and nutrition, mother and child health with a focus on international medicine and infectious diseases. 2.2 Academic Merit Scholarship: Medical Doctor training and education. (1984) General medicine Training with specialty in public health and child development and survival, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, South India, University of Madras.1977-1984. 2.3 Academic Awards: Distinction for Dissertation. “Evaluation of Mother and Child Health Services in Developing and Developed Countries with a Retrospective Infant and Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality Studies.” September 1986. 2.4 Academic Awards: The Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award- for the Best Outgoing Student; May 1972 2.5 Service Achievement Awards: Certificate of Distinguished Achievement, Life Starts @ East Capitol Center for Change; September 2003. 2.6 Service Achievement Awards: Bitwoded of the Imperial Solomonic Crown without Borders, May 2000 2.7 Ambassador for Peace, Universal Peace Federation, Seoul, South Korea; February 2006 2.8 Founding Board Member, ADANA (501-c Non Profit Organization, Amhara Development Association of North America; 1993+ 2.9 Trustee & Board member of Global Connect Network- a Public-Private Network for Sustainable Security, Good Governance and progressive prosperity, January 2000+ 2.10. Certificate of Appreciation, for outstanding performance, hard work and dedication and lasting contribution, Human Touch Inc. 26 January 2010. III. MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION & TECHNICAL EXPERTISE Sample achievements over the last five years 3. 1. Chair of Professional Advisory Bodies & Director of Professional Services, Continuous Quality Improvement and Strategic Business Development, Corporate Office: Human Touch, Inc, 100 N Washington, St, Suite 410, Falls Church, Virginia, 22046; T: 703.531.05340, P: 703.531.0540 ♣ 1.1 Responsibilities. Lead the development and expansion of Home Health Care, Home Hospice and Wellness and Rehabilitation Center in the Metropolitan Washington DC area, California, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Virginia states managing 12 Home Health Care Agencies. Lead in the need and risk assessment research, development of quality improvement protocol and strategic business development for the expansion and productivity of staff by developing management training and supervision of staff in establishing the centers. Developed a strategy for professional human resource development that included staff recruitment, retention, performance evaluation and promotion. Provide leadership in Continuous Quality Improvement protocol and compliance with the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations protocol as well as federal and state standards by developing qualitative and quantitative tools for measuring performance and results. ♣ 1.2 Achievements. Developed a series of Nine thriving Home Health Care agencies in the Metropolitan Washington DC, Denver Colorado and Allentown, Pennsylvania in eastern and central parts of the USA. Made the appropriate risk assessment for acquisition, business development and prepared the necessary certification and accreditation documents with appropriate staff recruitment, training and performance management tools and quality assurance protocol. ♣ Re-organized and centralized the management, marketing, intake and billing process as well as the Continuous Quality Improvement Protocol of the different organizations under one roof and developed protocols, strategies and templates for growth and expansion Organized Organizational Policy and Procedure with all the human resources and clinical as well as management information and marketing strategies. Developed the Joint Commission Accreditation Strategy and implemented all the leadership standards including Infection Control Policy and Procedure and trained skilled professionals on how to deal with infections such as MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) infections in the home care setting. Accessing health information systems such as Med soft, Visitrack and Scan health (HomeSolutions.net) soft wares for managing patient information. 3. 2 Clinical Program Director, Carl Vogel Center, 1012, 14th Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005; Ph: 202 638 0750 ext 18, Fax: 202 638.0749; E-mail: rogramdirector@carlvogelcenter.org ♣ 2.1. Responsibilities. Lead and manage a team of medical doctors, psychologist, mental health specialist, HIV Specialists, medical nutritional therapists, mental health specialists, case managers an marketing/outreach workers. Develop key result areas, set up primary medical HIV clinic, certificate of need, Medicaid/Medicare eligibility, Clinical policies and procedures, HIV work plan, Continuous Quality Improvement, Medical Record System www.homsolutions.net, (Med Soft and Mednotes), integrated and comprehensive system of care, clinical personnel issues, manage and chair weekly Clinical Management Team Meetings and Multi-Disciplinary Case Conferences, medical billing system and HIPPA compliance. ♣ 2.2. Achievement. Organized and set up a functioning HIV Primary Medial Care System with appropriate secondary and tertiary referral systems. Developed and submitted Certificate of Need for Primary Medical Care Developed a business proposal for HRSA Capacity Building Grant, developed organizational network for improved governance for board development, MIS and financial accounting system that synchronizes with clinical care protocol, medical records, billing and continuous quality improvement protocol for Primary HIV Care (Prevention, Early Intervention, Therapy and Rehabilitation, etc). 3.3. Director, Comprehensive Care II, Inc. October 2003+ @ 337 Delafield Place, NW, Washington, DC 20011, Voice: 202 291 2586; Fax: 202 291 3104; e-mail: Globalbelai@yahoo.com ♣ 3.1. Responsibilities. Direct a team of over 40 professionals including doctors, psychologists, nurses, social workers, case managers, and qualified mental health professionals, residential counselors to provide an individualized care plan that includes habilitation and behavior support plan (ISP, BSP) for over 30 consumers of wide range of age groups and behavioral challenges with a mix of disabilities from mild to profound residing in 6 homes in Washington DC. ♣ 3.2. Accomplishments. Undertook a comprehensive needs assessment and SWOT analysis that looks at the strength, weakness, and opportunities and threats both at internal and external environments. Developed an extensive five years Human Care Agreement for Residential and Respite Services with appropriate budget and negotiated with the Government of the District of Columbia, DHS/Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities Administration. Directed a team of professionals to ensure a highly organized services that allowed the re-certification of six group homes with appropriate compliment of health and human services for ICFMR facilities. Prepared regular monthly training with an up-to-date training manual to professionals on a holistic approach in improving the safety and well being of consumers with mental health and mental retardation challenges. 3.4 4 Director of Strategic Development & Quality Assurance -Human Touch, Inc. May 2002 4600 King Street, Suite 4R, Alexandria, VA, 22302, Voice: 703 379 2526; Fax: 703 379 5010. ♣ 4.1. Responsibilities. Responsible for strategic marketing, business development and organization of the marketing and business development of a health and human services agency providing home health care services to vulnerable communities who cannot access primary and secondary care services due to physical limitations. Initiated and developed free standing home health care, home hospice and wellness and rehabilitation outpatient centers in the Metropolitan Washington DC area. ♣ 4.2. Achievements. Undertook a comprehensive needs assessment and proposal development towards improving the internal and external market share of the agency towards establishing a strong presence in the Northern Virginia and Washington DC area. Developed successful proposals and presentations for a Certificate of Need Application for Home Health Care, Home Hospice Care and Capitol Wellness and Rehabilitation Centers in the Metropolitan Washington DC are made, and made several contacts that yielded profitable contracts with health providers, insurance agencies such as Aetna, Care First, Blue Cross Blue Shield, MAMSI, Options, National Capital Health Care and other agencies. IV. SAMPLE SELECTED BOOKS, ARTICLES, PUBLICATIONS, AWARDS & PRESENTATIONS 1. Habte-Jesus, Belai et.al: Evaluation of Mother and Child Health Services in Developing and Developed Countries- Evaluating the Global Burden of Childhood Morbidity and Mortality with Perinatal Mortality Studies on work done between 1977-1986, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, Great Britain., September 1986. 2. Habte-Jesus, Belai, et.al: North East Thames Regional Health Authority: Good Practice Policy Guidelines for higher Specialties (Neurology and Neurosciences, Cardiology and Cardio-thoracic Services, East Nose and Throat, Ophthalmology, Oral and Dental Services, Renal Services, Accident and Emergency, Pediatrics and Genetic Services, etc. (Work done between 1988-1993). London, England, United Kingdom, Great Britain. 3. Habte-Jesus, Belai, et al, (Clapp & Mayne, Inc.) Interactive Communication Diary—A flexible health information system to assist patient-provider communication with appropriate data sets for institutional, patient – physician health information communication system. A Proposal for NIH Funded Innovative Small Business Research Grant. June 1997. 4. Habte-Jesus, Belai: Presenter at the National Council for International Health 24th Annual Conference: The impact of HIV on future work force- Building Strategic Alliances, Washington ,DC. July 1997. 5. Habte-Jesus, Belai: Presenter “Education for Empowerment in the 21st Century Development” at African Institute for Education and Development Inc, July 1996 6. Habte-Jesus, Belai: Letter of Advocacy to Bill Clinton, President of the United States regarding US Africa Policy: Re: Pre-empting the Impending Rwanda Genocide: July 1997. 7. Habte-Jesus, Belai: Protocols for Evaluating HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs in Washington, DC May 1996. 8. Habte-Jesus, Belai, et.al. Initiating Roll Back Malaria, Lessons learned from USAID Malaria Prevention and Control Program, Academy for Educational Development and USAID, Africa Bureau, March 1997. 9. Habte-Jesus, Belai: Innovative Community AIDS Education for African American Men and Women with a focus on the special needs of women, July 1997. 10. Habte-Jesus, Belai et.al : Health Needs Assessment of African-Born Residents in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area, ECDC, August 1999. 11. Habte-Jesus, et. al: Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children, A collaboration Program of the DC Linkage and Tracking System, Office of Maternal and Child Health Systems Development Initiative and the American Academy of Pediatrics: Accessing a “Primary Health Care Home through Case Management, May 1994. 12. Habte-Jesus, et. al: Parenting Education as a foundation for prevention and early interventions of future PVO Child Survival Program, December 1996. 13. Habte-Jesus, Belai, et. al. Cradle to Grave Health Care Reform n the USA: An idea whose time has come. The White House Health Care Reform Task Force, April 1993 14. Habte-Jesus, Belai. A holistic approach in improving the safety and well being of consumers with mental health and mental retardation challenges, September 2004 15. Habte-Jesus, et. al. Capacity Building Initiative for HIV Primary Care Services with a focus on infrastructure development via improved Governance, MIS/Financial System and Continuous Quality Improvement System, April 2005. 16. Habte-Jesus, Belai, “Empowering civil societies series” - Shifting Paradigm of Global Good Governance, the changing role of stakeholders and advocates, Diaspora Dialogue IV, George Washington University Law School, May 2005- Chaired the conference as well as prepared key note address. 17. Habte-Jesus, Belai, et al; Organizing Global Partnership for Peace, Democracy and Prosperity by Empowering Civil Societies Across the Globe to combat poverty and global terrorism.. July 2005 18. Habte-Jesus, Belai, et.al. Multicultural community empowerment via Multi-Media Broadcast Network. Weekly Empowerment Radio Broadcasts; on 1390 AM: Immune wise living series addressing cradle to grave optimal health issues from spiritual, emotional, psychological and physical health perspective, Began in 1996 and ongoing. Host of “Voice of the Patriots”, focusing on the synergy of Education, Ecology and Economy for win-win cross-cultural partnerships-Millennial Renaissance Network of Hager-Fikir Multi-Cultural Communications, Inc. 19. Habte-Jesus, Belai, Institutional Challenges of Good Governance, Globalization and Millennium Development Goals in 21st Century Transitional Economies, the experience of the Horn and Ethiopia. Ethiopia: Beyond the Current Crisis Symposium at Washington Times Building, Wednesday, 14 December 2005: 15:00-18:00 Hrs organized by Voice of the Patriots, Voice of Reason, United Press International, Ambassadors for Peace Program& World Media Association. 20. Habte-Jesus, Belai, et.al; Unique lessons in developing modern primary care centers in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area. January 2000. 21. Habte-Jesus, Belai, et, al,. Lessons from establishing modern home health services and accreditation with Joint Commission on Health Organizations. September 2004 22. Habte-Jesus, Belai, et, The experience of developing modern home hospice services in the Metropolitan Washington DC area. March 2005 23. Habte-Jesus, Belai, et.al., The unique experience of developing a modern primary health care center and outpatient rehabilitation facility in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area. December 2006. 24. Habte-Jesus, Belai, et.al, Managing Global Climate Change Series with Millennial Renaissance Transformation Agenda Series, www.Globalbelai4u.blogspot.com 25. Habte-Jesus, Belai, et.al. Changing Adult Attitudes towards youth leadership, ABC of attitude change towards promoting sustainable succession, transition of leadership- the Case of Ethiopian Classical Gada System and Ethiopian Revolution in transition towards democratic governance. V. KEY SAMPLE POSITIONS HELD OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS 1. Director- Strategic Business Development & Continuous Quality Improvement- Human Touch 2000+ 2. Director of Clinical Services, HIV/AIDS Primary Health Center, 2005 3. Director -Community of Hope Health Services & Community Medical Care Health Services- 2000 4. Director of Community Health Center- Non Profit Clinic Consortium, www.npcclinics.org, 5. Director of Health Services @ Ethiopian Community Development Council, 1999 – 2 6. Consultant trainer at Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Aear, 1998 - 1999 7. Consultant USAID-Africa Bureau and Academy for Educational Development, 1997 – 1998 8. Senior Public Health Advisor, Clap & Mayne, Inc. 1997 – 9. Executive Director of Professional Network Group, 1511 K Street, NW, Suite 949; 1995 – 1997 10. Consultant with Basics Partnership for Child Survival Health Inc. 1996 – 1997 11. Administrator of Family and Maternal Enhancement of Koba Associates, Inc ,1994 – 199 12. Assistant Director, At-risk Children (0-8) -DC Commission of Public Health, 1993 – 1994 13. Lecturer -Master of Public Health Program, George Washington University Hospital, DC 1993 – 1995 14. CEO, Global Research and Development Enterprises, Washington, DC,199 15. Manager, Health Services Development, NE Thames Regional Health Authority, UK,1989 -1993 16. Lecturer & Public health manager, St. Mary’s Hospital, SW Thames Regional Health Authority 1988/89 17. Coordinator, Kent Council on Addiction, South East Thames Regional Health Authority, 1987/88 18. Senior Fellow and Residence at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent, England, 1986/87 19. Research Fellow at Master of Public Health Program, University of Leeds, UK. 1985 -1986 20. Senior Resident at St Joseph Hospital New Delhi and Christian Medical College, Vellore. 1984 -1985 21. Medical Education and Residency Program, Christian Medical College, Vellore. 1977 -19 84 22. Premedical education and national development campaign, Haile Sellassie University. 1973 - 1977 VI. SELECTED AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS 1. Best outgoing student at Bedenno Elementary School (First in each class in each grade (1-8) , 1964 - 72 2. Haile Selassie I Gold Medal for Distinction in Ethiopian School Leaving Certificates,1972 3. The Bausch & Lomb Science Award for the Best Outgoing Student of Class of 72, 4. Special Merit for Excellence and Distinction: (First in each class in each Semester for grades 9-12., 1972 5. Merit Scholarship to undertake Pre-Medical Studies at Haile Sellassie I University, 1973-1976 6. Merit Scholarship to study medicine by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 1976-1985 7. Merit Scholarship- Advanced Degree of Public Health for Medical Doctors, University of Leeds, 198 8. Fellow of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1986 9. Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health, London, England, 1986 10. Highest Commendations for MPH thesis: Evaluating Global Mother and Child Health Services, 1986 11. Founder and CEO of Global Strategic Enterprises, Inc, 1993 12. Grand Cross of St Mary of Zion Order- Imperial Order of Solomoic Crown without Borders, 13. Grand Cross Lion of Judah Order. Imperial Order of Solomonic Crown Without Border s, 2000+ 14. Grand cross of the Imperial Order of Menelik, Order of Solomonic Crown Without Borders, 2000+ 15. Chancellor of Imperial Solomonic Enterprises& Bitwoded of the Imperial Solomonic Crown Without Borders, 2000+ 16. Board Member, Immigration and Refugee Services of America, Mental Health Initiatives, 1999 17. Board Member, DC Care Consortium of Providers serving HIV/AIDS populations, 2000+ 18. Board Member, Community Medical Care- Non Profit Clinic, DC, 2000 19. Advisory Board Member, Ethiopian American Constituency Foundation, 20. Ambassador for Peace, Universal Peace Federation, Oct 2000 21. Host of “Voice of the Patriots” A Global Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation, 2005 22. Host of “African Horizon” Ethiopian Broadcasting Service Television Network, 2007 23. Advisory Board Member of National Association for Home Care & Home Hospice Medical Equipment; 2007

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Christmas to Lion of Judah (Rev 5:5)

Lion of Judah

Contents

Lion of Judah and Judaism

Lion of Judah in Christianity

Lion of Judah in Ethiopia

Interaction

The Kebra Nagast

by E.A. Wallis Budge

[1932]

Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia

Contents

Biography

[edit]Charity

See also

External links

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