VATICAN CITY — Today’s martyrs have become “the seed of Christian unity,” Pope Francis said Monday during an audience with the leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and his delegation. “The ...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia's orthodox church has elected a new leader of the influential body in the predominantly Christian nation. Abune Matias, 71, was Thursday named the 6th Patriarch of the ...
Talk about pennies from Heaven. An Ethopian congregation that passed a collection plate to parishioners every Sunday for the past 30 years has raised enough money to buy the $1.3 million church of its ...
Africa’s youngest head of state heals the wounds of one of its oldest churches. Ending 27 years of schism, Ethiopian Orthodox Christians in their homeland and in America reunited the two feuding ...
A delegation from Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church attended the ordination ceremony of His Grace Abuna Basilios as the sixth Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church on Sunday. The solemn ...
WORCESTER — Sounds of prayer, song, and music echoed through a Vernon Street church Sunday, as more than 1,000 worshipers celebrated the Epiphany — and the spiritual strength of the region’s deeply ...