Category: Ethiopia

Patriarch Abune Matthias Condemns Suffering, Calls for Peace in Oromia, Amhara, and Tigray

OCP- January 12, 2025

ESG – OCP News Service – 12/01/2025 Addis Ababa- Ethiopia: His Holiness Abune Matthias, the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, made a call ... Read More

Myriads Gather for Hymns of Nativity of the Lord in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

OCP- January 7, 2025

pic courtesy ESG – OCP News Service – 07/01/2025 Addis Ababa- Ethiopia:  Debre Selam Holy Savior Cathedral in Addis Ababa and Legahare Square in Dire ... Read More

Preparation for Epiphany Celebrations Disrupted: Over 70 Detained in South Ethiopia

OCP- December 31, 2024

ESG – OCP News Service – 31/12/2024 Addis Ababa- Ethiopia: In a troubling turn of events within Ethiopia before Theophany, more than 70 clergy and ... Read More

More than 590 Orthodox Christians Killed in East Gojjam Diocese in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

OCP- December 29, 2024

43rd Annual Parish Council Meeting of East Gojjam Diocese Priest Kokeb Takele ESG – OCP News Service – 29/12/2024 Addis Ababa- Ethiopia:  During the 43rd ... Read More

Ethiopian Orthodox Delegation Visits St. Alexy Hospital in Moscow

OCP- December 1, 2024

mospat.ru DECR and OCP News Service – 01/12/2024 Moscow- Russia: A delegation from the Holy Trinity Theological University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, recently visited St. ... Read More

11 Orthodox Christians Slaughtered in Sherka, East Arsi, Oromia, Ethiopia

OCP- December 1, 2024

ESG – OCP News Service – 01/12/2024 Addis Ababa- Ethiopia:  The targeted killings of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Christians continues in Oromia, with 11 people, aged ... Read More

Coptic Orthodox Synod Highlights Importance of Russia Orthodox Church Dialogue, Offers Prayers for Ethiopia and Eritrea

OCP- November 6, 2024

copticorthodox.church Gerges Mounir Hanna – OCP News Service – 06/11/2024 Cairo – Egypt: On November 5, 2024, the Permanent Committee of the Holy Synod convened ... Read More

Excommunicated Archbishops Declare a New Ethnical Synod in Tigray, Ethiopia

OCP- October 26, 2024

ESG – OCP News Service – 26/10/2024 Addis Ababa- Ethiopia: A renegade group of excommunicated former archbishops and former monks in Axum, Tigray, who had established ... Read More

Ethiopian Orthodox Church Condemns Seizure of Ukrainian Cathedral and Attack on Metropolitan Theodosy

OCP- October 23, 2024

mospat.ru DECR – OCP News Service – 23/10/2024 Moscow- Russia: The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Patriarchate has issued a strong condemnation of the recent seizure of ... Read More

Orthodox Parish Council Member and His Wife Slain in Oromia, Ethiopia

OCP- October 17, 2024

Burnt House - Credit: Mahibere Kidusan ESG – OCP News Service – 17/10/2024 Addis Ababa- Ethiopia: Mr. Negash Lema, a diligent parish council member of ... Read More