ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — In his Easter message this week, Patriarch Abune Mathias, head of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church, vowed to fight homosexuality, saying it will bring destruction to the world. ADDIS ...

A deep rift within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) has widened, with Oromo bishops formally establishing the breakaway “Oromia Orthodox Tewahedo Church” on 23 January. The newly ...

The crisis erupted last month when three rebel archbishops ordained 26 new bishops from Oromia and Southern Ethiopia, claiming their cultures were marginalised by the mainstream Orthodox clergy. They ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Millions of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians gathered on Monday at celebrations for Epiphany, locally known as Timkat, which commemorates the baptism of Jesus Christ by John the ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Millions of Christians in Ethiopia observed Good Friday in the capital, Addis Ababa, on Friday as celebrations — ahead of their Easter Sunday this weekend — were dampened by ...

For years, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has been one of the few institutions that helped bind this war-riven country together, unifying disparate ethnic groups around worship as their bitter ...

A high priest holds a cross while standing in front of a bonfire during the Meskel celebrations in Addis Ababa – Copyright AFP Nalini LEPETIT-CHELLA, Paz PIZARRO ...

Beyond the search for a better life, evangelicals and Orthodox in Ethiopia increasingly share even more. April was a terrible month for Ethiopian migrants. Tescma Marcus and his brother Alex were ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (middle) bringing the leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and other religious leaders together. Facebook Ethiopia, once again, is at a crossroads. The last ...

Addis Ababa (AFP) – Orthodox Ethiopians on Wednesday marked the beginning of Meskel, one of the holiest celebrations in the Christian tradition followed in this devout nation riven by ethnic and ...