Current text edition (2013)
Waldaa Kristaanaa Warra Wangeelaa Makaana Yesus Itoophiyaa, Macaafa Sirna Waaqeffannaa fi Toora Tajaajila Hafuura. 2 vols. Addis Ababa: EECMY, 2013.
[Official Oromo translation of the Amharic EECMY Book of Liturgy and Worship, 3rd edition. Addis Ababa: EECMY, 2008]
Vol. 1 (services):
» Read Vol. 2 (front and back material)
Liturgical canticles
Trial version for the 2013 Book of Liturgy and Worship:
Former editions [Q: which ones?] of the Oromo EECMY Book of Liturgy and Worship included music notations of the liturgical canticles:
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First text edition (1935)
Galata Waaqayyo Gooftaa Machaa. 2nd edition (reprint), ed. by Martin Nordfeldt. Addis Ababa: Nigdii Publishing House, 1959/60. [1st ed. Addis Ababa 1935]
» Read liturgical section (Qubee transcription)
Video
“Kyrie” (Galata Waaqayyoo, 1998, hymn no. 66):
[Video with televised Sunday service during Corona lockdown no longer available because the YouTube account associated with it has been cancelled.]
Secondary literature
Bauerochse, Ernst. In Dienst genommen: Erinnerungen eines Missionars. Hermannsburg: Ludwig-Harms-Haus, 2007. [Mentions his contribution to Oromo EECMY liturgy]
Agende für die evangelisch-lutherische Kirche der Provinz Hannover. Hannover: Schlüter, 1901.
Kleines Kantionale I für einstimmigen Chor: Zum Band I der Agende für evangelisch-lutherische Kirchen und Gemeinden. 2nd ed. Hannover: Schlütersche Verlagsanstalt, 1960. [1st ed. 1958]
Handbok för svenska kyrkan. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups Förlag, 1899.
[English translation by Eric E. Yelverton, 1921.
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- Liturgy common at Große Kreuzkirche in Hermannsburg before WW II.
Further study
» Read about Amharic EECMY liturgy
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Department for Mission and Theology
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Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
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