The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has Five Pillars of Mysteries through which it teaches and demonstrates its basic religious belief. They are called Pillars of Mystery because they support and strengthen the faithful in religious teachings as a pillar supports a roof. These mysteries have a Biblical foundation (l Cor. 14:19). Accordingly, the five pillars of mystery are expressed in the Orthodox Tewahedo Creed, which is the confession of our faith.
The Mystery of Incarnation is the mystery of the descending of God the Son who is one of the Trinity from heaven and taking up flesh and rational soul from the Holy Virgin Mary. This is the mystery of God becoming man and man becoming God. "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John.1:14).The Reason for the Incarnation of the Son of God is because Adam and Eve were created without sin and death. "God did not make death" But, man, through" his transgression brought on himself misery and suffering as well as sin and evil, and was condemned to death - death of body and· soul, grave and hell (Gen. 3: 19-24).
The Holy Trinity is three in name, in person, in deed and one in essence, in divinity, in existence, in will. The Father is the heart, the Son is the word and the Holy Spirit is the life (breath.). The Father is the heart for Himself, and He is the heart for the Son and for the Holy Spirit. The Son is the word for Himself, and He is the word for the Father, and for the Holy Spirit. And finally, the Holy Spirit is the life (breath) for Himself, and He is the life (breath) for the Father and the Son.
Baptism is the sacrament given to all who believe in the Mystery of the Trinity and the Mystery of Incarnation for the remission of sin, to obtain adoption from the Triune God, to inherit the kingdom of God. It is called mystery because, when the priest recites the prayer of baptism over the water and blesses it, it changes and becomes the water that flowed from the right side of our Lord Jesus Christ and one receives the invisible grace of the adopted son-hood of God (Jn. 19:34-35).
The Mystery of the Holy Communion is a supreme act of life through which we can hold intimate communion with God and that which makes us one with God. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood; ye have no life in you." "Who so eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood hath eternal life. My flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed, for it is a real food. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dweleth in me, and I in him." (John. 6:53-57).
Resurrection is the Mystery of life after death. All those who have departed from the time of Adam and those pass away until the second coming of Christ will be rise in the union of body and soul. The souls of the righteous shall abide in paradise and the souls of sinners in hades until the end of this world. But on the last day when our Lord and savior Jesus Christ comes in His glory, to judge the living and the dead, the souls shall be united with their bodies on the day of resurrection and they shall rise from the dust of the earth. (Lk. 16: 19-31)