Spiritual Healing, Pastoral Counseling
and Tsebel Services
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church serves as a spiritual hospital, offering education, pastoral counseling, prayer, Holy Water (ጸበል), and the Holy Sacraments as medicines for the healing of body, mind, and soul.
“With God nothing shall be impossible.” (Luke 1:37)
Prayerful guidance and spiritual care provided by clergy.
📘 Spiritual Education
Healing begins with truth. The Church teaches Holy Scripture, Apostolic Tradition, and the wisdom of the Holy Fathers, guiding believers toward repentance, faith, and spiritual maturity.
🕊️ Pastoral Counseling
Pastoral counseling is spiritual care offered through prayer, guidance, discernment, and compassionate listening.
- 🕊️ Fear, anxiety, and emotional distress
- 🕊️ Grief and loss
- 🕊️ Marriage and family struggles
- 🕊️ Spiritual confusion and discouragement
💧 ጸበል — Holy Water (Tsebel)
Tsebel is sanctified through prayer and the invocation of the Holy Trinity. When received with faith and repentance, God grants spiritual strengthening, peace of mind, and healing according to His holy will.
- 💧 Spiritual cleansing and renewal
- 💧 Peace of heart and mind
- 💧 Strength in suffering and hardship
The water does not heal — Christ heals.
✠ Holy Sacraments as Medicine
- ✠ Confession — healing of the soul
- ✠ Holy Communion — medicine of immortality
- ✠ Prayer and blessing — strength in suffering
🔔 How to Prepare
- 🔔 Come with faith and humility
- 🔔 Prayer and fasting are encouraged when possible
- 🔔 Confession is recommended
- 🔔 Continue all prescribed medical treatment
- 🔔 Children and families are welcome
📖 Scriptural Foundation
- 📖 “Those who are sick need a physician.” (Matthew 9:12)
- 📖 “Is anyone sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the Church.” (James 5:14–15)
- 📖 “Lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” (Mark 16:18)
🔒 Confidentiality
All pastoral conversations and prayer requests are treated with dignity, confidentiality, and respect.
🙏 Prayer Requests
If you would like the Church to pray for you or your loved ones, you may:
- 🙏 Speak to the priest during service hours
- 🙏 Contact the church office
Phone: 713 367 1341 | Email: eotc721@gmail.com
📍 Location
Address: 8231 McGee Ln., Houston, TX 77071
For directions, you may also use your phone map and search the church name.
✚ A Closing Blessing
May the Lord Jesus Christ, the true Physician of souls and bodies, grant healing, peace, and strength to all who come in faith.
Christ is the Physician — His Church is the place of healing.