Episodes

Monday Dec 15, 2025
5 Pillars of Mystery: Why Pillars, Why 5, Why Mystery
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Bible Study @ D.H.K. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - Atlanta, GA - December 14, 2025

Monday Nov 24, 2025
5 Pillars of Mystery: Introduction 2
Monday Nov 24, 2025
Monday Nov 24, 2025
Bible Study @ D.H.K. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - Atlanta, GA - November 23, 2025

Monday Nov 17, 2025
5 Pillars of Mystery: Theodicy
Monday Nov 17, 2025
Monday Nov 17, 2025
Bible Study @ D.H.K. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - Atlanta, GA - November 16, 2025

Monday Nov 10, 2025
5 Pillars of Mystery: God's Existence
Monday Nov 10, 2025
Monday Nov 10, 2025
Bible Study @ D.H.K. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - Atlanta, GA - November 9, 2025

Monday Nov 10, 2025
5 Pillars of Mystery: Introduction 1
Monday Nov 10, 2025
Monday Nov 10, 2025
Bible Study @ D.H.K. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - Atlanta, GA - November 2, 2025

Thursday Oct 30, 2025
Protecting Orthodoxy in a Western World
Thursday Oct 30, 2025
Thursday Oct 30, 2025
Campus Ministry @ GA Tech - Atlanta, GA - October 28, 2025

Thursday Oct 30, 2025
The Prodigal Son
Thursday Oct 30, 2025
Thursday Oct 30, 2025
Youth Conference @ Kidus Michael & Kidane Mehiret Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - Atlanta, GA - October 18, 2025

Sunday Oct 19, 2025
The Holy Cross
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Bible Study @ D.H.K. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - Atlanta, GA - October 12, 2025

Monday Jul 18, 2022
||EPISODE 14_Hopeless Romantic|| Chapter 6: It’s Complicated
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
History is more complicated than many think. It this episode one of the biggest misconceptions about the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is discussed; namely that the faith was forced upon the people in history. Some even go as far as accusing the Ethiopian Church to be colonialist! Hear what the author has to say on this topic.

Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
||EPISODE 12_Hopeless Romantic|| PT_2_Chapter 5: Don’t Get it Twisted
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Get ready to hear the grimmer part of Ethiopian history. This chapter is dedicated to highlighting occurrences in the past where tribes fought against tribes and religions against religions. Yet, these dark realities did not define the course of our history.

About the Author
Deacon Dawit Muluneh is the author of Hopeless Romantic: The Untold History of Ethiopia, I Need Answers and is a Ph.D. student of Ethiopian and Arabic Studies. He grew up in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and at age seven, his family immigrated to the US from Ethiopia.
Muluneh graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Upon completing his education at Virginia Tech, he worked at a patent and trademark office for three years. At age 27, having sold his house and car he traveled to a monastery in Ethiopia - Dabre Libanos - to learn the traditional teachings of the church. Afterward, he was ordained as a deacon in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
After a year and a half, Muluneh returned to the States to join a graduate program at the Catholic University of America, where he currently studies Ethiopian and Arabic Studies.



