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Ads by Google      Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church is one of the Tensions were - and in some cases remain - high between the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church on the one side and the Coptic Orthodox and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Churches on the other. Coptic pope in 1950, but had no say in the autocephaly of its integral Eritrean diocese due to the appeal of the Eritrean government to the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate for Eritrean Orthodox autocephaly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrean_Orthodox_Church      Eritrea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1993 the Eritrean Orthodox Church was granted autocephaly, and in 1998 the Archbishopric of Asmara, the young nation's capital, was elevated to the rank of patriarchate, within the Oriental Orthodox church. Members of the Eritrean Orthodox Church are sometimes described as Coptic Christians because the hierarchy of that church was formerly subject to that of the Tawahido Church of Ethiopia, which was in turn formerly (before 1950) subject to the Coptic Pope. Independent local sources of political information on Eritrean domestic politics are scarce; in September 2001 the government closed down all of the nation's privately owned print media, and outspoken critics of the government have been arrested and held without trial, according to various international observers, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea   (2595 words)      Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oriental Orthodoxy, which includes the Coptic Church, of Egypt, the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Indian Orthodox Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Church. In contrast to the Syriac Orthodox Church (part of Oriental Orthodoxy), the Assyrian Church is part of neither Eastern nor Oriental Orthodoxy, having split from the rest of Christianity in the Nestorian Schism of 431 AD, under the accusation that its believers heretically divided Christ into two persons. A large number of Orthodox denominations, such as the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church, belong to the movement of Old Believers, which broke from the Russian Orthodox Church in the 17th century in a schism known as the Raskol. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_church   (523 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. The Syriac-Persian Church of the East (which left the Oriental Orthodox Church in 457 AD) however, still has several parishes which are active, and the Armenian Orthodox have parishes in Iran. The Assyrian Orthodox Church is an older name (in the English language) for the Syriac Orthodox Church. http://www.geocities.com/mfignatius/oo.html   (523 words)      1998-06-12.txt At the end of the ceremony, in the name of the Eritrean Orthodox church, HH Abune Philippos I presented a huge Silver cross (Gold plated) on which a dedication was written to the Pope of Alexandria. On 15 April 1998 I sent H.E. Metropolitan Bishoy to Asmara according to the request of the Eritrean Orthodox Church to attend the choosing of the Patriarch. With this enthrownment his title became HIS HOLINESS ABUNE PHILIPPOS THE FIRST Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church Being enthrowned Patriarch, he became the head of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, He presides its Holy Synod, and is the supreme head of all its churches and monasteries. http://www.coptic.net/public/news/1998-06-12.txt   (6031 words)      Eritrean Orhtodox Church Resolution of the Diocese of North America of the Eritrean Orthodox Church. Alexandrian Coptic Orthodox Church, Armenian Orthodox Church, Eritrean Orthodox Church, Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Indian Orthodox Church and Syrian Orthodox Church participated in the Conference Resolution on the Dangerous Developments in the Eritrean Orthodox Church. http://www.tewahdo.com   (360 words)      USCCB - Guidelines Concerning The Pastoral Care of Oriental Orthodox Students in Catholic Schools The Oriental Orthodox Churches today are the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the Eritrean Orthodox Church, and the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India. Thus every effort should be made to respect and even promote the participation of Oriental Orthodox students in the life of their own churches, and to avoid practices that could appear to constitute an invitation for an Oriental Orthodox student to join the Catholic Church. The Coptic and Ethiopian Orthodox Churches do not allow their faithful to receive sacraments in any church outside the Oriental Orthodox communion, but the Armenian and Syrian Orthodox do allow it in some circumstances. http://www.nccbuscc.org/seia/oriental.htm   (360 words)      USCCB - Guidelines Concerning The Pastoral Care of Oriental Orthodox Students in Catholic Schools The Oriental Orthodox Churches today are the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the Eritrean Orthodox Church, and the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India. Thus every effort should be made to respect and even promote the participation of Oriental Orthodox students in the life of their own churches, and to avoid practices that could appear to constitute an invitation for an Oriental Orthodox student to join the Catholic Church. The Coptic and Ethiopian Orthodox Churches do not allow their faithful to receive sacraments in any church outside the Oriental Orthodox communion, but the Armenian and Syrian Orthodox do allow it in some circumstances. http://www.nccbuscc.org/seia/oriental.htm   (360 words)      Articles - Eritrea In 1993 the Eritrean Orthodox Church was granted autocephaly, and in 1998 the Archbishopric of Asmara, the young nation's capital, was elevated to the rank of patriarchate of Eritrea, within the Coptic church. Members of the Eritrean Orthodox Church are sometimes described as Coptic Christians because the hierarchy of that church was formerly subject to that of the Tawahido Church of Ethiopia, which was in turn formerly (before 1950) subject to the Coptic Pope. Currently approved religions are the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Eritrean Mekane Yesus Evangelical Lutheran Church, and Islam. http://gaple.com/articles/Eritrea?mySession=12df1eba8d4cd4f4f7bbad3ac7368e5e   (1879 words)      Eritrean Orhtodox Church Resolution of the Diocese of North America of the Eritrean Orthodox Church. Resolution on the Dangerous Developments in the Eritrean Orthodox Church. It took place in Washington, DC at Medhanie-Alem Orthodox Church from July 28 to 31, 2005. http://www.tewahdo.com   (266 words)      Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church had been granted autocephaly by the Coptic pope in 1950, but had no say in the autocephaly of its integral Eritrean diocese due to the appeal of the Eritrean government to the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate for Eritrean Orthodox autocephaly. It is to be remembered Pope Shenouda III presided at the consecration and enthronement in Asmara, together with the Holy Synod of the Eritrean Orthodox Church and a Coptic Orthodox Delegation that accompanied him. Abune Antonios was elected on 5 March 2004 and enthroned as the third Patriarch of Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Eritrea, on 25 April 2004. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrean_Orthodox_Church   (475 words)      Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church had been granted autocephaly by the Coptic pope in 1950, but had no say in the autocephaly of its integral Eritrean diocese due to the appeal of the Eritrean government to the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate for Eritrean Orthodox autocephaly. It is to be remembered Pope Shenouda III presided at the consecration and enthronement in Asmara, together with the Holy Synod of the Eritrean Orthodox Church and a Coptic Orthodox Delegation that accompanied him. Both the first two Patriarchs of Eritrea were originally Archbishops of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and in fact Abune Yacob and been Patriarchal locum tenens (acting patriarch) during the period between the abdication of Patriarch Abune Merkorios and the election of Patriarch Abune Paulos of Ethiopia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrean_Orthodox_Church   (455 words)      Articles - Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church is one of the Oriental Orthodox churches. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church had been granted autocephaly by the Coptic pope in 1950, but had no say in the autocephaly of its integral Eritrean diocese due to the appeal of the Eritrean government to the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate for Eritrean Orthodox autocephaly. Both the first two Patriarchs of Eritrea were originally Archbishops of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and in fact Abune Yacob and been Patriarchal locum tenens (acting patriarch) during the period between the abdication of Patriarch Abune Merkorios and the election of Patriarch Abune Paulos of Ethiopia. http://gaple.com/articles/Eritrean_Orthodox_Church?...   (503 words)      Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church encyclopedia and info, forum and guides The Oriental Orthodox Churches, which today include the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Malankara Orthodox Church of India, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and the Eritrean Orthodox Church, are referred to as "Non-Chalcedonian", and by their detractors as " monophysite ". With the fall of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church was disestablished as the state church. The Patriarchs of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem all refused to accept the two natures doctrine proclaimed by the Council of Chalcedon in 451 CE, thus separating them from the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches (which themselves split following the East-West Schism). http://jamaica.caribbean-forum.com/encyclopedia.php?title=Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church   (503 words)      Dialogue between Catholic & Oriental Orthodox Churches Invited to participate in this meeting were: the Coptic Orthodox Church, Syrian Orthodox Church, Armenian Apostolic Church (Catholicate of All Armenians and Catholicate of Cilicia), Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and Eritrean Orthodox Church. The Oriental Orthodox Churches are those churches that do not subscribe to the canons of the Council of Chalcedon. In their opening address the co-chairmen underscored the importance of the meeting marking the beginning of a new official theological dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches as a family. http://www.armenianprelacy.org/egypt.htm   (584 words)      Michael S. Allen: Student Affiliate The Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Syrian, and Indian churches trace their heritage from the first centuries of the Christian era and continue to number millions of believers in their home countries; nonetheless, they are virtually unknown to many Americans, for whom Christianity means essentially Catholicism, Protestantism, and Eastern Orthodoxy. Armenian Church of Atlanta, Norcross, GA Kidist Mariam Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, Decatur, GA Medhanealem Eritrean Orthodox Church, Lithonia, GA St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church, Roswell, GA St. Mary's Syrian Orthodox Church, Lilburn, GA Please write to us with suggestions about new books, articles, or sites to include, "Oriental" Orthodox Christianity: The Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Syrian, and Indian Churches in America http://www.pluralism.org/affiliates/student/allen/index.php   (584 words)      Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church had been granted autocephaly by the Coptic pope in 1950, but had no say in the autocephaly of its integral Eritrean diocese due to the appeal of the Eritrean government to the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate for Eritrean Orthodox autocephaly. Tensions were - and in some cases remain - high between the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church on the one side and the Coptic Orthodox and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Churches on the other. It was formerly a part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, its autocephaly being reluctantly recognized by the Ethiopian Patriarchate after Eritrea gained its independence in the 1993. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrean_Orthodox_Church   (584 words)      Miaphysitism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia These include the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Indian Orthodox Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (tewahido is a Ge'ez word meaning 'being made one') and the newly autocephalous Eritrean Orthodox Church. Miaphysitism is the christology of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. However, the decision at Chalcedon remains the offical teaching of the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church and traditional Protestants. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miaphysite   (864 words)      Beliefnet.com I am on a Yahoo news list called 'African Orthodoxy', which gives news updates and discussion about the Coptic, Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches, and I have just heard that the Eritrean Orthodox Church has a new patriarch as of 6 March, 2004, Abune Intonios, who is the third patriarch of the Eritrean church. (As I understand it, the Eritrean Orthodox Church was granted independence from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church by Pope Shenouda III in the early 1990's.) This board is for those within The Oriental Orthodox Communion. http://www.beliefnet.com/boards/message_list.asp?boardID=67886&discussionID=335746   (152 words)      The Official Theological Dialogue between the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Catholic Church Letters of invitation to this meeting, signed by both co-chairmen, were sent to the Heads of the Oriental Orthodox Churches: the Coptic Orthodox Church, Syrian Orthodox Church, Armenian Apostolic Church (Catholicosate of all Armenians), Armenian Apostolic Church (Catholicosate of Cilicia), Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and Eritrean Orthodox Church. In their opening address the co-chairmen underscore the importance of the meeting marking the beginning of a new official theological dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches as a family. In the name of H.H. Pope Shenouda III, Metropolitan Bishoy welcomed the participants, who on Wednesday evening 28 January had the opportunity to take part at the weekly sermon of Pope Shenouda III at Saint Mark's Cathedral in Cairo. http://www.suryoyo.uni-goettingen.de/news/orientcath2004.htm   (152 words)      Ge'ez language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Today Ge'ez remains the main language used in the liturgy of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, the Ethiopic Catholic Church, and also the Beta Israel Jewish community. Liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, Ethiopic Catholic Church, and Beta Israel The Tigre language, which is closely related to Ge'ez is also beginning to be written in Ge'ez, although its long association with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church put off members of the largely muslim ethnicity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geez   (2042 words)      Rent Asunder Family of Oriental Orthodox Churches: Coptic Orthodox Church, Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch, Armenian Catholicosate of All Armenians, Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, Syrian Orthodox Church, Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo, Archbishop of the Church of Uganda The Church of the Province of Uganda (Anglican) http://www.postanglidoxy.org/id14.html   (383 words)      The Official Theological Dialogue between the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Catholic Church Letters of invitation to this meeting, signed by both co-chairmen, were sent to the Heads of the Oriental Orthodox Churches: the Coptic Orthodox Church, Syrian Orthodox Church, Armenian Apostolic Church (Catholicosate of all Armenians), Armenian Apostolic Church (Catholicosate of Cilicia), Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and Eritrean Orthodox Church. In their opening address the co-chairmen underscore the importance of the meeting marking the beginning of a new official theological dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches as a family. In the name of H.H. Pope Shenouda III, Metropolitan Bishoy welcomed the participants, who on Wednesday evening 28 January had the opportunity to take part at the weekly sermon of Pope Shenouda III at Saint Mark's Cathedral in Cairo. http://www.suryoyo.uni-goettingen.de/news/orientcath2004.htm   (1146 words)      Seventh Meeting of the Oriental Orthodox Churches in the Middle East - Oct 21, 2004 Pope Shenouda III presided at the consecration and enthronement in Asmara, together with the Holy Synod of the Eritrean Orthodox Church and a Coptic Orthodox Delegation that accompanied him. Responding to the need of the Church of Eritrea to consecrate Holy Myron (Chrism) in Asmara, Pope Shenouda III together with a Coptic delegation traveled to Asmara from 17-24 September, 2004, where he consecrated the Holy Myron together with H.H. Abune Antonios I and the Holy Synod of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Pope Shenouda III, with the concelebration of H.H. Abune Antonios I, also presided at the consecration of the newly built church in the headquarters at the Eritrean Patriarchate in Asmara. http://sor.cua.edu/Ecumenism/20041021oomtg7.html   (2370 words)      Eritrea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1993 the Eritrean Orthodox Church was granted autocephaly, and in 1998 the Archbishopric of Asmara, the young nation's capital, was elevated to the rank of patriarchate of Eritrea, within the Coptic church. Members of the Eritrean Orthodox Church are sometimes described as Coptic Christians because the hierarchy of that church was formerly subject to that of the Tawahido Church of Ethiopia, which was in turn formerly (before 1950) subject to the Coptic Pope. The Eritrean and Ethiopian Orthodox churches are still in full communion with the Coptic Church in Egypt. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea   (2323 words)      Articles - Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church The Oriental Orthodox Churches, which today include the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Malankara Orthodox Church of India, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and the Eritrean Orthodox Church, are referred to as "Non-Chalcedonian", and by their detractors as " monophysite ". Coptic Pope Yosab of Alexandria finally granted autocephaly to the Ethiopian Church with the appointment of an Ethiopian-born Archbishop, Abune Baslios, in 1951. The Patriarchs of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem all refused to accept the two natures doctrine proclaimed by the Council of Chalcedon in 451 CE, thus separating them from the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches (which themselves split following the East-West Schism). http://www.kamero.net/articles/Ethiopian_Orthodox   (2323 words)      Dialogue between Catholic & Oriental Orthodox Churches Invited to participate in this meeting were: the Coptic Orthodox Church, Syrian Orthodox Church, Armenian Apostolic Church (Catholicate of All Armenians and Catholicate of Cilicia), Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and Eritrean Orthodox Church. The Oriental Orthodox Churches are those churches that do not subscribe to the canons of the Council of Chalcedon. It was decided that the next meeting, which will take place next January in Rome, will deal with the first part of ecclesiology, Church as communion, including: understanding of communion; constitutive elements of communion; particular and universal communion; full communion and degrees of communion; meaning of sister churches; meaning of church families; common ecumenical goals. http://www.armenianprelacy.org/egypt.htm   (2323 words)      NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church After Eritrea became an independent country, the Coptic Orthodox Church granted autocephaly to the Eritrean Orthodox Church with the reluctant approval of its mother synod, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church is an Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia that was part of the Coptic Church until 1959, when it was granted its own Patriarch by Coptic Pope Cyril VI. With the fall of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church was disestablished as the state church. http://pedia.nodeworks.com/E/ET/ETH/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church   (1649 words)      MECC Pope Shenouda III presided at the consecration and enthronement in Asmara, together with the Holy Synod of the Eritrean Orthodox Church and a Coptic Orthodox Delegation that accompanied him. Responding to the need of the Church of Eritrea to consecrate Holy Myron (Chrism) in Asmara, Pope Shenouda III together with a Coptic delegation traveled to Asmara from 17-24 September, 2004, where he consecrated the Holy Myron together with H.H. Abune Antonios I and the Holy Synod of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Pope Shenouda III, with the concelebration of H.H. Abune Antonios I, also presided at the consecration of the newly built church in the headquarters at the Eritrean Patriarchate in Asmara. http://www.mec-churches.org/positions/Oriental_churches.htm   (1649 words)      MECC Pope Shenouda III presided at the consecration and enthronement in Asmara, together with the Holy Synod of the Eritrean Orthodox Church and a Coptic Orthodox Delegation that accompanied him. Responding to the need of the Church of Eritrea to consecrate Holy Myron (Chrism) in Asmara, Pope Shenouda III together with a Coptic delegation traveled to Asmara from 17-24 September, 2004, where he consecrated the Holy Myron together with H.H. Abune Antonios I and the Holy Synod of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Pope Shenouda III, with the concelebration of H.H. Abune Antonios I, also presided at the consecration of the newly built church in the headquarters at the Eritrean Patriarchate in Asmara. http://www.mec-churches.org/positions/Oriental_churches.htm   (2389 words)

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