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 ...

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, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bishop Yohannes placed his hand on his Bible and, reading from St Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians, delivered a ...

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 ...

Beyond the search for a better life, evangelicals and Orthodox in Ethiopia increasingly share even more. April was a terrible month for Ethiopian migrants. Tescma Marcus and his brother Alex were ...

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 ...