Three people have been killed Saturday in attacks on a church in southern Ethiopia, according to reports by a religious media outlet. The violence erupted against a backdrop of tensions in the ancient ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia's orthodox church has elected a new leader of the influential body in the predominantly Christian nation. Abune Matias, 71, was Thursday named the 6th Patriarch of the ...

For hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants, a southeast Houston church is more than a place to worship God. Debre Selam Medhanealem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church is a touch of a home half a world away, ...

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 ...

Nairobi: Two young Orthodox Christians were killed in an attack on a church in southern Ethiopia on Saturday, according to a report by a religious media outlet. The incident comes against a backdrop ...

WASHINGTON – 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 hourslong ...

Church forests, patches of forested land surrounding churches as protected areas, started out as a tradition in the early days of Christianity in Ethiopia and still endure today. Many of these forests ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- In his Easter message this week, Patriarch Abune Mathias, head of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church, vowed to fight homosexuality, saying it will bring destruction to the world.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has overseen the reunification of feuding wings of the one of the world's oldest Christian churches, his top aide said Friday. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ...

An Orthodox priest at Nakuto Lab Rock Church, outside Lalibela, Ethiopia. About three-quarters of Orthodox Ethiopians say they attend church every week. (Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via ...

Three people have been killed in attacks on a church in southern Ethiopia on Saturday, according to reports by a religious media outlet. The violence erupted against a backdrop of tensions in the ...