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Äthiopisch Orthodoxe Kirche:
Allgemein:
Gläubige: ca. 40 bis 50 Millionen in Äthiopien und ca. nochmal 40 Milionen im Ausland
Muttersprache: Amharisch, Tigrinja, Oreminja und Guraginja
Kirchenverwaltung: 1 Patriarchat, 14 Diözesen, 53 Klöster (22 Mitglieder des Hl. Synods)
Ritus: Alexandrinisch
Kirchensprache: Geez und die lokal gebräuchlichen Sprachen
Kalender: Weihnachten am 29. Tahsas (= 7. Januar wie auch in RUSSLAND), Ostern beweglich im Monat Mijazja
Oberhaupt: S. H. Abuna Paulos, Patriarch der äthiopisch-orthodoxen Kirche; seit 12. Juli 1992
Sitz: Addis Abeba
Vorgänger: Abuna Querillos (1929-52) - Abuna Basilios (1951-70, seit 1959 Patriarch) - Abuna Theophilos (1970-76) - Abuna Tekle Haimanot (1976-88), Merkorios Zelibanos (1988-92)
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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church is an Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia that was part of the Coptic Church until it was granted its own Patriarch by Cyril VI, the Coptic Pope, in 1959. It claims a membership of close to 36 million people world wide, and is thus the second largest of all Oriental and Eastern Orthodox churches, second only to the Russian Orthodox Church in size. It is the only pre-colonial Christian church of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Contents [showhide]
1 Origins
2 Recent history
3 Distinctives
3.1 Language
3.2 Ark of the Covenant
3.3 Rastafarian connection
4 External links
[edit]
Origins
Tewahido is a Ge'ez word meaning "being made one"; it is related to the Arab term tawhid. This refers to the Oriental Orthodox belief in the one single unique Nature of Christ (a complete union of the Divine and Human Natures) as opposed to the two Natures of Christ doctrine (unmixed Divine and Human Natures) upheld by Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. The Oriental Orthodox Churches, namely the Coptic Church, the Armenian Orthodox Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Malankara Orthodox Church of India, and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church all refused to accept the two natures doctrine proclaimed by the Council of Chalcedon which separated them from the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. As such the Ethiopian Church is often referred to as "Non-Chalcedonian", and by its detractors as "monophysite".
The Ethiopian Church claims its origins from Philip the Evangelist (Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 8). It became the established church of the Ethiopian/Axumite Kingdom under Emperor Ezana in the 4th century (thanks to the efforts of Frumentius, known in Ethiopia as "Abune Selama, Kesatay Birhan"), who as a boy had been shipwrecked in Ethiopia, and had managed to be brought to the royal court with his brother Adesius and risen to positions of influence there in the 4th Century. They managed to convert Emperor Ezana to Christianity. Ezana sent Frumentios to Alexandria to ask the Patriarch at the time, St. Athanasius to appoint a bishop for Ethiopia. Athanasius appointed Frumentios himself, who returned to Ethiopia as Bishop with the name of Abune Selama. For centuries afterwards, the Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria always named an Egyptian Copt to be Archbishop of the Ethiopian Church..................................
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Christianity in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has long been a Christian country. We read in Acts 8: 26 of the Ethiopian eunuch who was already studying the scriptures when he met and was baptised by the Apostle Philip.
There are many Old Testament references to the country of Ethiopia - the kingdom of Saba or Sheba, from where the queen went to visit Solomon. All subsequent Ethiopian monarchs claim descent from their union. It is also generally accepted that the Old Testament land of Cush (Isaiah 18, Numbers 12:1) was present day Ethiopia, and all Ethiopians believe that Moses’ Ark of the Covenant containing the Holy Commandments was given by Solomon to his son and that it remains to this day in the Ethiopian city of Axum.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church dates from the 4th century when an apostle named Frumentius was brought to Ethiopia after a shipwreck. He converted the king and his sons who then proclaimed Christianity as the official religion of the country. In 332 A.D. Frumentius was consecrated the first Bishop of the Orthodox Church.
Until the 5th century all the Christian Churches were united and to this day the Nicene Creed, formulated at the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D., is used in Orthodox, Roman and Protestant services. In 451 A.D. at the Council of Chalcedon, the Patriarch of Alexandria was deposed and five Churches allied to him, including the Ethiopian Orthodox, split away, leaving the Byzantine and Latin Churches united until the 11th century when they separated, and Constantinople and Rome became the two centres of Christianity. The Roman Church later sub-divided into Catholics and Protestants, and the Byzantine Orthodox into Greek, Russian etc. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has thus always been closely linked with Alexandria (the Coptic Church) and remained under the Coptic Patriarch until the middle of the 20th century. All the Orthodox Churches: Coptic, Ethiopian, Syrian, Armenian, Greek, Russian, Rumanian etc. have much in common and maintain a good relationship. They are all members, also, of the World Council of Churches.
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http://www.holylandalternatives.net/christianity.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Church
http://religion.orf.at/projekt02/religi ... ontent.htm
http://www.pro-oriente.at/Orientalische ... tseite.htm
http://www.muz-online.de/religion/orthodox.html
Allgemein:
Gläubige: ca. 40 bis 50 Millionen in Äthiopien und ca. nochmal 40 Milionen im Ausland
Muttersprache: Amharisch, Tigrinja, Oreminja und Guraginja
Kirchenverwaltung: 1 Patriarchat, 14 Diözesen, 53 Klöster (22 Mitglieder des Hl. Synods)
Ritus: Alexandrinisch
Kirchensprache: Geez und die lokal gebräuchlichen Sprachen
Kalender: Weihnachten am 29. Tahsas (= 7. Januar wie auch in RUSSLAND), Ostern beweglich im Monat Mijazja
Oberhaupt: S. H. Abuna Paulos, Patriarch der äthiopisch-orthodoxen Kirche; seit 12. Juli 1992
Sitz: Addis Abeba
Vorgänger: Abuna Querillos (1929-52) - Abuna Basilios (1951-70, seit 1959 Patriarch) - Abuna Theophilos (1970-76) - Abuna Tekle Haimanot (1976-88), Merkorios Zelibanos (1988-92)
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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
(Redirected from Ethiopian Orthodox Church)
This article or section should include material from Abyssinian Church
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church is an Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia that was part of the Coptic Church until it was granted its own Patriarch by Cyril VI, the Coptic Pope, in 1959. It claims a membership of close to 36 million people world wide, and is thus the second largest of all Oriental and Eastern Orthodox churches, second only to the Russian Orthodox Church in size. It is the only pre-colonial Christian church of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Contents [showhide]
1 Origins
2 Recent history
3 Distinctives
3.1 Language
3.2 Ark of the Covenant
3.3 Rastafarian connection
4 External links
[edit]
Origins
Tewahido is a Ge'ez word meaning "being made one"; it is related to the Arab term tawhid. This refers to the Oriental Orthodox belief in the one single unique Nature of Christ (a complete union of the Divine and Human Natures) as opposed to the two Natures of Christ doctrine (unmixed Divine and Human Natures) upheld by Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. The Oriental Orthodox Churches, namely the Coptic Church, the Armenian Orthodox Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Malankara Orthodox Church of India, and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church all refused to accept the two natures doctrine proclaimed by the Council of Chalcedon which separated them from the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. As such the Ethiopian Church is often referred to as "Non-Chalcedonian", and by its detractors as "monophysite".
The Ethiopian Church claims its origins from Philip the Evangelist (Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 8). It became the established church of the Ethiopian/Axumite Kingdom under Emperor Ezana in the 4th century (thanks to the efforts of Frumentius, known in Ethiopia as "Abune Selama, Kesatay Birhan"), who as a boy had been shipwrecked in Ethiopia, and had managed to be brought to the royal court with his brother Adesius and risen to positions of influence there in the 4th Century. They managed to convert Emperor Ezana to Christianity. Ezana sent Frumentios to Alexandria to ask the Patriarch at the time, St. Athanasius to appoint a bishop for Ethiopia. Athanasius appointed Frumentios himself, who returned to Ethiopia as Bishop with the name of Abune Selama. For centuries afterwards, the Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria always named an Egyptian Copt to be Archbishop of the Ethiopian Church..................................
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Christianity in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has long been a Christian country. We read in Acts 8: 26 of the Ethiopian eunuch who was already studying the scriptures when he met and was baptised by the Apostle Philip.
There are many Old Testament references to the country of Ethiopia - the kingdom of Saba or Sheba, from where the queen went to visit Solomon. All subsequent Ethiopian monarchs claim descent from their union. It is also generally accepted that the Old Testament land of Cush (Isaiah 18, Numbers 12:1) was present day Ethiopia, and all Ethiopians believe that Moses’ Ark of the Covenant containing the Holy Commandments was given by Solomon to his son and that it remains to this day in the Ethiopian city of Axum.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church dates from the 4th century when an apostle named Frumentius was brought to Ethiopia after a shipwreck. He converted the king and his sons who then proclaimed Christianity as the official religion of the country. In 332 A.D. Frumentius was consecrated the first Bishop of the Orthodox Church.
Until the 5th century all the Christian Churches were united and to this day the Nicene Creed, formulated at the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D., is used in Orthodox, Roman and Protestant services. In 451 A.D. at the Council of Chalcedon, the Patriarch of Alexandria was deposed and five Churches allied to him, including the Ethiopian Orthodox, split away, leaving the Byzantine and Latin Churches united until the 11th century when they separated, and Constantinople and Rome became the two centres of Christianity. The Roman Church later sub-divided into Catholics and Protestants, and the Byzantine Orthodox into Greek, Russian etc. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has thus always been closely linked with Alexandria (the Coptic Church) and remained under the Coptic Patriarch until the middle of the 20th century. All the Orthodox Churches: Coptic, Ethiopian, Syrian, Armenian, Greek, Russian, Rumanian etc. have much in common and maintain a good relationship. They are all members, also, of the World Council of Churches.
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http://www.holylandalternatives.net/christianity.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Church
http://religion.orf.at/projekt02/religi ... ontent.htm
http://www.pro-oriente.at/Orientalische ... tseite.htm
http://www.muz-online.de/religion/orthodox.html
