What's New

Performance improvement

App Description

Gibre Himamat is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church book that is read in Holy week, the last week of Lent. The book contains readings of Palm Sunday, Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday (Spy Wednesday), Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday), Good Friday (Holy Friday), Holy Saturday and Easter. The book contains readings from Holy Bible, Orthodox Canonical books, Synaxarium, Miracles of Jesus Christ, Miracles of Saint Mary, Prophecies, Prayer Books, Haymanote Abew, and much collections

The app is designed in material design which enables users read offline with comfort. In Addition to Gibre Himamat, the app contains The book of Tsome Digua and other Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church Fasting readings.

Features of the App

Theme
• Material Design color schemes.
• Setting for Night mode and Day Mode

Navigation
• User can configure the choice of translation and layout within the app.
• Allow swiping between books
• Book names could be displayed as list or grid views

Fonts and Font Sizes
• You can change fonts sizes from toolbar or navigation menu.
• The app uses true type fonts for main view.

Text Copy and Share
• To copy a text to the device clipboard, tap on the text to select it. Then select the Copy button from the text selection toolbar.
• To share a text with someone else, tap on text to select it. You can choose to share by text message, email, WhatsApp, etc.

Contents
• Book contents are rearranged and missing parts included
• Colorful texts for the name of God, Jesus, St. Mary and Saints
• Notices and Orders in the book are written in italic for emphasis

Interface translations
• Added interface translations in English, Amharic and Afaan Oromoo.
• Changing the app Interface language will change menu item’s name.

Audio and Text Synchronization (future pro update)
• The phrases being read are highlighted and synchronized with the audio being heard.
• Added new user setting ‘Highlight synchronized phrases’ to allow user to turn on/off the yellow highlighting when the audio is playing.

Search
• Powerful and fast search features
• Search the whole words and accents
• Number of search results displayed at the bottom of the page

Settings screen
• Allow the user of the app to configure the following settings:
• Book selection type: list or grid
• Red Letters: show the name of saints in red

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • April 14, 2020 Initial release
  • September 15, 2023 New version 2.0
  • September 15, 2023 Price decrease: $7.99 -> $4.99
  • March 27, 2024 New version 3.0