By Dr Amsalu Aefera Assistant Prof – SARĀBĀMON OF NIKOU IN ETHIOPIAN LITERATURE.
ስለ ቅዱስ ሰራባሞን ስንቶቻችን እናውቅ ይሆን? በዘመነ ሰማዕታት የተነሳ፣ አርዮስንና መሊጦስን በትምህርቱ የተቃወመና የረታ፣ ብዙ ገቢረ ተአምራትን የሠራ፣ የኒቅዩ (በግብጽ ውስጥ የምትገኝ ሀገረ ስብከት) ሊቀ ጳጳስና ሰማዕት ነው። እንመልከት። በረከቱ በሁላችንም ላይ ይደርብን።
St. Sarābāmon, Bishop of Nikou, lies among
those important oriental saints whose reputation reached the Ethiopian Orthodox
Church. According to his vita (see further below), he was a descendant of the
proto-martyr Stephen and raised as a Jew in Jerusalem under the birth name of
Simon. After journeying to Alexandria, he was
baptized by Archbishop Theonas (282-300), the 16th Pope of Alexandria, and then set about studying
Scripture, including the Epistle of Ignatius and Balkiros. He then became
a monk in El-Zogag[1] monastery. When the
Alexandrian Patriarchate passed to Peter, the Seal of the Martyrs (300-311),
Simon was made a patriarchal assistant, and later was appointed bishop of
Nikou, with the ordained name of Sarābāmon, upon the death of John, the
incumbent of that office. The Ge‘ez version of the vita states: