Ethiopic Sinodos

Ethiopic Sinodos — Horner 1904 English translation of the Statutes — sourcepage 230

TRANSLATION OF THE ETHIOPIC TEXT 1 83 and glorify God : and if thou wast in another place, and if that hour has come to thee, pray in thy heart to God ; because in that hour they stripped Jesus Christ and nailed him upon the wood of the cross : and therefore the ancient law commanded to give the bread which 5 they offer at the third hour, as a type of the Body of Christ and his precious Blood ; and they sacrificed the Iamb which was a type of the perfect Lamb, for Christ is the Shepherd, and he is the Bread which came down from the heavens. And again pray at the sixth hour ; for 10 at that hour was the hanging of our Lord Christ upon the wood of the cross, and the day was divided and darkness came : and they shall pray at that hour a strong prayer ; and they shall be like the word which our Lord Christ prayed, and made all the world darkness : and 15 the catechumens shall make a great prayer. And at the ninth hour they shall be long in prayer, and a prayer with glorifying, that ye may join in glorifying with the soul of the righteous ones, glorifying the living God who faileth not, who remembered his righteous 20 ones, and sent to them his Son, that is, his Word to enlighten them : because in that hour the side of Christ was pierced, and the blood and water flowed out : and then the rest of the day shone when the evening came. And therefore thou also as thou makest beginning of 25 another day, as a likeness of the Resurrection, pray before thou restest thy body in thy bed. And at midnight having risen from thy bed, and having washed thy hand with water, pray. And if thou hast a wife, both of you pray. And if she has not yet 30 become a believer, go aside from her and pray alone.