Patriarch Abune Mathias is worried that the Ethiopian Orthodox Church could divideThe head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Abune Mathias, has called on all bishops around the world to urgently convene in the capital, Addis Ababa, as the church faces a major split. This comes after a group of three bishops announced the formation of a separate church decision-making body. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church forms Ethiopia’s largest religious group with tens of millions of followers. A previous division in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, which lasted for nearly three decades, was only resolved in 2018. That time the split was with church members in the US – this time it comes from within Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News January 24, 2023 06:14 UTC