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	Church of Eritrea - OrthodoxWiki
		The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church is one of the Oriental Orthodox churches.
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church had been granted autocephaly by the Coptic Pope in 1950, but had no say in the autocephaly of its integral Eritrean diocese due to the appeal of the Eritrean government to the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate for Eritrean Orthodox autocephaly.
		It is to be remembered Pope Shenouda III presided at the consecration and enthronement in Asmara, together with the Holy Synod of the Eritrean Orthodox Church and a Coptic Orthodox Delegation that accompanied him.
	orthodoxwiki.org /Church_of_Eritrea (390 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church
		The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church is an Oriental Orthodox church.
		Although the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church was granted autocephaly by the Pope of Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria in 1950, the church had no say in the autocephaly of its integral Eritrean diocese due to the appeal of the Eritrean government to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria for Eritrean Orthodox autocephaly.
		In August 2005, the Patriarch of Orthodox Tewahdo Church of Eritrea, H.B. Abune Antonios, was confined to a strictly ceremonial role.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Eritrean_Orthodox_Church (1331 words)

	Eritrea
		According to church officials, Dioscoros was the new patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church.
		Following the deposal of Patriarch Antonios by the Synod, more than sixty members of a fellowship of the Orthodox Church were told to withdraw their signatures from a petition protesting the closure of their fellowship and to confess that the church leaders, namely the deposed patriarch, were heretics.
		Mosques and the principal Christian churches coexisted throughout the country, although Islam tended to predominate in the lowlands and Christianity in the highlands.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71300.htm (3900 words)

	Indian Orthodox Church
		The Indian Orthodox Church (also known as Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Orthodox Syrian Church of the East), is a prominent member of the Oriental Orthodox Churches family.
		The present head of the Indian Orthodox church is H.H. Baselius Mar Thoma Didymos I. The official title of the head of the Church is "the Catholicos of the East seated on the throne of St Thomas and the Malankara Metropolitan".
		The Malankara Syrian Association is the parliament of the Church which is a body of bishops and elected laity and clergy representatives from all the parishes.
	www.niranamchurch.com /IndianOrthodoxChurch.asp (1788 words)

	About the British Orthodox Church
		The British Orthodox Church was originally established in 1866 when a Frenchman, Jules Ferrette, was consecrated as a bishop by the Syrian Orthodox Church with the purpose of re-establishing Orthodoxy to the West.
		Although the British Orthodox Church is a small community at present, it is committed to evangelism and wider ministry.
		The British Orthodox Church, as part of the Oriental Orthodox family of local Churches, is in communion with the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the Eritrean Orthodox Church and the Malankara Syrian Church of India.
	www.britishorthodox.org /about.php (1249 words)

	About the British Orthodox Church
		Patriarch Paoulos of Ethiopia paid an official visit to Lebanopn in July 2005 was welcomed in the airport by the Armenian Catholicos of Cicilicia, Aram I, Bishop Kegham Khatcherian, the Primate of the Diocese of Lebanon, the Ambassador of Ethiopia to Lebanon, and representatives from the Ethiopian community of Lebanon.
		His Holiness emphasized the brotherhood between the two churches and considered the construction of the Ethiopian Church a new phase in their historical cooperation.“This church is a new expression of the close cooperation between our two churches.
		Members of the Jacobite Church were enraged at the Malankara Orthodox Church’s Catholicos-designate, Thomas Mar Thimothios holding a mass at the Thrikunnath Seminary Church.
	www.britishorthodox.org /113h.php (2301 words)

	About the British Orthodox Church
		On 13 July H.H. Pope Shenouda III and Abune Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church signed a Common Declaration in St. Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo, marking the end of a period of strained relations between the two Patriarchs.
		For the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the full communion and the visible unity of churches are based on the unity of faith which is manifested through Eucharistic communion and other Sacraments of the Church.
		After signing the protocol of the relations between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in April 1994 by the heads of these churches through the approval of both holy synods, no meeting was possible to take place between the two heads since that time.
	www.britishorthodox.org /review.php (691 words)

	Eritrean Orthodox Church Diocese of North America
		Since the canon and church rules of the Orthodox Church in no uncertain terms prohibit the “consecration of another patriarch while the legal patriarch is still alive”, Abba Dioscoros’ consecration to the position of a patriarch is illegal, therefore, unacceptable.
		The Council of Priests and the Administrative Board of the North American Diocese of the Eritrean Orthodox Church convened its special session at the Debre Gi'ezan Medhane Alem Church in Atlanta, Georgia today, September 17, 2005, to deliberate on the deteriorating situation in the Eritrean Orthodox Church.
		The central pillar of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo religion is the Patriarch.
	tewahdo.org /Diocese/Diocese.html (849 words)

	About the British Orthodox Church
		Formal excommunication from the church excludes the former member from participation in all sacraments of the church, including communion, baptism, marriage and funeral rites.
		During the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Syrian Orthodox Church, held in Damascus in October, tragic and painful news was received of the death of Father Boulos Iskander Behnam, Priests of St. Ephrem’s Church in Mosul, Iraq.
		At the end of the meeting, the three Heads of Churches condemned the ordination of Max Michel (see page 287) by schismatic and non-canonical bishops who claim to be Orthodox and emphasized the necessity of strengthening cooperation between primates and communities of the three Oriental Orthodox churches.
	www.britishorthodox.org /114h.php (2522 words)

	Oriental Orthodox Churches: Eritrean Orthodox Church
		At that time the country’s Orthodox population formed a single diocese within the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
		In July 1993, with the support of the government, the Eritrean Orthodox appealed to Pope Shenouda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church for separation from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and autocephalous status.
		Most of the Orthodox are members of the Tigrinya ethnic group which resides for the most part in the central and southern highlands.
	www.geocities.com /medhanye_alem/Orthodox.htm (351 words)

	Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church Information
		Abune Antonios was elected on March 5, 2004, and enthroned as the third Patriarch of Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Eritrea, on 25 April 2004.
		It is to be remembered Pope Shenouda III presided at the consecration and enthronement in Asmara, together with the Holy Synod of the Eritrean Orthodox Church and a Coptic Orthodox Delegation that accompanied him.
		Both the first two Patriarchs of Eritrea were originally Archbishops of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and in fact Abune Yacob had been Patriarchal locum tenens (acting patriarch) during the period between the abdication of Patriarch Abune Merkorios and the election of Patriarch Abune Paulos of Ethiopia.
	www.bookrags.com /Eritrean_Orthodox_Church (576 words)

	Central committee document - Application for Membership of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
		The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church was founded in 329 AD under the fatherhood of St. Frementius (Abba Selama), the first bishop of Abyssinia (i.e., the present Eritrea and Ethiopia).
		The Church is organized under the supreme body of the Holy Synod, which is the Council of all the Bishops and Archbishops of the Church presided over by the Patriarch, and whose executive arm is the office of the Administrator General.
		The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church has expressed its agreement with the basis of the WCC through a decision taken by the Holy Synod in October 1999 and confirmed by an action taken on 5 June, 2003 by the Holy Synod.
	www2.wcc-coe.org /ccdocuments2003.nsf/index/gen-5.1.1-en.html (487 words)

	Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church is an Oriental Orthodox church.
		Although the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church was granted autocephaly by the pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church in 1950, the church had no say in the autocephaly of its integral Eritrean diocese due to the appeal of the Eritrean government to the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate for Eritrean Orthodox autocephaly.
		In August 2005, the Patriarch of Orthodox Tewahdo Church of Eritrea, H.H. Abune Antonios, was confined to a strictly ceremonial role.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eritrean_Orthodox_Church (1125 words)

	[VoMD] Voice Of Meselna Delina - The Eritrean Government has decided on Consecration of a Patriarch for the Eritrean ...
		The Eritrean people should be aware that the rights and beliefs of the two-million strong church have been flagrantly violated once again; and the hijacking of the church by the government that has been underway for quite sometime is now completed.
		Moreover, [based on the historic relationship and the 1994 protocol between the Eritrean Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church], Pope Shenouda, Patriarch of the Coptic Church along with a large delegation were present for the occasion.
		From priests, monks, deacons, and the faithful of the Eritrean Orthodox Church.
	asmarino.com /content/view/34/7 (591 words)

	Directions to Orthodoxy - Eritrean Orthodox Church elects new patriarch (2 stories)
		ASMARA -- The Eritrean Orthodox church has elected a new patriarch, the information ministry said, replacing a deposed leader opposition groups claim was sacked under pressure from state authorities.
		The Eritrean opposition and Amnesty International said Antonios was removed from his post due to his criticism of alleged state interference in church activities, a claim vehemently denied by Asmara.
		Antonios, who is still recognized as the church's legitimate head by the Coptic Orthodox headquarters in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, has been held under house arrest since January, according to Amnesty.
	directionstoorthodoxy.org /mod/news/view.php?article_id=422 (1131 words)

	Jubilee Campaign USA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although the Catholic, Orthodox and Lutheran churches are recognized officially by the Eritrean government, some of their members have also been jailed and threatened by security officials during the past year.
		Orthodox Patriarch Abune Antonios was stripped of his ecclesiastical authority in August and remains under house arrest for opposing government interference in church affairs, including the arrest of three Orthodox priests.
		Antonios was installed by Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenoudah III as the third patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church in March 2004.
	www.jubileecampaign.org /home/print.php?sid=92 (2610 words)

	Erishalom.com's news about Eritrean Church (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pastors and church members caught meeting illegally have been subjected to cruel torture and demeaning conditions in an attempt to force them to recant their beliefs.
		Currently, at least 286 Eritrean evangelicals are known to be imprisoned in nine different locations; two of the locations are in isolated military regions closed to civilians.
		The Eritrean government has targeted the country’s 12 independent Pentecostal and charismatic churches since May 2002, when all were ordered to close their churches and stop meeting for worship, even in private homes.
	www.erishalom.com /eriEritrea/news (3373 words)

	Open Doors UK \| Advocate for Eritrean believers
		Orthodox priests say the worship of evangelicals and Pentecostals is foreign and that they are out to destroy the traditions and the culture of the traditional church.
		Most of the ex-communicated believers felt that, instead of forming one church, it would be best to rent venues near the traditional churches they had belonged to so they could reach out to their former church with the message of salvation through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
		In 2001, Church leaders initiated an attack in an Orthodox church in the capital Asmara, on the pretext of dealing with so-called 'heretics' in their midst.
	www.opendoorsuk.org /advocate_eritrea.php (872 words)

	Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church Under Arrest \| release eritrea!
		It is deeply concerning that political appointees to the Orthodox Church, headed by Mr Yoftahe Dimetros, have completely disregarded the spiritual authority of the church in order to bring the biggest Church in the country under government control.
		Eritrean sources also indicate that the administrative body appointed by the regime has been holding secret meetings to orchestrate the dismissal of Abune Antonios and the appointment of new Patriarch to replace him.
		On several occasions since then the Eritrean government issued blanket denials of the existence of persecution in the country stating that ‘no groups or persons are persecuted in Eritrea for their beliefs or religion’ and that people were ‘free to worship according to their wish’.
	www.release-eritrea.org.uk /node/42 (514 words)

	Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church - Wikipedia Mirror
		The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church is an Oriental Orthodox church.
		Although the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church was granted autocephaly by the pope of Coptic Christianity in 1950, the church had no say in the autocephaly of its integral Eritrean diocese due to the appeal of the Eritrean government to the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate for Eritrean Orthodox autocephaly.
		Abune Antonios was elected on March 5, 2004, and enthroned as the third Patriarch of Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Eritrea, on 25 April 2004.
	www.wiki-mirror.be /index.php/Eritrean_Orthodox_Tewahdo_Church (580 words)

	Compass Direct News : ERITREA - GOVERNMENT IMPOSES NEW CONTROLS ON ORTHODOX CHURCH
		In an ultimatum delivered to the church’s Asmara headquarters on December 5, the state demanded that all offerings and tithes collected through the Orthodox Church be deposited directly into a government account.
		The leadership of the Eritrean Orthodox Church has reportedly accepted the government demands, forwarding formal notice of the new regulations to every Orthodox parish in the country.
		Eritrean authorities intercepted the men on December 4 as they were driving toward the Eritrean-Sudanese border, where Samaritan’s Purse had projects assisting the nomadic Beja tribe.
	www.compassdirect.org /en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=long&idelement=4684 (913 words)

	The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church Overview Frame
		Nonetheless, they remain in full communion with one another, as with the other Oriental Orthodox Churches, and indeed share a common heritage of liturgy and art stretching back at least fifteen hundred years.
		In 1998, Abuna Philipos was elevated to the rank of patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church.
		As of 2004, the church is led by Patriarch Antonios, who was elected following the death of Philipos’s successor, Yacob.
	pluralism.org /affiliates/student/allen/Oriental-Orthodox/Eritrean/EritreanChurchFrame.html (505 words)

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		Pope Shenouda added that he is willing to help the church in Eritrea in the Sunday School Education field, foundation of a Theological Seminary to form clergy ready to minister as priests and preparing the Holy Chrysm in Eritrea to fulfill the needs of Eritrean churches.
		At the end of the ceremony, in the name of the Eritrean Orthodox church, HH Abune Philippos I presented a huge Silver cross (Gold plated) on which a dedication was written to the Pope of Alexandria.
		On 15 April 1998 I sent H.E. Metropolitan Bishoy to Asmara according to the request of the Eritrean Orthodox Church to attend the choosing of the Patriarch.
	www.coptic.net /public/news/1998-06-12.txt (6031 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Eritrea's 'spiritual father' dies
		Since the early hours of this morning, Eritreans have gathered at the main orthodox church in Asmara to pay their final respects to Abuna Filipos.
		The first Patriarch of the Eritrean orthodox church died after a short illness on Wednesday at the age of 101.
		Roughly half of Eritrea's population is Christian, the vast majority belong to the orthodox church, which was established in Eritrea and Ethiopia by the end of the fourth century.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/2271657.stm (419 words)

	western culture or Eritrean Orthodox ?
		Masterminded by denominational and new age movement groups and individuals, the church, from within and outside is facing series threat.
		The Orthodox Tewahdo church according to church History, ancient writing of apostles and their immediate followers as well as archeological evidence, the Orthodox faith is the vehicle God uses in shaping what we call it “Christianity” with the true teaching [warship] (Ortho-Doxa) church as its center.
		All the “church” branches hastily in the process of establishment in the U.S., are led by BIBLE -ONLY and SONG believing members of Reformation Church and cults.
	www.webspawner.com /users/tewahdo (1809 words)

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