Tag: Ethiopia
Progressive patriarch brokered peace
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
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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