Hawarya Krestos (died 4 May 1700) was a member of the

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ine court and royal

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Biography

Hawarya Krestos belonged to the higher clergy ( Liqawant) in the court of the Gondarine rulers and to the royal counsellors. As such, he held the title of Azzaz. Towards the end of the reign of Emperor

Yohannes I Yohannes I (), also known as Yohannes the Righteous (Ge'ez: ጻድቁ ዮሐንስ), throne name A'ilaf Sagad (Ge'ez: አእላፍ ሰገድ; 1640 – 19 July 1682) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1667 to 1682, and a member of the Solomonic dynas ...

, Hawarya Krestos was also granted the title of Tsehafi Taezaz and would author the Emperor's Chronicles. He also documented the church councils summoned by Emperor

to resolve the doctrinal differences between the theological parties of Qabat and Tewahedo.

died on 19 July 1682 and Iyasu ascended the throne, with the serag masare Malkea Krestos putting the crown on his head. The Tsehafi Taezaz's (Hawarya Krestos and Walda Haymanot) sent sealed letters to various countries to announce the death of

, and that the reign of his son

Iyasu I Iyasu I ( Ge'ez: ኢያሱ ፩; 1654 – 13 October 1706), throne name Adyam Sagad (Ge'ez: አድያም ሰገድ), also known as Iyasu the Great, was Emperor of Ethiopia from 19 July 1682 until his death in 1706, and a member of the Solomonic dy ...

has begun. On 19 January 1694, during the ceremony of

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, Hawarya Krestos who was well versed in the art of church poetry, had the honour to improvise

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(of the Mawaddes type) for

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hawarya Krestos 17th-century Ethiopian people