Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን,^[1]), or simply Ethiopian Orthodox Church is the largest Oriental Orthodox Church.^[2][3][4][5]

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን
Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, the seat of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Abbreviation	EOTC
Classification	Eastern Christianity
Orientation	Oriental Orthodoxy
Scripture	Orthodox Tewahedo Bible
Theology	Miaphysitism
Polity	Episcopal
Primate	Mathias
Region	Ethiopia and Ethiopian diaspora
Language	Geʽez, Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya
Liturgy	Alexandrian
Headquarters	Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Founder	Saint Frumentius according to Ethiopian Orthodox tradition
Origin	4th century Kingdom of Aksum
Branched from	Orthodox Tewahedo
Separations	American synod-in-exile (1992-2018)
Members	36 million
Other name(s)	Ethiopian Orthodox Church

It was part of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria from 4th century until 1959.

The Church accepts the doctrine of Miaphysitism, which believes in the one person of Jesus Christ, divinity and humanity are united in one.

The Church has 500 bishops in the patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem.^[6]

References

1. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Addis Ababa. "የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን". ZEOrthodox.org. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
2. "Orthodox Christianity in the 21st Century". Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. 8 November 2017. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has an estimated 36 million adherents, nearly 14% of the world's total Orthodox population.
3. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Population Census Commission (4 June 2012). "Summary and Statistical Report of the 2007 Population and Housing Census Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2012. Orthodox 32,138,126 {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. "Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church | church, Ethiopia". Encyclopedia Britannica. In the early 21st century the church claimed more than 30 million adherents in Ethiopia.
5. "Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church", World Council of Churches website (accessed 2 June 2009)
6. "Catholic Encyclopedia: Henoticon". Newadvent.org. 1910-06-01. Retrieved 2013-06-30.

Other websites

• Divine Liturgy of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
• Ethiopian Religions – Christianity, Islam, Judaism & Paganism Archived 2020-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church -the oldest site)
• CNEWA article by Ronald Roberson: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
• Historical Evolution of Ethiopian Anaphoras
• Abbink, J. A Bibliography on Christianity in Ethiopia. Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2003 Archived 2018-01-28 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)