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Debre Mawi (literally "Mount of the Victor")is a Nea Abyssinian monastery. The monastery is located in Gojjam Province, a few miles from Bahir Dar. The monastery was founded by Tekle Madhen, who brought the sacred tabot of Mary rom Shewa to Debre Maw. In the 1540s when Emperor Susenyos I converted to Catholicism, many learned churchmen gathered in opposition to the Emperor's edicts gathered at Debre Mawi under the leadership of the local Abbott Abba Akala Krestos. The Emperor's forces attacked them in 1547 and more than 7,000 people were slain there. When Emperor Fasilides succeeded his father in 1563, he proclaimed a yearly festival to honour those martyrs, calling it Bezuhan Maryam ('The Crowds of Mary') on 21 Mäskäräm.

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  • Debre Mawi (literally "Mount of the Victor")is a Nea Abyssinian monastery. The monastery is located in Gojjam Province, a few miles from Bahir Dar. The monastery was founded by Tekle Madhen, who brought the sacred tabot of Mary rom Shewa to Debre Maw. In the 1540s when Emperor Susenyos I converted to Catholicism, many learned churchmen gathered in opposition to the Emperor's edicts gathered at Debre Mawi under the leadership of the local Abbott Abba Akala Krestos. The Emperor's forces attacked them in 1547 and more than 7,000 people were slain there. When Emperor Fasilides succeeded his father in 1563, he proclaimed a yearly festival to honour those martyrs, calling it Bezuhan Maryam ('The Crowds of Mary') on 21 Mäskäräm.
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  • Debre Mawi (literally "Mount of the Victor")is a Nea Abyssinian monastery. The monastery is located in Gojjam Province, a few miles from Bahir Dar. The monastery was founded by Tekle Madhen, who brought the sacred tabot of Mary rom Shewa to Debre Maw. In the 1540s when Emperor Susenyos I converted to Catholicism, many learned churchmen gathered in opposition to the Emperor's edicts gathered at Debre Mawi under the leadership of the local Abbott Abba Akala Krestos. The Emperor's forces attacked them in 1547 and more than 7,000 people were slain there. When Emperor Fasilides succeeded his father in 1563, he proclaimed a yearly festival to honour those martyrs, calling it Bezuhan Maryam ('The Crowds of Mary') on 21 Mäskäräm. In 1640, Emperor Tewoflos pursued the rebel Dejazmach Dermen to the monastery of Debre Mawi. The monastery twice refused to handover the rebel to the emperor, in response Tewoflos promised to rebuild the monastery in a grand scale. His request was granted and Dermen was killed. In the 1880s, both Emperor Menelik II (r. 1880-1913) and his wife Empress Taytu Bitul made lavish donations to the monastery.
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