Iyasus Mo'a

Iyasus Mo'a
Native depiction of Iyasus Mo'a
Born1214
Dehana, Begemder (between Zagwe dynasty and Alodia)
Died1294 (aged 79–80)
Venerated in
Major shrineIstifanos Monastery, Lake Hayq, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Feast5 December

Iyasus Mo'a (1214 – 1294) was an Ethiopian saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church; his feast day is 5 December (26 Hedar in the Ethiopian calendar). In life he was an Ethiopian monk and abbot of Istifanos Monastery in Lake Hayq of Amba Sel.

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