Mezgebe Haymanot መዝገበ ሃይማኖት

Mezgebe Haymanot is a mobile application with huge Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Books Collection. The Application contains more than 200 Orthodox books with multiple categories. The application contains multiple prayer books, rites, psalmodies, hymns, melodies, services, sacraments of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Hymn books of saint Yared, Liturgical books, Books of Aba Giyorgis Zegasicha, Prayers of Saints and Angels, Bible Commentaries, Canonical Books,

Mezgebe Haymanot is fully customizable and allows you switch between night and day modes.

The application also allows you to easily navigate between books, chapters and categories.

Contents

• Daily Prayers

• Yesene Golgota

• Seife Sillasie

• Book of Arganon

• Praise of St. Mary

• Praise of God

• Gedles

• Dirsanat

• Books of Wisdom

• Books of Miracles (Miracles of Jesus and saint Mary)

• Hymn on the Flower

• Lamentation of the Virgin

• Horologium for the Night Hours of Abba Giyorgis

• Horologium Zedebre Abay

• Hymn to Mary

• Image of the Praises of Mary

• Image of Jesus Christ

• Hymn to the Virgin Mary;

• Greeting to the Saints,

• Image of Saints, Martyrs and holy fathers (Melka Kidusan)

• Divine Liturgies

• Books of Aba Giyorgis

• Book of Hours (Horologium)(Sa'atat)

• Book of Hymns of St. Yared Hymn books, mostly by St. Yared

• Digua

• Thesome Digua

• Mieraf

• Zimare

• Mewasiet

• Zik

• Mezmur

• Book of Mystery (Masehafa mestir)

• Book of Thanks (also known as Book of Light)

• Horologium of the Night Hours

• Hymns of Praise

• Praises of the Cross

• Book of Didascalia

• Book of celements

• Glory of Kings (Kibre Negest)

• The Law of the Kings (Fetha Negest)

• Book of Synaxarium

• Haymanote Abew

• Bible Commentaries (the 4 Evangelicals)

• Books of Wisdom

• Prayers of Saint Peter (the Solomon Net)

• The faith of the church

• The seven Sacraments

• The Church of Ethiopia

• Ethiopian Church History

• Study of Bible

• Bibliographies of Kings

• Miscellaneous books and texts included

Features of the App

Theme

• Material Design color schemes.

• Setting for Night mode and Day Mode

Multiple book collections

• Add two or more translations to the app.

• Multiple books of Ethiopian prayers

Navigation

• User can configure the choice of translation and layout within the app.

• Allow swiping between books

• Book names could be displayed as list or grid views

• Supports single pane view, two pane view, and line by line view of up to three translations in a single pane.

• Turn on audio toolbar automatically when viewing Audio books

Fonts and Font Sizes

• You can change fonts sizes from toolbar or navigation menu.

• The app uses true type fonts for main view. you can include your own fonts too.

Text Copy and Share

• 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.

• 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

• Book contents are rearranged and missing parts included

• Colorful texts for the name of God, Jesus, St. Mary and Saints

• Notices and Orders in the book are written in italic for emphasis

Interface translations

• Added interface translations in English, Amharic and Afaan Oromoo.

• Changing the app Interface language will change menu item’s name.

Audio and Text Synchronization (future pro update)

• The phrases being read are highlighted and synchronized with the audio being heard.

• Added new user setting ‘Highlight synchronized phrases’ to allow user to turn on/off the yellow highlighting when the audio is playing.

Search

• Powerful and fast search features

• Search the whole words and accents

• Number of search results displayed at the bottom of the page

Settings screen

• Allow the user of the app to configure the following settings:

• Book selection type: list or grid

• Red Letters: show the name of saints in red

• Show Verse numbers

• Text layout: Verses in paragraphs or one text per line.