Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Holy Trinity Cathedral, also known in Amharic as Kidist Selassie, is the highest ranking Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.It was built to commemorate the Ethiopian victory over Italian occupation and is an important place of worship in Ethiopia, alongside other cathedrals such as the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum.
Entoto Mariam Church [1] Holy Trinity Cathedral; Medhane Alem Cathedral; St. Gabriel Church [2] St. George's Cathedral; St. George Church (Eastern Orthodox) St. Joseph Church [3] Washa Mikael Rock Hewn Church
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Founder: Frumentius according to Ethiopian Orthodox tradition: Origin: 4th century Kingdom of Aksum: Independence: 1959, from Coptic Orthodox Church: Separations: American synod-in-exile (1991–2018) Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1991) Tigrayan Orthodox Tewahedo Church (2021) Members
On 22 January 2023, three bishops in Oromia Region diocese led by Abune Sawiros illegally formed 25-episcopate named “Holy Synod of Oromia Nations and Nationalities.” [3] Three days later, the Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church excommunicated the group, accusing the Abiy Ahmed government for meddling to the church's affair.
Holy Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox Cathedral in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia was one of the first regions in the world to adopt Christianity. Religion in Ethiopia consists of a number of faiths. Among these mainly Abrahamic religions, the most numerous is Christianity (Ethiopian Orthodoxy, P'ent'ay, Roman Catholic) totaling at 67.3%, followed by Islam at ...
In 1948, the Coptic Orthodox Pope Joseph II under request from Emperor Haile Selassie, appointed the then Ichege (see below) as the first Ethiopian born Archbishop, Abuna Basilios, and granted the Ethiopian church autocephaly. His successor as Coptic Orthodox Pope, Cyril VI, elevated Abune Basilios to the exalted rank of Patriarch in 1959. The ...
The Oriental Orthodox communion is composed of six autocephalous national churches: the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria; the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and its constituent autonomous Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church; the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church; the Armenian Apostolic Church comprising the autocephalous Catholicosate of ...
Pages in category "Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo cathedrals" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .