Rome, June 17 (Adnkronos) - Soon the world will admire the Ark of the Covenant described in the Bible as the container for the Tables of the Law that God gave to Moses and the center, over the centuries, of research and study.
said in an interview ADNKRONOS exclusive video, visible on the site IGN's online magazine website Adnkronos (www.adnkronos.com), the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Abuna Pauolos, these days in Italy for the 'G8 of Religions', and that tomorrow will meet with Pope Benedict XVI for the first time and to which, "if you ask - continued the Patriarch - tell you the whole situation of the Ark Alliance ".
"The Ark of the Covenant - reaffirms Pauolos - is in Ethiopia for many centuries. Patriarch As I saw with my own eyes and only a few very qualified people have been able to do the same, so far." According to the patriarch is kept in a church, but to defend the real one, a copy of a religious symbol and 'was placed in every church in the country.
ETOP The official announcement that the world will deliver the keys of the secret millennium ark, will be given next Friday during a press conference at the Hotel Aldrovandi 14 Rome from the Orthodox Patriarch of Ethiopia, along with Prince Aklile Berhan Makonnen Haile Selassie, and the Duke Amedeo D'Aosta, which will be in Rome as early as tomorrow morning.
According to some studies, the Ark was stolen from Jerusalem by the son of King Solomon and brought to Axum, regarded as the Jerusalem of Ethiopia. And the museum will be built in Axum called to house the Ark, whose project was funded by the Foundation of the prince, heir to the throne of Haile Selassie shortly before his death, Crhijecllu, an acronym of the names of the sons of Prince: Christian , Jessica, Clarissa Lucrezia.
few weeks ago had gone around the world the news that would be seen by a journalist from the Ark in a genuine Ethiopian church. It 'was then that the Patriarch Pauolos has reached the decision to say "once and for all the world the truth'" on a wooden crate and gold with the Tablets of the Law of God The Patriarch judged the time ripe to close permanently chapter in which up to now no history, no research, no 'Indiana Jones', was able to write the word order.
The Patriarch of the ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Church has chosen to work alongside him in this adventure, the grandson of the last Negus, head of a family Importane, whose role is recognized both in Ethiopia and abroad. The crown prince two years ago that failed to pacify the Muslim and Christian factions in Ethiopia in the middle of a harsh contrast.
E 'Thus began the countdown to finally reveal the mystery of the sacred Ark of the Covenant, capable, according to legend, to give off flashes of light and divine lightning can incinerate anyone who was affected, as is effectively described in the cult movie 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'. From the fiction film will now be the reality.
next Friday press conference with the official announcement, an event that has been made possible thanks to the collaboration of Paul Salerno, assistant Prince and the journalist Antonio Parisi, who for some years following the historical events of the Ethiopian royal families and in particular, and of course the Ark of the Covenant.
But what is the Ark of the Covenant, one of the greatest mysteries of antiquity on which fantasy, legend and history continued to be intertwined for centuries? The Ark, in Jewish tradition, contains the tablets of the law, that the Ten Commandments, the artifact, acacia wood, was built by Moses. Outside decorations in gold and had long been kept by the Jewish people has accompanied its ups and downs, battles and defeats, the wanderings and struggles against the Philistines and was stored in various places until the King David has not placed in the Rock in Jerusalem.
But Solomon, the son and successor of David, to place the Ark in the Temple of Jerusalem built by himself. This narrative is interwoven with historical events and then other religious and national traditions. In fact, the Ark of the Covenant disappeared in 586 BC with the conquest of Jerusalem by the Babylonians and the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem.
However its actual destruction is not written evidence, and since then the Ark becomes a symbol ever attempted by humans and tracked in various parts of the world, from Africa to the Middle East. Tradition places the Ark in Ethiopia Kingdom of Axum, after Solomon had given to the son of the Queen of Sheba, Menelik I. Here, over the centuries would have been protected by Orthodox monks in the city 'holy near Lalibela Axum, where it still stands.
The Ark, which is not visible to anybody except a Monaco that holds, the complex is preserved in the Cathedral of Saint Mary of Zion, 'hidden at all and therefore is carried in procession once a year but wrapped in cloth.
The Ark has access to the imagination of archaeologists, writers, religious groups, seven of every kind. In fact, tradition states that it adopts a particular power, but also that whoever touches it was electrocuted. An object given its location - The Temple of Jerusalem - has been from time to time in the middle of stories related to Freemasonry or the Knights Templar. However it should be noted that there are many churches in Ethiopia and in which 'kept un'''arca'', as several scholars - often moving at the edge of mystery and legend - the place in various parts of the world.
(from AGI)
