Kristos Samra
Kristos Samra (Ge'ez: ክርስቶስ ሠምራ, romanized: Kristos Šemra, c. 15th century) was an Ethiopian female saint who founded an eponym monastery in Lake Tana.
Kristos Samra | |
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| Born | 15th century Bulga, Shewa, Ethiopian Empire |
| Venerated in | |
| Feast | 30 August (nehasə 24 in Ethiopian calendar) |
| Attributes | Woman with two-sided wings |
| Patronage | Ethiopians |
She is one of Ethiopians over two-hundred indigenous saints and the earliest of about fourteen Ethiopian female saints. After Virgin Mary, she is considered one of female saints by Ethiopians who conceived as virgin and totally sinless.
She is venerated by both the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, with her feast day on 30 August.
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