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Frumentius (Ge'ez: ፍሬምናጦስ; died c. 383) was a Phoenician Christian missionary and the first bishop of Axum who brought Christianity to the Kingdom of Aksum. [1] He is sometimes known by other names, such as Abuna ("Our Father") and Aba Salama ("Father of Peace"). [2] He was a native of Phoenicia, born in Tyre, modern day Lebanon.
The Kingdom of Aksum (Ge'ez: አክሱም, romanized: ʾÄksum; Sabaean: 𐩱𐩫𐩪𐩣, ʾkšm; Ancient Greek: Ἀξωμίτης, romanized: Axōmítēs) also known as the Kingdom of Axum, or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom in East Africa and South Arabia from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, based in what is now northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, and spanning present-day Djibouti and ...
Ezana (Ge'ez: ዔዛና, ‘Ezana, unvocalized ዐዘነ ‘zn), (Ancient Greek: Ἠεζάνα, Aezana) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum (320s – c. 360 AD).One of the best-documented rulers of Aksum, Ezana is important as he is the country's first king to embrace Christianity and make it the official religion.
Christianity in Ethiopia is the country's largest religion with members making up 68% of the population. [ 3 ] Christianity in Ethiopia dates back to the ancient Kingdom of Aksum , when the King Ezana first adopted the faith in the 4th century AD.
The church is located in the town of Axum, Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia, near the grounds of Obelisks of Axum. The original church is believed to have been built during the reign of Ezana the first Christian ruler of the Kingdom of Axum (present-day Eritrea and Ethiopia), during the 4th century AD, and has been rebuilt several times since ...
Axum, also spelled Aksum (/ ˈ ɑː k s uː m / ⓘ), is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia with a population of 66,900 residents (as of 2015). [2] It is the site of the historic capital of the Aksumite Empire .
According to an unpublished history of kings from Axum, this ruler was the wife of Ella Amida and reigned for three years during the minority of her sons Abreha and Atsbeha. [ 46 ] The Gedle Abreha and Asbeha from the Church of Abreha wa-Atsbeha names her Sofya , and states she was the wife of king Tazer ( Ousanas ) and mother of Abreha and ...
The Ezana Stone is an ancient stele still standing in modern-day Axum in Ethiopia, the centre of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum.This stone monument, that probably dates from the 4th century of the Christian era, documents the conversion of King Ezana to Christianity and his conquest of various neighbouring areas, including Meroë.