Tag: Ethiopia

Progressive patriarch brokered peace

OCP- September 7, 2012

5/9/2012 His Holiness Abune Paulos was Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, one of the oldest Christian Churches in Africa; some two-thirds of Ethiopia’s 83 ... Read More

The Unexpected Death of Abuna Paulos

OCP- August 24, 2012

Richard Marsh, Ph.D. CEO, Institute for Food, Brain and Behaviour 24/8/2012 The unexpected death of Abuna Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahado Church, on ... Read More

A Tribute to Patriarch Abune Paulos (Video)

OCP- August 17, 2012

17/8/2012 An Exclusive Tribute to Patriarch Abune Paulos of Ethiopia. Source: OCP News Service Read More

Patriarch Abune Paulose of Ethiopia enters Eternal Rest (Updated)

OCP- August 16, 2012

16/8/2012 Addis Ababa: His Holiness Abune Paulos, Patriarch, and Catholicos of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Archbishop of Axum and Ichege of the See of Saint ... Read More

Belcher: Perspective on ancient Ethiopian texts

OCP- August 9, 2012

Wendy Laura Belcher, an assistant professor of comparative literature and African American studies at Princeton, specializes in medieval, early modern and modern African literature. Her ... Read More

One Man’s Attempt to Capture Ethiopian Armenians’ Dying Legacy

OCP- August 5, 2012

Lilly Torosyan 4/8/2012 TEZETA is a song form famous in Ethno-Jazz. In Amharic (the language of Ethiopia), it translates to ‘my memory,’ but it means ... Read More

Twentieth Enthronement Anniversary of Patriarch Abouna Paulos of Ethiopia – Exclusive

OCP- July 13, 2012

By Solomon Mengist (OCP Special Correspondent in Ethiopia) Photo courtesy: Stalin Gebre-Selassie 13/7/2012 His Holiness Abouna Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, celebrates ... Read More

An ancient faith in Africa

OCP- June 29, 2012

By Holland Cotter New York Times 28/6/2012 ZION IN AFRICA Ethiopia’s form of Orthodox Christianity has a Jewish ring to it, with its Saturday Sabbath ... Read More

Ethiopia leaders call for ‘severe’ penalties against gays at hate meet

OCP- June 15, 2012

15/6/2012 Ethiopian government official uses conference to say country 'will be the graveyard of homosexuality,’ while religious leaders call for severe punishment to fight this ... Read More

Ark of Covenant plans for historic Hackney cinema

OCP- May 11, 2012

9/5/2012 Plans by an Ethiopian Orthodox Church to turn a rare example of an Edwardian cinema into a 1960s pastiche replica of the Ethiopian church ... Read More

Petition of Vatican Apology for Complicities in the Ethiopian Genocide 1935-1941

OCP- April 12, 2012

Please watch the video of the Pope blessing the Italian fascist army at 1':30" in this video. 12/4/2012 SIGN THE PETITION HERE: Vatican officials and ... Read More

Ethiopia : Hyenas Deprived of Butcher Scraps During Orthodox Lent Started Hunting Donkeys

OCP- April 8, 2012

Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer 8/4/2012 Humans aren't the only ones who give up certain foods for Lent. In the 55 days before Easter in ... Read More

Ethiopia: Religious Leaders Confirm Wolkayit Sugar Project Has No Negative Impact On Waldeba Monastery

OCP- March 30, 2012

30/3/2012 Gondar — Religious leaders in North Gondar Zone of Amhara State confirmed that the Wolkayit Sugar Development Project will have no negative impact on ... Read More

Ethiopia and the 111th Emperor: Haile Selassie I

OCP- March 28, 2012

27/3/2012 A thousand years before Christ the Queen of Sheba, we are told, traveled to Jerusalem where she met King Solomon, married him and had ... Read More

Ethiopian Regime war on ancient Ethiopian Monasteries

OCP- March 26, 2012

Ethiopian Heritage Society of North America 25/3/2012 Ethiopian Heritage Society Alarmed by Government Plans In yet another egregious assault on its own Ethiopian citizens, the ... Read More

Oromia-Ethiopia: Disturbing Photo from the Mount Cuqaallaa/Ziquala Fire

OCP- March 23, 2012

21/3/2012 The following is a very disturbing photo showing some portions of the burned forest on Mount Cuqaallaa (or Ziquala), located some 25km southwest of ... Read More

Ethiopians Trade Holy Water for AIDS Drugs

OCP- March 7, 2012

7/3/2012 ENTOTO, Ethiopia—Cast out from her family, Tigist arrived at Ethiopia's Entoto Mountain believing that a spring here welled with holy water that would rid ... Read More

Archaeologists strike gold in quest to find Queen of Sheba’s wealth

OCP- February 14, 2012

Dalya Alberge The Observer 12/2/2012 A British excavation has struck archaeological gold with a discovery that may solve the mystery of where the Queen of ... Read More

Ethiopian church preserves its African culture, faith

OCP- February 12, 2012

12/2/2012 Visiting the early Sunday morning service of Fresno's only Ethiopian Orthodox congregation is like stepping into a land far away. Just like in Ethiopia, ... Read More

Oriental Orthodox Epiphany Celebrations held in Ethiopia

OCP- January 21, 2012

    21/1/2012 Special Courtesy: Solomon Mengist For the first time ever the representatives of the Oriental Orthodox celebrated Epiphany in Addis Ababa. The Representatives ... Read More

Growing hope with Ethiopian ‘church forests’

OCP- January 17, 2012

16/1/2012 "... Conservation International currently estimates that one species is now going extinct every 20 minutes, which is a thousand times faster than the norm ... Read More