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(English Translation) Resolution passed by the General Assembly of the Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in its emergency meeting on 26/01/2023 regarding the current religious, canonical, and administrative violations that occurred against the Church

The Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church led by the Holy Spirit conducted an emergency General Assembly in case of urgent and emergency issues based on the provisions of Article 19 Number 3 of the Constitution of the Church. Accordingly, it convened an emergency General Assembly on the 26th of January, 2023, and passed a resolution regarding the current religious, canonical, and administrative violations that occurred against the Church.

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To all diplomatic communities, Nation States, religious institutions, International Civic Societies (ICS), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and all International Communities (ICs)

. . . The Holy Synod addressed the all International community that it is for the first time in her history, there is a strategic attempt to ethnically divide the Church and the Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. As a result, our Orthodox Archbishops, in various places are being targeted and facing with various abuses, their Archbishoprics are being forcefully broken, church properties including our parish church building are being forcefully broken and are invaded by an illegally and uncanonical organized groups, named itself as “Ethnic Synod”; our clergies, youth and faithful are under sever persecutions. It is noted that in various places security forces of regional government are involved. In general, our Orthodox Church is faced with sever persecution which needs very serious global attention.

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About The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Vision

To see in the near and long future plenty of Orthodox Christian society both locally and internationally which is holistically equipped by religious and ethical personality, guided by the word of God and Expresses spiritual and modest life.

Mission

  • Spreading the word of God to all generations.

  • Serving generations holistically and making ready to be saved.

  • Developing human mind both with theology and wisdom, and insist for better spiritual and worldly future.

  • Delivering spiritual and social service that can serve all societies in a perfect and fair way.

  • Enriching the financial income of the church through different developmental programmes.

  • Ensuring general resource management that can be leaded by modern technologies.

  • Striving for the assurance of peace, equality, Justice, love, and unity for all generations.

  • Making the service and work environment in church transparent, problem solving and accessible for all

Values

  • The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has different and long lasting values that inspires and controls conscience such as, History and culture that transcends from the first generation of fathers and the era of Old Testament to the generation of New Testament, a Christian and Apostolic teaching which is based on the Gospel of Christ, a cannon of Church, worship rituals of St. Yared.

  • The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is rich in number of more than sixty million believers that fear God and lead their life according to the cannon of the Church.

  • The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is valuable for economic transformation, environmental protection, enhancement of literature and unity of Country.

  • The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is mother of more than two thousand monasteries and half a million priests, deacons, church scholars and preachers.

  • The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has strong organizational structure that lines from the Holy Synod to all Parish Churches.

Contact

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