When Yared was seven years old his father died, and his mother sent him to go live with an uncle, who was a priest of the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition, one of the oldest churches in the world.
Gdy miał 7 lat, zmarł jego ojciec. Matka odesłała go, by zamieszkał z wujem - kapłanem ortodoksyjnego kościoła etiopskiego, jednego z najstarszych wyznań świata.