Hindus Urge New Ethiopian Church Patriarch to Promote Interfaith Dialogue

Distinguished Hindu Statesman Rajan Zed 4/3/13 Ethiopia is home to one of the world’s greatest Christian religious-historical sites. (RENO) – Congratulating His Holiness Abune Mathias, 71, on his election as the sixth Patriarch of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church headquartered in Addis Ababa, Hindus hope that he would promote interfaith dialogue in the world. Mathias, who has been serving as the church’s archbishop in Jerusalem, will now be the leader of largest of Oriental Orthodox churches and Ethiopia’s about 45 million Orthodox Christians, which is more than half of its population.