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Christianity in Ethiopia

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Christianity in Ethiopia | BBC Earth

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Ethiopia’s Chapel in the Sky

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New ISIS video allegedly shows mass execution of Ethiopian Christians

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Ethiopian Christians hold Christmas Eve service

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Christianity Came Into Ethiopia 42 A.D

Christianity in Ethiopia dates to the ancient Kingdom of Aksum, when the King Ezana first adopted the faith. Various Christian denominations are now followed. Of these, the largest and oldest is the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church an Oriental Orthodox church centered in Ethiopia. The Orthodox Tewahedo Church was part of the Coptic Orthodox Church until 1959, when it was granted its own Patriarch by Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa Cyril VI.