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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
		The Coptic Orthodox Church refused to recognize the election and enthronement of Abune Tekle Haymanot on the grounds that the Synod of the Ethiopian Church had not removed Abune Tewophilos and that the government had not publicly acknowledged his death, and he was thus still legitimate Patriarch of Ethiopia.
		Abune Merkorios was the fourth Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, succeeding Abune Tekle Haimanot in 1988.
		Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers remove their shoes when entering a church, in accordance with Exodus 3:5 (in which Moses, while viewing the burning bush, is commanded to remove his shoes while standing on holy ground).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ethiopian-Orthodox-Tewahedo-Church (6777 words)

	Kidanemehret Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - Pluralism Profile #3
		The chapel used by the Ethiopian congregation faces the East Avenue side of the property on the corner of Arnold Park.
		I was told that in a typical Ethiopian church, there are three distinct parts or places in the Church, in accordance to the Temple building instructions in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Scripture.
		One area is reserved for the Ark and surrounding the Ark, is the place where the keses and deacons conduct prayer and priestly rituals; the remaining area is for the membership to participate in the worship.
	www.monroecc.edu /depts/sociology/pluralism/profile3.htm (2550 words)

	Ethiopian Orthodox Church (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is one of the five so-called monophysite churches, characterised by their rejection of the Council of Chalcedon (451).
		In contrast to Chalcedon's doctrine that Christ is one person existing in two natures the Ethiopian Orthodox Church affirms that Christ's humanity cannot be separated from his divinity.
		The finest examples of Ethiopian symbolism and iconography are to be found at the Cathedral of Axum, the site of the oldest church in Ethiopia.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/christ/early/ethorth.html (434 words)

	Imperial Ethiopia - Ethiopia's Religions
		The second ranking hierarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is the Abbot of the Debre Libanos Monastery, reflecting the importance of monasticism in Ethiopia.
		The Ethiopian Church was the state religion of imperial Ethiopia, and is in communion with the other Non-Chalcedonian Churches, namely the Coptic Church of Egypt, the Syrian Church (the so-called Jacobite), the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Syrian Church of India.
		While the Ethiopian Orthodox are not in direct canonical communion with the Orthodox of Greece, Constantinople, Russia, Ukraine, Antioch, and other jurisdictions, they are embraced fraternally to the extent that some of these churches allow their priests to administer the sacraments to the Ethiopian Orthodox.
	www.imperialethiopia.org /religions.htm (1096 words)

	Ethiopian Religions - Christianity, Islam, Judaism & Paganism
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is headed by a patriarch and is related to the communion of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Armenian Orthodox Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church and Malankara Orthodox Church of India.
		According to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Ark of the Covenant has remained in Ethiopia ever since and is now kept in a small chapel, which stands at the heart of Aksum's monastic complex of Saint Mary of Zion (Mariam Tsion).
		The UK Television Channel 4 interviewed the present Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Abune Paulos, regarding the existence of the Ark of the Covenant and its authenticity.
	www.ethiopiantreasures.toucansurf.com /pages/religion.htm (1720 words)

	Christianity and Islam in Ethiopia
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Church was established at the beginning of the fourth century, making it one of the oldest established churches in the world.
		The most striking feature of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church with its root in Judaism is the presence of a replica of The Ark of the Covenant Holy of hollies of each Church, called the Tabot which only priests are allowed to see and handle.
		Ethiopians who are joining these festivals contribute to their Church by giving several religious items, the amount to be spent on these contributions depends of course on the income of the individual.
	www.ethiopiatravel.com /religion_in_ethiopia.htm (1391 words)

	History of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church Homepage
		The highest native born clergyman of the Ethiopian Church was the Echege, who was the Abbot of the Monastery of Debre Libanos, founded in the 1100's by the Ethiopian cleric St. Tekle Haimanot.
		The Coptic Orthodox Chruch of Egypt announced that the enthronement of a Patriarch while another Patriarch lived, without abdication on his part, or action by the Holy Synod of the Church to remove him was in violation of canon law, and refused to recognize Abune Tekle Haimanot as Patriarch of Ethiopia.
		Orthodox Epiphany does not celebrate the visit of the three wise men as is the tradition in the western church, but instead celebrates the baptism of Christ in the River Jordan by St. John the Baptist.
	www.angelfire.com /ny3/ethiochurch (3744 words)

	Ethiopian Orthodox Church History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Church, an indigenous and integral Church of Africa is one of the oldest Churches in the world, if not the oldest one, and is a founder member of the World Council of Churches.
		In the history of the Church, it is further recorded that St. Matthew the Apostle preached the Gospel to the Ethiopians and won a few converts to the new doctrine and left the country.
		Priests of the Ethiopian Church should be re-ordained by him and the whole population of the country was regarded as heathen if not rebaptized under the Catholic faith.
	www.ethiopianorthodoxchurch.org /belief/orthodox_history.html (3134 words)

	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Our Savior New York
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church of Our Savior welcomes you to this website, in the name of The Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit, The Most Holy Trinity; in the name of the Holy Virgin Mary, the Mother of God; and in the name of the Saints and Blessed Martyrs.
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church of Our Savior (Medhanealem) has been serving the Ethiopian community in the metropolitan area of New York City since it was founded by a small group of the faithful in August 1984.
		The principle Ethiopian Shrine at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem is that of "Medhane Alem".
	www.angelfire.com /ny2/medhanealem (718 words)

	Ethiopian Orthodox Church
		Ethiopian Orthodox church is the oldest of all Eastern Christianities (although Armenians would argue it).
		Sometimes Ethiopian Orthodox Tawahedo Church is called Copic, which is due to the fact that till the early fifties the head of Ethiopian church was selected in Alexandria, Egypt and this tradition was changed under Haile Sellassie.
		A too common accusation against the Ethiopian Church focuses on its lack of missionary zeal, or on the ignorance and worldliness of its priesthood.
	sellassie.ourfamily.com /culture/church.html (1730 words)

	St. Michael Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Orlando, Florida - History of the Five Oriental Churchs
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is an ancient church.
		Since the history of the Ethiopian people is closely woven that of the history of the church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church has rendered a great contribution maintaining national unity and also giving moral and spiritual strength to the people.
		The highest authority of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is the Holy Synod, under the chairmanship of His Holiness the Patriarch.
	www.stmichaeleotcorlando.org /wst_page8.html (9242 words)

	Ethiopian Christianity: A History of the Christian Church in Ethiopia
		At any rate, whether or not it was due to the Nine Saints, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, along with the Coptic Church of Egypt, and smaller churches in Syria,Turkey and Arminia, have remained non-Chalcedonian..
		Ethiopian Orthodoxy, which had very little by way of evangelistic impetus, had little appeal to the newcomers, who found Orthodox fasts odd an onerous and who no more understood the Ge’ez of the liturgy than their Christian neighbours did.
		Internally, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church won the right to appoint their own Abuna, rather than have the Abuna always be an Egyptian Copt appointed by the Patriarch of Alexandria.
	www.bethel.edu /~letnie/EthiopiaHomepage.html (1535 words)

	Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church passes on - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		The Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Jamaica and the Western Hemisphere, His Eminence Abuna Yesesaq, died at age 72 on Thursday in the Newark Beth Israel Medical Centre, New Jersey, USA.
		According to a press release from the local chapter of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abuna Yesesaq was sent to Jamaica in 1970 by Emperor Haile Selassie I, to establish the church here.
		It was the life-long vision for Abuna Yesesaq to erect the first Ethiopian Orthodox Cathedral in Jamaica, which is currently being built at 89 Maxfield Avenue in Kingston.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20060101T210000-0500_95764_OBS_ARCHBISHOP_OF_THE_ETHIOPIAN_ORTHODOX_CHURCH_PASSES_ON_.asp (315 words)

	The Ethiopian Orthodox Church & Bob Marley's Baptism And The Church (Jamaica)
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is one of the oldest organized churches (If not the oldest) in the world and dates back to biblical times (Read Acts 8:27-39 to learn more).
		It is said that upon his return to Ethiopia from Jamaica, the Emperor spoke to Abuna Yesehaq, the Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and declared "There is a problem in Jamaica....
		The incident that probaly caused the major divide between many in the Rastafarian community and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church was the baptism of Bob Marley into the church before he died.
	www.jamaicans.com /culture/rasta/ethiopian_church.shtml (717 words)

	Controversy marks Ethiopian Orthodox Church anniversary - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: )
		THE Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church's 36th anniversary was marked by controversy when during the celebration service on Labour Day, May 23, the officiating priest refused to baptize a man wearing dreadlocks, telling him that he had to cut his hair first.
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Church compound at Maxfield Avenue, Kingston, is shown in this March 25, 2006 file photo, during the funeral of Rastafarian patriarch Mortimo St George Planno.
		Through the instrumentation of Haile Selassie, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church was established in Jamaica in 1970, as a response to the Rasta community which for many years clamoured for its establishment in Jamaica.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20060624T160000-0500_107671_OBS_CONTROVERSY_MARKS_ETHIOPIAN_ORTHODOX_CHURCH_ANNIVERSARY_.asp (876 words)

	ETHIOPIAN ORTHDOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH
		The Ethiopian Church rejects Eutyches, who is believed to have taught that in Christ the human Nature was absorbed by the divine Nature.
		The teaching of the Ethiopian Church is the faith of the Fathers expounded by the great theologians of the Alexandrine tradition, especially by St. Cyril and his illustrious theological followers.
		Accordingly the Ethiopian Church maintains that Christ is perfect God and perfect man, at once Unsubstantial with the Father and with us; the divinity and the humanity continuing in Him without mixture or separation, confusion or change.
	www.freewebs.com /tewahedo/index.html (6813 words)

	Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas - phatmass phorum
		In Ethiopia the Orthodox Christmas celebrations are this weekend with Christmas being the 7th of January.
		Keep in mind the very special Holy Celebrations in the Ethiopian town of Lalibela where there are hundreds of churches and the centre of the Ethiopian Orthodox church.
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is as you say operating on a different calendar than ours.
	www.phatmass.com /phorum/index.php?showtopic=62655 (604 words)

	NSM KnowledgeBase - #19351 - The Ethiopian Orthodox Church''s Understanding of Mission
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Church had its beginning when Christianity became the official religion of the Axumite kingdom in the fourth century.
		The Ethiopian Church accepted the decisions of the three major councils (Nicea, Constantinople, Ephesus) but followed the Egyptian Coptic Church in rejecting the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon 451.
		Orthodox literature on mission suggests that spirituality is a model for mission and that through the centuries the life and witness of monastic communities not only shaped the worship and theology of the Church but also had an impact upon apostolic ministries.
	www.strategicnetwork.org /index.php?loc=kb&view=v&id=19351& (1044 words)

	Ethiopian Icons \| MetaFilter
		In a coup reminiscent of the Russian Revolution, the Ethiopian Emperor was overthrown in the 1970s and replaced with a Communist dictatorship that proceeded to destroy the monasteries and persecute the church.
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Church was founded in the 4th century, well over 200 years after the death of Saint Peter, who Roman Catholics consider the first Pope (Bishop of Rome).
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Church, along with the Armenian Orthodox Church, is considered to be one of the two oldest Eastern Orthodox Churches (predating Russian, Greek, etc.--although you can make the argument that the Greek Church begins with the early-fourth-century move of the Roman capital to Constantinople and the conversion of Constantine).
	www.metafilter.com /25132/Ethiopian-Icons (1040 words)

	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Summary
		The Ethiopian or Abyssinian church, on the Horn of Africa, is one of the five so-called monophysite Christian churches that reject the Council of Chalcedon (451) and its formula of faith.
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (in Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተክርስትያን Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is an Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia that was part of the Coptic Church u...
		Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: This Ethiopian icon shows St. George, the Crucifixion, and the Virgin Mary.
	www.bookrags.com /Ethiopian_Orthodox_Church (135 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions About the Oriental Orthodox Faith
		Today the Oriental Orthodox faith is distinguished by their rites: The Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch & Malankara Syrian Orthodox (the Syriac Orthodox Church in India), the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Ethiopian Tawehedo Orthodox Church, and the Eritrean Orthodox Church.
		In the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the primary language used is Geez, with portions in Amharic and Coptic.
		Until recently, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church was part of the administration of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
	www.geocities.com /mfignatius/oo.html?200531 (2173 words)

	UNHCR - Ethiopia: Information on the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC), the Patriarch's relationship ...
		The Ethiopian Review added that disruptions of public events at which the Patriarch was present by church members opposed to the Patriarch's leadership of the EOC "have become common occurrences" (ibid.).
		The Ethiopian Review of July-August 1997 carried a report stating that the British government had refused to issue Abune Paulos a transit visa for a stop in the UK on his way to the US, on the grounds that his presence in the UK would likely cause violence among the Ethiopian community in the UK.
		In full conformity with [Ethiopian president] Ato Meles' constitution of tribal disunity, Tigrean priests are routinely sent to Tigray and Oromo priests are regularly assigned to Oromo regions under the direction and order of Abune Pawlos.
	www.unhcr.org /home/RSDCOI/3ae6ab4658.html (778 words)

	YouTube - Ethiopian Orthodox Song
		Ethiopian Orthodox church has Ark of Covenant PART 1.
		Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo spiritual song by Memher Zebene.
		Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church spiritual song by Fantu
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=qeM4fPif4ts (435 words)

	Ethiopian Treasures - Debra Damo Monastery - Ethiopian Orthodox Church
		It has become a prominent monastic and educational centre for the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
		Women and even female animals are forbidden to set a foot into the monastery, and must remain under the cliffs and pray from there.
		The feast of Saint (Abune) Aregawi is celebrated on October 14 Ethiopian calendar (October 24 Gregorian calendar) which culminates in a pilgrimage to Debra Damo from all over the country.
	www.ethiopiantreasures.toucansurf.com /pages/damo.htm (314 words)

	Going Inside the Oromo Galma Qallu and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is one of the oldest religious establishments in the world.
		It is either that the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is based on the Oromo Galma Qallu that was transformed nominally to put on a different cover or that the two institutions have no relationships and the similarities are coincidences.
		The similarities between the rituals, the provisions and the prohibitions between the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and other similar churches such as the Russian Orthodox Church would be very helpful.
	www.voicefinfinne.org /English/Column/Galma_EOC.htm (2153 words)

	Faith: Curatorial Introduction and Artwork \| Ethiopian Icons: Faith & Science
		In the fourth century, the young Syrian Christian Frumentius became an important advisor to the royal court of the Aksumite Kingdom of Ethiopia.
		Credited with converting the king, sponsoring Christian merchants and building churches, he was the first bishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and is still venerated as Abba Salama, father of peace.
		In the centuries following, the Orthodox Church was a unifying force among the regions and diverse populations in Ethiopia.
	www.nmafa.si.edu /exhibits/icons/faith.html (244 words)

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