This
app presents the lives of the saints of the Ethiopian church. The lives are
arranged according to the Ethiopian calendar with the corresponding western
Gregorian dates given in the titles.
In
Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the Synaxarium is the classic, abridged, collection
of the “Lives of the Saints,” intended for reading in the context of public
worship, and to nourish the personal prayer life of the faithful. As the Church
continues its journey toward its fulfillment in the Kingdom of heaven, it does
not cease to grow through the addition of new saints in every generation. Thus
the Synaxarium is a work which continues to be written, no so much with ink,
but with the blood of the martyrs, the tears of the ascetics, and the wondrous
deeds of those who love God, in every place where the word of the Gospel has
resounded forth.
In
uniting our sinful and mortal human nature to his divine Person, the Lord Jesus
Christ has, by his Incarnation, opened Heaven to us and summons us to ascend
there, following after Him, when we have shown forth the glory of his divinity
in the state of life in which he has placed us. Every Christian is called to
that holiness which is in Christ and through Christ.
The
world is sanctified, saved and redeemed through the presence of the saints that
are in it like the leaven in the loaf, preparing mankind for the final
revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The
saints who shine with the divine light have become gods by the grace of the
Holy Spirit, to the extent that baptized into Christ they have put on Christ.
To the extent that they have taken up their cross with Christ, so as to crucify
in themselves the old man, full of passions, sins and all uncleanness, they
have been able to share also in the glory of Christ's Resurrection. By
partaking in Christ's Passion through martyrdom, ascesis, tears and practice of
all the evangelic virtues, the saints have overcome death with Him. They are
henceforth alive to God, for Christ has made his abode with them.
The
saints live in Christ Jesus, and Christ lives in them. He repeats without
cease, in the saints, even to the end of the world, the unique mystery of His
death and of His resurrection, of the Incarnation of God and of the deification
of man.
We
have three ways of bringing the saints daily into our spiritual lives: by
chanting the hymns and church services dedicated to them, by venerating their
icons and by reading their lives in the Synaxarion. Christians who live in the
world may not be able to go to church every day to chant the praises of the
saints but, whether alone or in the family, everyone can chant the troparion of
the saint of the day, everyone can venerate the icon, everyone can devote a few
minutes to reading or reading again the life of the saint in the Synaxarion.
But the daily reading of these short accounts will not profit us unless we come
to it in the spirit of venerating an icon. For what we read in the Synaxarion,
imperfect though it be, makes the saint present to us no less than the figure
in the holy icon and is equally grace-bearing. It all depends on our simplicity
of heart. And so, wherever we find ourselves, whatever our spiritual level,
whatever our desire to dedicate our life to God, we will find new strength in
the Synaxarion and a foretaste of everlasting life, where all the saints with
the angels around the throne of God will praise his Name.
Features of the App
Theme
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Material Design color schemes.
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Setting for Night mode and Day Mode
Multiple book collections
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Add two or more translations to the app.
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Multiple books of Ethiopian prayers
Navigation
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User can configure the choice of translation and layout within the app.
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Allow swiping between books
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Book names could be displayed as list or grid views
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Supports single pane view, two pane view, and line by line view of up to three
translations in a single pane.
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Turn on audio toolbar automatically when viewing Audio books
Fonts and Font Sizes
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You can change fonts sizes from toolbar or navigation menu.
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The app uses true type fonts for main view. you can include your own fonts too.
Text Copy and Share
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To copy a text to the device clipboard, tap on the text to select it. Then
select the Copy button from the text selection toolbar.
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To share a text with someone else, tap on text to select it. You can choose to
share by text message, email, WhatsApp, etc.
Contents
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Book contents are rearranged and missing parts included
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Colorful texts for the name of God, Jesus, St. Mary and Saints
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Notices and Orders in the book are written in italic for emphasis
Interface translations
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Added interface translations in English, Amharic and Afaan Oromoo.
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Changing the app Interface language will change menu item’s name.
Search
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Powerful and fast search features
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Search the whole words and accents
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Number of search results displayed at the bottom of the page
Settings screen
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Allow the user of the app to configure the following settings:
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Book selection type: list or grid
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Red Letters: show the name of saints in red
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Show Verse numbers
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Text layout: Verses in paragraphs or one text per line.
Share App
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Added optional ‘Share App’ item in the app menu.
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Sharing a link to the app on Google Play, or
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Sending the APK file to another phone via Bluetooth, Wifi transfer, email, etc.