Prayer Service in Connection with Martyrs Day

Asmara, 19 June 2025 – Sermons and prayers in commemoration of Martyrs Day, presided by His Reverend Abune Basilios I, 5th Patriarch of the Orthodox Tewahdo Church, was held at St. Michael’s Church in Asmara during the mid-morning hours today. The prayer service was attended by religious leaders of the Tewahdo Orthodox, Catholic, and Lutheran Christian denominations.

Merigeta Mulugeta Simon from the Office of the Patriarch, indicating that the martyrs who paid with their precious lives attested to their love for their people and country, urged citizens to renew their pledge to live up to their expectations.

Similarly, in the afternoon hours, Salat and Dua services were conducted at the Al-Khulafae Al-Rashideen Grand Mosque, led by Sheik Salem Ibrahim Almukhtar, Mufti of Eritrea.

Sheik Salem Ibrahim, noting that 20 June, Martyrs Day, is a day on which the Eritrean people proudly commemorate their martyrs who brought independence and safeguarded national sovereignty, urged every citizen to strengthen contributions in support of families of martyrs.