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The following is a chronology of the Orthodox Tewahedo Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Churches from their base history to the present.
- 960 AD – Queen Gudit persecutes Axumite Christians during the sacking of the city.[8]
- 12th century – Communion with Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
- 1439 – During the reign of Emperor Zara Yaqob, a religious discussion took place between Giyorgis and a French visitor led to the dispatch of an embassy from Ethiopia to the Vatican.
- 1507 – Mateus, an Armenian, had been sent as an Ethiopian envoy to Portugal.
- 1520 – an embassy under Dom Rodrigo de Lima landed in Ethiopia.
- 1534 – Michael the Deacon met with Martin Luther and affirmed the Augsburg Confession as a "good creed".[11] In addition, Martin Luther stated that the Lutheran Mass agreed with that used by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. As a result, the Lutheran churches extended fellowship with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.[11]
- 1622 – Conversion of Emperor Susenyos I to Roman Catholicism under the pressure of Jesuits.[12]
- 1624 – Susenyos proclaimed the primacy of Rome and condemned local practices which included Saturday Sabbath and frequent fasts.[13]
- 1632 – Emperor Fasilides restored the state administration to Orthodox Tewahedo after ten years conflict.[14]
- 1633 – Fasilides expelled the Jesuits and in 1665, he ordered that all Jesuit books (the Book of the Franks) be burned.[15]
- 19th century – Publication of Amharic translation Bible began developing.[16]
- 16 August 2012 – death of Abune Paulos.[29]
- 28 February 2013 – Abune Mathias from Agame province, elected as the 6th Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.[30]
- 25 July 2018 – with the assistance of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, delegation took place between Patriarchate in Addis Ababa and those from the United States exiled Churches and declared reunification in Washington, D.C.[31]
- 22 January 2023 – Abune Sawiros, Abune Ewostatewos and Abune Zena Markos designated 26-made Archbishops to overthrow the Holy Synod led by Patriarch Abune Mathias in Oromia Region diocese. The Holy Synod responded the ordination as "illegal" and excommunicated three archbishops on 26 January. On 31 January, the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed convened a discussion on the matter, which he told he would ensure resolution for the conflict. His speech widely criticized by Holy Synod for lack of protection and also alleged involvement to the illegally formed Synod.[32]
"Our History". The Ethiopian Orthodox Archdiocese. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
Socrates and Sozomenus Ecclesiastical Histories, p. 57.