The Africa Report

Ethiopia: Nationalism creates schism in Orthodox Church

A deep rift within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) has widened, with Oromo bishops formally establishing the breakaway “Oromia Orthodox Tewahedo Church” on 23 January. The newly ...
Yahoo

A year after buying church from Messiah Lutheran, hundreds fill pews of St. Mary's Ethiopian Orthodox Church for holiday and feast

Oct. 6—Under the unblinking gaze of three owl-eyed icons in a mural painted at the head of the church, two rows of white-clad parishioners faced each other while singing and ringing sets of brass ...
Hartford Courant

An Ethiopian church in Washington preserves an ancient language and Orthodox tradition

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in traditional white shawls chant in the ancient liturgical language of one of the oldest branches of Christianity. During ...
The Spokesman-Review

A year after buying church from Messiah Lutheran, hundreds fill pews of St. Mary’s Ethiopian Orthodox Church for holiday and feast

The choreographed performance is about nine hours into a half-daylong service at St. Mary’s Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in north Spokane in an extensive celebration in honor of the holiday ...